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Gaza children play war in Palestinian summer camp Tue, Jun 18, 2013As the hot weather arrives in Gaza, teenagers head to the town of Rafah for summer camp -- not to play sports but to join war games organised by radical Palestinian … More »
- Hamas leaders to meet Turkey PM: source Tue, Jun 18, 2013
Senior leaders of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas will meet on Tuesday in Ankara with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a diplomatic source told … More »
- Hamas calls on Hezbollah to pull fighters out of Syria Mon, Jun 17, 2013
GAZA (Reuters) - The Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement on Monday urged Lebanese militant group Hezbollah to withdraw its forces from Syria, where they are … More »
- Hamas denies it has fighters in Syria Fri, Jun 14, 2013
Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya denied on Friday that members of the Palestinian movement were fighting in the Syrian civil war. … More »
- Sweden may cut Palestinian aid over lack of progress Fri, Jun 14, 2013
Sweden is considering slashing its aid to the Palestinians because of a lack of progress in achieving a two-state solution, International Development Cooperation … More »
- Israel presses ahead with settlement expansion plans Thu, Jun 13, 2013
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is pressing on with plans for more than 1,000 new homes in two West Bank settlements, officials said on Thursday, moves that could … More »
- Palestinian boycott leaders say peace talks 'useless' Wed, Jun 12, 2013
Leaders of a growing Palestinian movement to boycott Israel oppose any peace talks, even if they include a long-demanded freeze of Jewish settlements on Palestinian … More »
- Embattled UN rights envoy for Palestinian areas vows to stay on Tue, Jun 11, 2013
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights investigator for the Palestinian territories said on Tuesday he would not resign and accused … More »
- UN expert rejects calls to quit over Israel criticism Tue, Jun 11, 2013
An embattled UN rights expert who probes Israel's conduct towards Palestinians on Tuesday rejected calls to step down, saying his opponents were trying to silence … More »
- Gaza's viability at stake, U.N. rights envoy says Mon, Jun 10, 2013
By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A United Nations human rights investigator accused Israel on Monday of imposing collective punishment on 1.75 million … More »
- Insight - Turkish troubles highlight cultural divide Mon, Jun 10, 2013
By Ralph Boulton ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan stands before a sea of cheering faithful waving Turkish flags and, to shouts of "Allahu Akbar", … More »
- W. Bank settlement construction starts at 7-yr high:NGO Sun, Jun 9, 2013
Building starts on settler homes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank hit a seven-year high in the first quarter of 2013, Israeli watchdog Peace Now said on Sunday. … More »
- UN expert under fire ahead of Palestinian rights report Sun, Jun 9, 2013
A pro-Israel rights group said Sunday that it, with backing from Washington, would call on the UN's top rights body to dismiss a top official after he demanded an … More »
- Syrian forces capture final rebel stronghold in Qusair region Sat, Jun 8, 2013
By Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government troops backed by Hezbollah guerrillas seized the western village of Buwayda on Saturday, ending rebel … More »
- Analysis - Golan fighting spells more Syria trouble for Israel Fri, Jun 7, 2013
By Maayan Lubell JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Brush fires from stray mortar bombs were still ablaze on the occupied Golan Heights on Friday as Israeli farmers returned to … More »
- Israel navy detains two Gaza fishermen Fri, Jun 7, 2013
The Israeli navy has arrested two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, sources on both sides said on Friday. … More »
- On This Day: Israel wins Six-Day War Fri, Jun 7, 2013
Israel halted its offensive after seizing areas three times the size of the territory it had when it declared independence just 19 years earlier. … More »
- Kerry to return to Mideast next week in further peace push - sources Fri, Jun 7, 2013
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is set to return to Israel and the Palestinian territories next week for his fifth visit to the region in … More »
- U.S. quietly allows military aid to Egypt despite rights concerns Fri, Jun 7, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry quietly acted last month to give Egypt $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid, deciding that this was in the … More »
- Abbas calls for national unity at new cabinet session Thu, Jun 6, 2013
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas called for national reconciliation with Gaza's Hamas rulers on Thursday, after the swearing-in of a new government in the West … More »
- Palestinian PM Hamdallah sworn in, faces Hamas, economic issues Thu, Jun 6, 2013
By Ali Sawafta RAMALLAH (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and his West Bank-based government were sworn in on Thursday and one of their main … More »
- World food output growth to slow: UN/OECD Thu, Jun 6, 2013
A Palestinian farmer collects wheat during the annual harvest season outside the Rafah refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip on April 20, 2013. Growth in global … More »
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