The Associated Press By IAN DEITCH Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM March 27, 2010 (AP) Israel withdrew its troops from the Gaza Strip Saturday after some of the fiercest gunbattles with Palestinian militants in the Hamas-run territory since last year’s military offensive.An Israeli tank is seen on the Israel Gaza Strip border, Saturday, March 27, 2010. [...]
WASHINGTON: New Israeli construction on land claimed by the Palestinians threatens peace efforts and undermines the United States’ ability to help end the Arab-Israeli conflict, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told a leading Jewish organization on Monday. Israel’s recent announcement of new housing in east Jerusalem exposed differences between the US and the Jewish [...]
US still remains a strong negotiator in Middle East Sunday, March 21, 2010 MOSCOW: An extraordinary test of wills between the United States and Israel has left the Obama administration a stronger negotiator both with its closest ally in the Middle East and with Arab nations needed to broker peace with the Palestinians. The US [...]
Khaled Mashaal also told reporters during his brief visit to Cairo that despite new German mediation efforts, there was still a long way to go in negotiations over the release of an Israeli soldier held by the militant group since 2006. “As you know there has been a development with the German mediation taking place [...]