Mideast Conflict
Israeli leaders make secret journey to Jordan
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 8:15am
AP - Israeli leaders made a secret journey to neighboring Jordan earlier this week, listening to pleas from King Abdullah II to avert a large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip, Israeli and Jordan officials confirmed Thursday.
Settlers spray inflammatory graffiti on mosque
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 6:45am
AP - Jewish settlers on Thursday spray-painted graffiti on a mosque slurring the Prophet Muhammad and defaced a Muslim cemetery, Israeli military officials said, threatening to worsen tensions in this volatile West Bank city.
Polls show Israel’s Likud party leading
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 5:09am
AP - A pair of polls published Thursday showed opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline Likud party leading Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s moderate Kadima party in the run-up to Israel’s Feb. 10 elections.
Palestinians advertise peace plan in Israeli press
(Reuters)
20 Nov 2008 at 4:37am
Reuters - The PLO took the unprecedented step of placing advertisements in Israeli newspapers on Thursday to promote a six-year-old Arab peace plan for the region.
Gazans cook on wood fires because of power cuts
(AP)
20 Nov 2008 at 3:04am
AP - While an Israeli cutoff in fuel shipments has closed down a dozen of his competitors, baker Khalil Awad stays in business thanks to a little creativity and dirty black oil drained from car engines. The cutoff in fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip’s sole power plant started a week ago in response to rocket attacks by Palestinian militants.
Explosion kills Hamas man in Gaza
(Reuters)
20 Nov 2008 at 2:28am
Reuters - An explosion in the Gaza Strip killed a member of the Hamas Islamist group on Thursday, hospital staff and witnesses said.
Holy Land excavation digs into Mideast rifts
(AFP)
20 Nov 2008 at 1:28am
AFP - Sprawled across a hemispherical mound where the Judaean Hills meet the desert, ancient Herodium lies deep inside the occupied West Bank but has borne up a treasure trove of finds for Israeli archaeologists.
Israeli leaders make secret visit to Jordan: report
(AFP)
20 Nov 2008 at 1:08am
AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defence Minister Ehud Barak made a secret visit to Jordan and met with King Abdullah II, Israeli public radio reported on Thursday.
Syria site hit by Israel resembled atom plant: IAEA
(Reuters)
19 Nov 2008 at 5:27pm
Reuters - A Syrian complex bombed by Israel bore multiple features resembling those of a nuclear reactor and U.N. inspectors found “significant” traces of uranium at the site, a watchdog report said on Wednesday.
Israel spurns UN plea to ease Gaza blockade
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 4:27pm
AP - Israel stood fast Wednesday by its decision to clamp shut cargo crossings at the Gaza Strip, brushing off pleas to ease the blockade from United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon.
Global media executives protest Gaza press ban
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 4:13pm
AP - Leaders of the world’s biggest media organizations filed a protest with Israel’s prime minister Wednesday criticizing the government’s decision to ban journalists from entering the Gaza Strip for the last two weeks.
Israel rebuffs U.N. calls to open Gaza crossings
(Reuters)
19 Nov 2008 at 3:50pm
Reuters - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Wednesday rebuffed a call by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to allow humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip through crossings Israel has largely sealed in two weeks of violence.
IAEA: Syrian site could have been nuclear reactor
(AP)
19 Nov 2008 at 3:27pm
AP - The U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Wednesday that a Syrian site bombed by Israel in 2007 had the characteristics of a nuclear reactor. It also admitted that its investigation into Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program is deadlocked.
Syria must choose between ‘peace or belligerence’: Peres
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 1:46pm
AFP - Syria must choose between “peace or belligerence” in its dealings with Israel, and between relations with Iran or the Jewish state, Israeli President Shimon Peres said Wednesday.
Tent of expelled Jerusalem Palestinian family torn down
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 1:43pm
AFP - Israeli security forces on Wednesday tore down a tent in which a Jerusalem Palestinian family had been living since being evicted from their nearby house earlier this month.
Israel says it will boycott UN anti-racism meet
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 1:18pm
AFP - Israel will stay away from an international anti-racism conference next year, Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said on Wednesday, saying the meeting was certain to become “an anti-Israel tribunal.”
IAEA unable to say if bombed Syrian site was nuclear reactor
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 12:53pm
AFP - The UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday it could not yet determine if a building in a remote site in the Syrian desert bombed by Israeli planes last year was a nuclear reactor, as the United States claims.
Miliband hopes 2009 ‘year of change’ in Mideast
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 9:33am
AFP - Visiting Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Wednesday he hopes 2009 will usher in changes around the globe that will bring about a comprehensive Middle East peace settlement.
Jewish West Bank settlers defy evacuation order
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 8:26am
AFP - About 100 Jewish settlers on Wednesday defied a High Court order to evacuate a house in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron, and braced for possible confrontation with police.
Israeli army imposes curfew in West Bank village
(AFP)
19 Nov 2008 at 7:02am
AFP - The Israeli army imposed a curfew on a Palestinian village near the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday, questioning dozens of men, security sources and witnesses said.
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