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Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Senior Hamas officials from the Gaza Strip and Syria met today in Cairo to discuss a prisoner exchange deal that would free Gilad Shalit , an Israeli soldier held by the Palestinian group for three years, an official said.
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister is trying to temper expectations that a deal to free a long-held Israeli soldier is imminent. Officials in Israel and the Gaza Strip have recently reported progress toward clinching a deal to swap Sgt. Gilad Schalit for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
Egypt's president on Sunday criticized Israeli construction in east Jerusalem, telling his Israeli counterpart that settlement activity in the disputed sector of the holy city threatens to anger the entire Muslim world.
Palestinians said Monday that negotiators were close to exchanging an Israeli soldier held by Gaza militants for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Israel has carried out such swaps in the past:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that the threat of a U.S. or Israeli military strike against Iran was no longer an issue because "they don't have the courage" to attack Iran.
(JTA) -- Israel is the most attractive country in the Middle East for venture capital and private equity investment, according to a new survey.
Israeli planes carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip Sunday, injuring seven Palestinians, Palestinian medical workers said.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Tuesday that efforts to bring about peace in the Middle East must go on, despite the lack so far of tangible progress.
The Dead Sea may soon shrink to a lifeless pond as Middle East political strife blocks vital measures needed to halt the decay of the world's lowest and saltiest body of water, experts say.
President Ahmadinejad Makes Comments during Visit with Brazilian Leader
The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that it is now offering a reward of up to $5 million for a Palestinian bomb-maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and of aiding the Iraq insurgency.
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president says Israeli construction in east Jerusalem could end up angering not just the Palestinians, but the entire Muslim world.
GAZA STRIP Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.
The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that it is now offering a reward of up to $5 million for a Palestinian bomb-maker suspected of once targeting commercial airliners and of aiding the Iraq insurgency.
Saudi Arabia's interior minister said Sunday the kingdom hopes not to have to "resort to force" to maintain security for the hajj, in a reference to worries Iranian pilgrims may demonstrate.
(RTTNews) - Hamas, the radical Islamic group that governs the Gaza Strip, announced Saturday that it has reached an agreement with other militant groups in the besieged Palestinian territory to halt rocket attacks on Israel.
Israel's military says it has carried out three airstrikes in the Gaza Strip, targeting a weapons-manufacturing facility and weapons smuggling tunnels.
Iran has until late September to respond to the latest international proposal aimed at stopping the Islamic Republic from developing a nuclear weapon.
Iran's leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution.
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Raising the issue of Hezbollah's weapons as the new Lebanese government grapples with its policy statement is political exploitation, leaders say.
Egypt's president on Sunday criticized Israeli construction in east Jerusalem, telling his Israeli counterpart that settlement activity in the disputed sector of the holy city threatens to anger the entire Muslim world.
