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Abbas in Egypt says no deal yet on Israeli Shalit

Reuters - Wed Dec 9, 7:46 am ET

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday there was no deal for now between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas on freeing an Israeli soldier held in Gaza.

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Iran to hit Israeli nuke sites if attacked: minister
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 9:34 am ET
Iran would strike back at Israeli weapons manufacturing sites and nuclear installations if the Jewish state attacked the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities, Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi was quoted as saying Wednesday.
Did Group Raise Money For Hamas On American Campuses?
The Jewish Press - Wed Dec 9, 10:15 am ET
WASHINGTON - A U.S. congressman is the latest to call for a Justice Department investigation into whether a pro-Palestinian group has been raising money on college campuses for Hamas.
Bahrain, Egypt reaffirm support as Saudi battles rebels
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 4:16 pm ET
Manama - The foreign ministers of Bahrain and Egypt Tuesday reaffirmed their support for Saudi Arabia as it continues to battle Yemeni rebels on its southern border. The security and stability of Saudi Arabia is a vital matter for both our countries...
Iran defence chief: Iranian-Syrian ties 'deterrent' against Israel
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 11:33 am ET
Damascus - Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi, speaking in Damascus, on Wednesday hailed Syrian-Iranian defence ties as a deterrent against Israeli threats, Iranian media reported. Promotion of defence ties (between) Iran and Syria is a deter...
Shalit Negotiations Hit Snag
Baltimore Jewish Times - Wed Dec 9, 11:11 am ET
Negotiations between Hamas and Israel to release kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit have hit a significant snag, according to news reports.
Shalit deal hindered by Israel's 'obstinacy,' says Mashaal
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 12:32 pm ET
Sana'a, Yemen - The deal to exchange hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is facing obstacles caused by Israeli obstinacy, Khaled Mashaal, the leader of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, said on Tuesday. T...
Israel tells foreign dignitaries not to visit Gaza
EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 6:46 am ET
Jerusalem - Israel does not want foreign dignitaries to visit the Gaza Strip, because that would grant undue legitimacy to Hamas, a foreign ministry official said Tuesday. The Jerusalem Post daily said the government of hardline Prime Minister Benjam...
For Israel and Syria, Peace is Within Reach
Foreign Relations - Wed Dec 9, 11:07 am ET
NEW YORK - To walk through the Syrian city of Quneitra is like visiting the scene of a cataclysmic earthquake. Everywhere, there are mountains of rubble, great mounds of cement blocks, twisted sheets of corrugated metal and spaghettis of iron bars.
Israel gives initial OK to Jerusalem referendum
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 8:34 am ET
Israel's parliament has given preliminary approval to a piece of legislation that would require a national referendum on any peace deal that gives up control of east Jerusalem or the Golan Heights.
Iran accuses U.S., Israel of kidnapping
UPI - Tue Dec 8, 6:18 pm ET
TEHRAN, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The United States and Israel kidnapped an Iranian atomic scientist and a senior Defense Ministry official, Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki charged Tuesday.
Palestinians boycott Israeli settlement goods
Boston Herald - Wed Dec 9, 1:49 pm ET
RAMALLAH, West Bank - The Palestinian government announced Tuesday that it is enforcing a boycott of goods made in Israel's West Bank settlements and has confiscated...
Israel parliament to vote on land-for-peace law
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 3:03 am ET
The Israeli parliament was set to vote Wednesday on a bill requiring a referendum to approve a pullout from annexed east Jerusalem and the Golan Heights as part of any peace deal, officials said.
Netanyahu: Israel wants direct Syria talks
UPI - Mon Dec 7, 2:20 pm ET
JERUSALEM, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Israel is ready and willing to conduct direct negotiations with Syria without preconditions, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said.
Palestinian Leaders May Seek UN Backing for Independent State
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 4:29 am ET
Dec. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Palestinian leaders will meet Dec. 15 to discuss healing the rift between the Hamas and Fatah factions and a plan to seek United Nations recognition of an independent Palestinian state.
No elections in W.Bank if vote rejected in Gaza: Abbas
AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 11:23 am ET
Palestinian elections will not take place in the West Bank if Hamas refuses to allow voters to take part in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on a visit to Beirut on Tuesday.
Four doctors visited Israeli soldier held in Gaza Strip: Report
EARTHtimes.org - Sun Dec 6, 3:46 am ET
Gaza/Tel Aviv - A team of four French doctors visited the Gaza Strip last week to examine an Israeli soldier held there for three-and-a-half years, ahead of a possible prisoner exchange between Israel and Hamas. There was, however, no official confir...
Israel eyes pullout from border village
UPI - Tue Dec 8, 6:23 pm ET
JERUSALEM, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The Israeli military is considering a withdrawal from a village on the Lebanese border before the end of January, the Israeli prime minister said.
Iran warns it will hit Israeli nuclear sites if attacked
WashingtonTV - Wed Dec 9, 12:07 pm ET
Washington, 9 December (WashingtonTV)—Iran’s Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Wednesday that Iran would strike Israeli weapons manufacturing sites and nuclear installations if Israel attacked the Islamic Republic.
Russia wants more Israeli spy drones
UPI - Tue Dec 8, 11:48 am ET
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Russia is seeking to acquire more Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles under a $100 million deal that has more to do with bribing Moscow not to supply Iran with state-of-the-art air-defense missiles that could skewer any Israeli air assault than it has with dollars and cents.
Secret Friends
Strategy Page - Wed Dec 9, 5:17 am ET
December 9, 2009: Negotiations to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit from Hamas captivity continue to be stalled. Hamas wants fifty hard core terrorists with, as Israel calls it, "blood on their hands" freed in exchange for Shalit.

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