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Clarification: Israel-Palestinians story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

JERUSALEM (AP) - In a story Dec. 31, The Associated Press reported that Israel dropped a 5 1/2-year-old ban that prevented construction materials from entering the Gaza Strip. The story should have made clear that the ban applied to Gaza's private sector. Under the closure, imposed following

Clarification: Israel-Palestinians story

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 31st

Possible Hagel pick raises concerns in Senate GOP

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 19th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama's possible pick of Republican Chuck Hagel to run the Pentagon raises serious concerns among some of his former Senate colleagues, who question his pronouncements on Iraq, Israel and the Middle East. The reservations

Israel grows jittery of new Palestinian uprising

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 9th

By By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - The rising confidence and bellicosity of Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, combined with rapidly deteriorating relations with Israel's would-be peace partner in the West Bank, are raising jitters in Israel that a new Palestinian

Palestinians: settlement expansion means 1 state

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 4th

By By KARIN LAUBAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinians will ask the U.N. Security Council to call for an Israeli settlement freeze, President Mahmoud Abbas and his advisers decided Tuesday, as part of an escalating showdown over Israel's new plans to build thousands

Palestinian president returns triumphantly from UN

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on December 2nd

By By DALIA NAMMARI and ARON HELLERAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - The Palestinian president returned triumphantly to the West Bank on Sunday, receiving a boisterous welcome from thousands of cheering supporters at a rally celebrating his people's new acceptance to the United

US struggles to get Israel, Palestinians to talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By BRADLEY KLAPPERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration sought Friday to direct Israel and the Palestinians back toward direct peace talks, even as the two sides and much of the world seemed to be ignoring the U.S. attempts at leadership on a Mideast peace strategy.

Israel okays new West Bank settlement construction

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 30th

By By ARON HELLER and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel on Friday approved the construction of 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements on Israeli-occupied lands, a government official said, drawing swift condemnation from the Palestinians a day after their successful U.N. recognition

Palestinians celebrate UN statehood vote

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - Palestinians erupted in wild cheers Thursday, hugging each other, setting off fireworks and chanting "God is great" after the United Nations granted them, at least formally, what they have long yearned for - a

UN vote recognizes state of Palestine; US objects

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 29th

By By EDITH M. LEDERERAssociated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The United Nations voted overwhelmingly Thursday to recognize a Palestinian state, a victory decades in the making for the Palestinians after years of occupation and war. It was a sharp rebuke for Israel and the United States. A