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Palestinian leader clamps down on critics

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 31st

By KARIN LAUB and DALIA NAMMARIAssociated Press HUSSAN, West Bank (AP) - Mahmoud Abbas' government in the West Bank is getting tougher with critics, interrogating, prosecuting and even jailing several journalists and bloggers in recent months for allegedly "defaming" the Western-backed

Israel apologizes to Turkey over flotilla deaths

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 22nd

By IAN DEITCHAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel agreed to restore full diplomatic relations with Turkey in a surprising turnaround Friday after apologizing for a botched naval raid that resulted in the deaths of nine Turkish activists aboard an international flotilla bound for Gaza in 2010.

AP Analysis: In Mideast, partial deal tantalizes

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By DAN PERRY and JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) - As the U.S. president prepares to reinsert himself in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, his best hope may be to set aside grand hopes for a final agreement and make do with a partial deal. An interim settlement would leave neither side with full

Remade Mideast poses new perils for Obama on trip

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 19th

By MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - On his second trip to the Middle East as U.S. commander in chief, President Barack Obama this week will confront a political and strategic landscape nearly unrecognizable from the one he encountered on his first trip to the region shortly after

Egypt's Morsi tries to defuse flap over Jews slur

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 16th

By HAMZA HENDAWI and SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Egypt's Islamist president sought Wednesday to defuse Washington's anger over his past remarks urging hatred of Jews and calling Zionists "pigs" and "bloodsuckers," telling visiting U.S. senators that his comments were a

US condemns comments from Egypt's Morsi

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

By MATTHEW LEE and JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration on Tuesday gave a blistering review of remarks that Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi made almost three years ago about Jews and called for him to repudiate what it called unacceptable rhetoric. In blunt

US condemns comments from Egypt's Morsi

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

Schumer, Boxer to back Hagel for Pentagon's job

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 15th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Chuck Hagel secured the backing of two of the staunchest pro-Israel Senate Democrats in a clear boost to the Republican's prospects of becoming President Barack Obama's next defense secretary. Sens. Chuck Schumer of New York and Barbara

Obama, Netanyahu: Bad blood between key allies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th

By STEVEN R. HURSTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama heads into his second term weighed down by an American government snarled in partisan gridlock, but also by an unproductive relationship with the leader of Israel, the bedrock U.S. ally in the tumultuous Middle East. And

Obama, Netanyahu: Bad blood between key allies

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 14th