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Israeli Air Strike Hits Near Palestinian PM's home

Increases tension between factions

(Newser) - An Israeli air strike hit near the Gaza home of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh  today. The Israeli military said that Haniyeh was not the target, though an official said earlier this week that any Hamas leader—including Haniyeh—rmight be attacked if rocket strikes on Israel continue.

US Rushes to Aid Lebanon
US Rushes to
Aid Lebanon
May 25, 2007 9:49 AM CDT

US Rushes to Aid Lebanon

Troops surround refugee camp, prepare siege or incursion to rout out militants

(Newser) - The US has rushed military aid to Beruit, as the Lebanese army continues to battle Islamist militants holed up in a Palestinian refugee camp. The first shipment arrived today. Condoleeza Rice expressed support for Lebanon's government, if not confidence: "I certainly hope that the Lebanese government will be able...

More Violence Looms in Lebanon
More Violence Looms in Lebanon
May 25, 2007 5:00 AM CDT

More Violence Looms in Lebanon

Palestinians enraged at Lebanese troops threaten uprising

(Newser) - Clashes between the Lebanese Army and a Palestinian militant group could spread throughout Lebanon, politicians, diplomats and refugees tell the Guardian. Anger is building among Palestinians  over civilian casualties from shelling of the Nahr el-Bared refugee camp during clashes with Fatah al-Islam militants last week.

Israel Detains Senior Hamas Officials
Israel Detains
Senior Hamas Officials
May 24, 2007 12:16 PM CDT

Israel Detains Senior Hamas Officials

Education Minister and two mayors among those arrested

(Newser) - Israeli troops arrested 33 Hamas leaders—including several moderate politicians—in the West Bank overnight, as part of a continuing crackdown on the group following a deadly barrage of rocket attacks. The move suggests Israel is stepping up pressure on Hamas' political arm as it seeks to prevent the group's...

Thousands Flee Lebanon Camp
Thousands Flee Lebanon Camp
May 23, 2007 5:47 AM CDT

Thousands Flee Lebanon Camp

Lull in fighting allows Palestinians to escape violence, horrid conditions

(Newser) - Thousands of Palestinians escaped heavy fighting inside a Lebanon refugee camp yesterday. The BBC reports vehicles flying white flags and crammed with people fled the Nahr al-Bared camp during a lull in the battle between Lebanese army units and the militant group Fatah al-Islam. Refugees are heading for another camp...

Israel Targets Palestinian PM
Israel Targets Palestinian PM
May 22, 2007 2:40 PM CDT

Israel Targets Palestinian PM

All Hamas leaders fair game if rocket attacks don't cease, declares defense official

(Newser) - The Israeli government today threatened to assassinate the Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, if rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip are not halted, reports the Guardian. Deputy defense minister Ephraim Sneh declared on the radio, "There is no one who is in the circle of commanders and leaders in...

Lebanon Seeks Aid in Fighting Islamists

Minister asks foreign governments for cash as troops shell refugee camp

(Newser) - Lebanon's finance minister appealed to Arab and Western governments yesterday, begging for money and supplies to help fight militants in a Palestinian refugee camp. Thirty Lebanese troops, 15 members of the group Fatah al-Islam, and more than 25 civilians have been killed in two days of clashes.

Israel Steps Up Attack on Hamas
Israel Steps
Up Attack
on Hamas
May 21, 2007 8:24 AM CDT

Israel Steps Up Attack on Hamas

Gaza assault continues; at least 5 dead, thousands without power

(Newser) - Israel is escalating both its shooting war and its war of words with Hamas over the Gaza Strip. An Israeli air assault today killed at least five people and came on the heels of a massive attack targeting a Hamas leader over the weekend. That strike missed Khalil al-Hayya but...

Palestinian Factions Call Another Truce

Ceasefire is fifth in a week; Israel suffers, launches rocket strikes

(Newser) - Fatah and Hamas agreed on a ceasefire today for the fifth time in a week, hitting the pause button on a situation that threatens the Palestinian Authority's coalition government. Meanwhile, air strikes in and out of Israel continued, and a source told the Sunday Times of London that Israel was...

Israeli Strikes Kill 5 in Gaza
Israeli Strikes Kill 5 in Gaza
May 18, 2007 7:08 AM CDT

Israeli Strikes Kill 5 in Gaza

Hamas and Fatah continue to clash

(Newser) - Israel has launched air strikes at Gaza for a second day in response to continued Hamas rocket attacks. Helicopter gunships and fighter jets targeted militants, and at least five Hamas fighters were killed in the strikes. Hamas has fired about a hundred makeshift missiles into Israel in the past several...

Violence Brings Palestinians to Brink of Civil War

(Newser) - Violence between the Hamas and Fatah factions has brought the Palestinian territories to the brink of civil war, a situation that now directly involves Israel, which launched air strikes on Gaza today. Earlier, Hamas gunmen killed at least five guards as they attacked the home of a Fatah security chief....

Palestinian Factions Call Ceasefire
Palestinian Factions Call Ceasefire
May 15, 2007 6:49 AM CDT

Palestinian Factions Call Ceasefire

Hamas and Fatah agree to shaky truce after brutal fighting in Gaza

(Newser) - Hamas and Fatah have brokered a truce after two days of intense factional fighting that left 9 dead and 30 wounded. The Palestinian government has deployed its entire security force to the Gaza strip in an effort to maintain peace, but, the BBC observes, sporadic fighting continued Monday.

Middle East Solution? Ignore It
Middle East Solution? Ignore It
May 1, 2007 10:05 PM CDT

Middle East Solution? Ignore It

The only option: "backward societies must be left alone"

(Newser) - As experts scramble to respond to escalating crises in the Middle East, think-tanker Edward Luttwack has a novel solution—leave 'em be. The strategic implications of the Arab-Israeli crisis ended with the Cold War, he argues, and local regimes don't control oil supplies—oil companies do.

Hamas Calls Off Ceasefire
Hamas Calls Off Ceasefire
Apr 24, 2007 10:03 AM CDT

Hamas Calls Off Ceasefire

Israeli Independence Day marked by rocket blasts; Hamas claims responsibility

(Newser) - Hamas launched dozens of rockets and mortar shells at Israel this morning, ending a five-month cease fire. The blasts rocked the country as it celebrated its 59th Independence Day. The Hamas-led government blames Israel for the breakdown, citing the deaths of nine Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank killed...

Group Claims Kidnapped BBC Reporter Is Dead

Journalist based in Gaza has been missing for a month

(Newser) - An obscure Palestinian group claims to have murdered a veteran BBC journalist kidnapped in Gaza a month ago. There is no confirmation of the claim and a Palestinian Authority official, Saeb Erekat, said: “I urge those who abducted Johnston, instead of circulating rumors, and I hope these rumors are...

Olmert Offers Talks With Arab Leaders

Cites Saudi peace plan as positive step

(Newser) - Ehud Olmert says he's keen for multilateral talks with Arab leaders, after a Saudi summit last week produced the outlines of a peace plan, Haaretz reports. "The readiness to accept Israel as a fact and to debate the terms of a future solution is a step that I...

Aid Grows Despite Embargo
Aid Grows Despite Embargo
Mar 21, 2007 10:04 AM CDT

Aid Grows Despite Embargo

(Newser) - Palestinians are actually receiving more foreign aid, not less,  than they were before the US and the European Union slapped an aid embargo against the Hamas led Palestinian Authority last year, reports Steven Erlanger. The United Nations and the International Monetary Fund say $1.2 billion was given to...

A Generation Is Lost to Violence
A Generation Is Lost to Violence
Mar 12, 2007 2:19 PM CDT

A Generation Is Lost to Violence

Palestinians coming of age have no jobs, no hopes, no agenda but resistance

(Newser) - The generation of Palestinians now coming of age—and 56.4 percent of the population is under 19—have no hopes for peace, only of a lifetime of “resistance.”  Growing up through two intifadas, they are isolated from the world, divided amongst themselves, and surrounded by violence,...

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