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May 12, 2008 10:45 AM CDT

Israel Resumes Gaza Fuel Shipments

Power plant terminal opened for deliveries this morning

(Newser) - Israel is allowing fuel shipments into Gaza again after the region's only power plant had to shut down for 2 days due to lack of fuel. The plant's delivery terminal reopened this morning, the BBC reports. "We have received three trucks of industrial diesel for the power station so...

Israel Celebrates, Reflects at 60

May 7, 2008 4:11 PM CDT

Israel Celebrates, Reflects at 60

'Yes, there are flaws ... but behind the flaws a wonderful country is hidden,' speaker says

(Newser) - Thousands gathered across Israel today for the nation’s 60th Independence Day celebration, the Jerusalem Post reports. At one ceremony, lawmaker Dalia Itzik first remembered the 22,437 Israelis killed in conflict since 1860. "Friends, you are not, and you will never be alone. We will never be able...

Rice Refutes Carter, Says
US Advised Against Trip

Apr 22, 2008 5:13 PM CDT

Rice Refutes Carter, Says US Advised Against Trip

She clarifies opposition to Hamas meeting

(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice says the US explicitly advised Jimmy Carter not to meet with Hamas, refuting claims by the former president that no one in the government told him to scrap the trip, the Washington Post reports. "I just don't want there to be any confusion," Rice said. "...

Carter Meets
With Hamas Chief

Apr 18, 2008 1:47 PM CDT

Carter Meets With Hamas Chief

Ex-president draws widespread criticism for talks with Palestinian group

(Newser) - Jimmy Carter met today with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal despite protests from the US State Department and the Israeli government. A Hamas deputy told the AP the agenda would include strategies to calm tensions between Israel and Hamas, as well as the fate of a kidnapped Israeli soldier. Carter has...

Gaza Fighting Kills at Least 23

Apr 16, 2008 5:53 PM CDT

Gaza Fighting Kills at Least 23

Reuters journalist among the dead in Israeli offensive

(Newser) - Three Israeli soldiers and at least 20 Palestinians were killed today as Israeli attacks rocked the Gaza Strip, the AP reports. Fadel Shana, a Reuters cameraman, was among the dead in fighting that undermined an Egyptian-negotiated peace effort and saw the highest death toll in a month.

Carter Meets With Former Hamas Minister

Apr 15, 2008 12:35 PM CDT

Carter Meets With Former Hamas Minister

Ex-prez defies Israel, Bush, and lays wreath on Arafat's grave

(Newser) - Jimmy Carter traveled to the West Bank today to meet a former Hamas minister, ignoring strenuous objections by Israeli leaders. Carter also laid a wreath on Yasser Arafat’s tomb, a customary gesture of respect President Bush pointedly avoided on his last visit, Reuters reports.

Israel Won't Help Protect Carter

Apr 14, 2008 12:37 PM CDT

Israel Won't Help Protect Carter

Stonewalling by Olmert's security force 'unprecedented' breach: Secret Service

(Newser) - Israeli leaders won’t meet with Jimmy Carter, and Israeli security won’t help protect him on his trip through the country, Reuters reports. As Israel’s Shin Bet and the Secret Service sparred over whether the Americans asked for help, a source called the security snub “unprecedented.”...

UN Official Defends His Comparison of Israelis to Nazis

Apr 8, 2008 1:35 PM CDT

UN Official Defends His Comparison of Israelis to Nazis

Jerusalem considers barring successor

(Newser) - A UN investigator hasn't even begun his new job probing Israeli conduct in the Palestinian territories and he is already facing a firestorm of criticism. Richard Falk has been slammed for a comment he made last summer comparing Israel's actions in Gaza to Nazi policies. He defended the comments yesterday...

Next Prez's To-Do:
Fix Diplomacy

OPINION

Apr 3, 2008 4:10 PM CDT

Next Prez's To-Do: Fix Diplomacy

New administration will need to fix problems Bush has not addressed

(Newser) - Taking the attitude that "since we were now all-powerful, allies were no longer necessary," President Bush damaged the US' image and diminished its power, Fred Kaplan writes in Slate. How can the next president heal our diplomatic woes?

Visit all Middle East countries; leave a full-time envoy: "

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Rice Returns to Middle East

Mar 29, 2008 4:47 PM CDT

Rice Returns to Middle East

Secretary of State wants to see 'real progress on the ground'

(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice returned to Jerusalem today to push for progress on Israeli/Palestinian peace talks, al Jazeera reports. Rice says she plans to focus on improving movement through the West Bank. “I would like to see real, concrete progress on the ground,” she said. Palestinians say Israeli checkpoints are...

Cheney, Peres Warn
of Iran's Reach

Mar 23, 2008 10:41 AM CDT

Cheney, Peres Warn of Iran's Reach

Veep on 10-day swing through the Middle East

(Newser) - Following an early Easter prayer service in Jerusalem, Dick Cheney continued his 10-day trip focused on the Mideast peace process by meeting with Israel President Shimon Peres this morning. Both men warned of Iran’s rising influence in the region, reports the AP. "We have this problem of the...

German Press Criticizes Merkel's Palestinian Snub

Mar 19, 2008 3:39 PM CDT

German Press Criticizes Merkel's Palestinian Snub

Papers praise leader's Holocaust treatment, but level accusations of bias

(Newser) - The German press is praising Chancellor Angela Merkel’s historic visit to Israel and her diplomatic handling of the two countries' shared history, Der Spiegel reports. But Merkel has also been chastised by commentators who feel her focus on German-Israeli unity in remarks yesterday to Israel's parliament gives the impression...

Jihad Rockets Hit
Israel After Raid

Mar 13, 2008 7:44 AM CDT

Jihad Rockets Hit Israel After Raid

Moratorium collapses

(Newser) - A week-long moratorium on rocket attacks in Israel exploded today when the militant group Islamic Jihad fired two rockets into the town of Sderot on the Gaza border. Nobody was injured in the attack. The radical Palestinian group claims its rocket launch was in retaliation for a raid by the...

Israel Scales Back Gaza Offensive

Mar 10, 2008 8:16 AM CDT

Israel Scales Back Gaza Offensive

Hamas rocket attacks slow, but Israelis say fighting isn't over

(Newser) - Israel is reining in its Gaza offensive after seeing a big reduction in cross-border rocket fire over the weekend, the BBC reports. But Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said there was no truce in place. “The fighting is ongoing and will at times increase or decrease,” he said,...

8 Dead in Jerusalem Shooting

Mar 6, 2008 3:24 PM CST

8 Dead in Jerusalem Shooting

Gunmen open fire at Jewish seminary; Gaza celebrates

(Newser) - At least eight people are dead and many more wounded after gunmen attacked a Jewish seminary tonight in Jerusalem, the BBC reports. The shooters—possibly as many as three—are Palestinian, Reuters adds, and two were killed. Witnesses said gunfire lasted 10 minutes. "They were still shooting when we...

Gaza in Worst Crisis in
40 Years, Charities Warn

Mar 6, 2008 5:19 AM CST

Gaza in Worst Crisis in 40 Years, Charities Warn

Blockade destroying jobs, food supplies

(Newser) - As Israeli and Palestinian leaders tentatively prepared to resume peace talks, a new report by a coalition of British charities warns of a crushing humanitarian crisis in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The international consensus to isolate Hamas has led to unemployment, medical shortages and hunger worse than at any time...

Abbas Backs Down, Will Resume Talks

Mar 5, 2008 9:44 AM CST

Abbas Backs Down, Will Resume Talks

Calls negotiations a 'strategic choice'

(Newser) - Fatah Palestinians will resume peace talks with Israel, Mahmoud Abbas said today, recapitulating on his demands that Israel first halt its bloody campaign against Hamas in Gaza. Abbas characterized the peace process as a “strategic choice.” The Palestinian president halted the talks on Sunday after an Israeli attack,...

Rice Tries to Salvage Mideast Peace Plan

Mar 4, 2008 8:16 AM CST

Rice Tries to Salvage Mideast Peace Plan

Blames Hamas for sabotaging talks with violence

(Newser) - Condoleezza Rice made stops in both Cairo and Israel today in her effort to restart stalled peace talks, telling reporters that she understood "Israel's need to defend itself" against Hamas rockets, but was concerned about "the loss of innocent life" in Israel's retaliatory offensive in Gaza. Rice blamed...

Israeli Raids in Gaza Kill 54

UPDATED

Mar 1, 2008 3:30 PM CST

Israeli Raids in Gaza Kill 54

Armor- and air-supported troops sweep into territory to retaliate for rocket attacks

(Newser) - At least 54 Palestinians were killed after Israeli troops supported by armor and aircraft launched new raids into the Gaza Strip today, the AP reports. The attacks are in retaliation for rocket attacks into Israel from the disputed territory that have prompted calls from some Israelis to launch a major...

Gazans Form Chain at Border

Feb 25, 2008 11:22 AM CST

Gazans Form Chain at Border

Israel posts troops, accuses Hamas of endangering civilians

(Newser) - Thousands of Palestinians joined hands today in an attempt to form a human chain across the Gaza Strip, AFP reports. They were protesting the Israeli blockade that has left the impoverished region perilously low on supplies. Israel massed forces along the border, including a rare artillery battery, and accused Hamas...