Israeli ministers OK release of 200 Palestinians

Israel has agreed to release 200 Palestinian prisoners. The approval by a ministerial commission is the next step in the process of releasing the prisoners. The move is a festure of faith in Palestianian president Mahmoud Abbas. "An Israeli ministerial commission on Monday...

Huge Turnout for Funeral of Boy Shot in West Bank Protest

A young boy shot dead by Israeli soldiers (see below) was buried today at a funeral attended by around three thousand people. The child has seperately been reported as being nine or twelve years of age. ""Oh martyr, rest in peace, we shall continue the struggle," the crowd of...

Indonesia anti-terror unit brings suspects to capital

The terrorist... some that made Indonesia increasingly famous... ugh!"Palembang (ANTARA News) - Nine suspected terrorists, arrested on Wednesday by anti-terror police in Palembang, South Sumatra, were at 9 am on...

Desmond Tutu shocked by Gaza conditions

Desmond Tutu has said that he is shocked by conditions in the Gaza strip after months of Israeli sanctions. Tutu won the South African Nobel Peace Prize in 1984."Tutu, who has been on a UN fact-finding mission to...

Columbia professors plan to visit Iran to apologize to Ahmadinejad

"NEW YORK (MNA) – An academic delegation of Columbia University professors and deans of faculties plans to visit Tehran to officially apologize to Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad. The delegation plans to express regret for the insulting remarks Columbia University...

Bush has no plans for joint Abbas, Olmert meeting

Washington (ANTARA News) - US President George W. Bush has no plans "at this point" to hold a joint meeting with Israeli and Palestinian leaders during a visit to the Middle East next week, the White House said Thursday. Asked about a possible three-way meeting with Israeli...

RI to recognize Israel only when Palestinian state established

""When the Palestinians, through a negotiation process, can establish an independent Palestinian state, then we will recognize and open diplomatic ties with Israel," Wirajuda told the Indonesian press here on Wednesday. The minister said his presence at the Annapolis...

Abbas meets Hamas leaders in W. Bank

"Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas met Hamas leaders in the West Bank on Friday for the first time since the Islamists routed his forces in a bloody takeover of the Gaza Strip in June. Abbas, who leads the moderate Fatah party, was hosting Nasserdine al-Shaer, former deputy...

Iran courts the US at Russia's expense

"ran's relations with the Arab world have taken a dramatic turn for the better, in light of Iran's overtures toward the Arab states of the Persian Gulf, as well as in President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's announcement that Iran is prepared to resume full diplomatic relations with...

Olmert: Israel ready for talks with Arabs on peace plan

"Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that Israel was ready to talk with Arab states over their peace plan as he held the first round of planned regular meetings with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. "We are ready to hold talks with any combination of Arab states on...

New Palestinian clashes kill five in Gaza

"GAZA CITY (AFP) - Factional clashes flared anew in the Gaza Strip between the ruling Hamas movement and president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party, killing five people in less than 24 hours. A Fatah loyalist, a Hamas member and a teenager were killed in the volatile coastal strip...

Iranian Journalists a risk to US security; barred from entering

"September 19, 2006 -- Iran's state-controlled television says the United States had denied visas to 15 Iranian journalists who were to accompany President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to the UN General Assembly in New York. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini was quoted...

Palestinians to form national unity government

"Palestinian leaders agreed to create a national unity government in a move that could end months of political and fiscal crisis and pave the way for a resumption of urgently needed Western aid."

Blair meets Palestinian leader

"British Prime Minister Tony Blair has met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas as he continues a trip aimed at breathing new life into the dormant Middle East peace process and bolstering a UN-brokered ceasefire in Lebanon. A day after extracting a pledge in Jerusalem from...

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