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Israel, militants begin talks on truce details

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By JOSEF FEDERMANAssociated Press JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel and Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip began indirect talks Monday in Egypt aimed at forging a new era of relations between the bitter enemies following a cease-fire that ended the heaviest fighting in nearly four years. The talks

Oil prices fall as Israel-Hamas truce holds

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 26th

By PABLO GORONDIAssociated Press The price of oil dipped slightly to below $88 a barrel on Monday as a truce between Israel and the militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip appeared to hold despite a confrontation late last week. By around early afternoon in Europe, benchmark oil for January

Gaza cleric calls violation of Israel truce sinful

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 25th

By IBRAHIM BARZAKAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - A leading Islamic cleric in the Gaza Strip has ruled it a sin to violate the recent cease-fire between Israel and the Hamas militant group that governs the Palestinian territory - according a religious legitimacy to the truce and

AP Interview: Hamas No. 2 rejects Gaza arms halt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 24th

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Gaza's ruling Hamas will not stop arming itself because only a strong arsenal, not negotiations, can extract concessions from Israel, the No. 2 in the Islamic militant group told The Associated Press in an interview

Palestinians: Cease-fire breach threatens calm

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Palestinians say the situation in Gaza is "extremely fragile" and Israel's cease-fire violations and other illegal actions risk undermining the calm that was just restored. In a letter to the U.N. Security Council, the Palestinian U.N. observer Riyad Mansour said

Abbas determined to seek UN nod for Palestine

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By DALIA NAMMARI and KARIN LAUBAssociated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) - After bitter rival Hamas held its own in a fierce battle with Israel, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has no choice but to override U.S. objections and seek U.N. recognition of a state of Palestine next week, his

Egypt clashes as president defends his new powers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By AYA BATRAWY and MAGGIE MICHAELAssociated Press CAIRO (AP) - Supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi clashed Friday in the worst violence since he took office, while he defended a decision to give himself near-absolute power to root out what he called "weevils eating away at the

Gaza crowds surge at Israel border fence, 1 dead

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By KARIN LAUB and SARAH EL DEEBAssociated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli troops fired on Gazans surging toward Israel's border fence Friday, killing one person but leaving intact the fragile two-day-old cease-fire between Hamas and the Jewish state. The truce, which calls for an

Oil prices climb on new Gaza-Israel fears

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 23rd

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices climbed Friday after Israeli troops fired on crowds in Gaza surging toward the border fence, killing one Palestinian. Benchmark crude ended the trading day up 90 cents to $88.28 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent

Analysis: With cease-fire, US pins hopes on Egypt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 22nd

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - In Egypt we trust. In frantic diplomacy, the Obama administration helped seal a cease-fire that puts heavy responsibility on Egypt's young Islamist government to ensure the end of Hamas rockets from the Gaza Strip. If