Lebanon's Hariri keen on improving ties with Syria
AFP - Tue Dec 8, 9:58 am ETLebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday his government was keen on improving its ties with Syria, strained since the killing of his father Rafiq Hariri in 2005.
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Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday his government was keen on improving its ties with Syria, strained since the killing of his father Rafiq Hariri in 2005.
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, media reports said Sunday. Hamas stron...
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.
Brussels/Jerusalem - European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday pushed Israel to accept Jerusalem as a shared capital of a future Palestinian state, urging the two sides in the Middle East conflict to return to negotiations as soon as possible. The ...
The Palestinian government announced Tuesday that it isenforcing a boycott of goods made in Israel's West Bank settlements and has confiscated more than $1 million in merchandise from shops and companies.
GAZA, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Mahmoud Zahar, described as a strongman for the Palestinian militant group Hamas, says doctors have not visited abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Damascus - Syria and Iran agreed to expand their cooperation in the fields of energy, technology and utilization of water resources, state media in Damascus reported Monday. Iranian Minister of Energy Majid Namjou met in the Syrian capital with Syria...
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to make Jerusalem their shared capital, prompting a swift, angry reaction from Israel.
Political and civic leaders largely turn a blind eye to flourishing anti-Semitism and anti-Israel sentiment in Egypt, a new report said.
Opinion: Obama’s Nobel Prize should benefit 2003 Iranian laureate
European Union foreign ministers discussed a proposal Tuesday for the 27-nation bloc to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of both Israel and a future Palestinian state.
Sources familiar with the ongoing negotiations to free captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit tell Fox News that German mediators have told Hamas and the Israelis that they would like to see a breakthrough in the talks by Christmas.
Amman - Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Tuesday welcomed as an extremely important attitude the statement by European Union foreign ministers envisioning Jerusalem as the shared capital of both Israel and a Palestinian state. The EU min...
European Union foreign ministers urged Israel and the Palestinians on Tuesday to make Jerusalem their shared capital, prompting a swift, angry reaction from Israel. For their part Tuesday, the Palestinians announced a boycott of products made in Israeli...
“Business as Usual” Attitude Could Hamper Egypt’s Regional Leadership Role (PRWeb Dec 8, 2009) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/ADL/Egypt/prweb3306554.htm
Shortly after European Union Ministers announced their support for the division of Jerusalem between Israel and a future Palestinian state on Tuesday, the U.S. State Department issued a statement saying that the fate of Jerusalem should only be determined by Israel and the Palestinians in talks.
Amman - Jordan's cabinet on Tuesday endorsed a deficit budget for fiscal 2010, projecting spending of 5.46 billion Jordanian dinars (7.71 billion dollars), according to an official statement. The budget includes a deficit of 685 million dinars, or 3....
Jennifer Jajeh discusses her popular one-woman show based on her experiences as a first generation Palestinian-American.
Dubai - Egypt will demand compensation for damage suffered by Egyptian companies in Algeria during football-related violence last month, Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in an interview published Sunday. We will demand compensation and suppo...
JERUSALEM -- European Union foreign ministers on Tuesday softened their call for a division of Jerusalem between Israel and the Palestinians, saying that the city should be shared but that the two sides should negotiate the details.
A team of French doctors have performed medical check-ups on captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in the Gaza Strip, the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat reported on Sunday.