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Israel arrests top Hamas official in West Bank
Mar 14, 2010 09:31 EDT
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli forces arrested a senior Hamas figure on Sunday after a raid in the town of Ramallah, the seat of the West Bank-based Palestinian government, the Israeli military said.
Confrontations, anger in Jerusalem over building
Mar 12, 2010 14:16 EST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli forces sealed off the West Bank and massed riot squads around Jerusalem's Old City and Arab neighborhoods during Muslim weekly prayers on Friday, facing down Palestinian anger over Jewish settlement expansion.
Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
Mar 11, 2010 14:48 EST
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington.
Biden appeals for Mideast peace talks without delay
Mar 11, 2010 14:48 EST
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden called on Thursday for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to start without delay despite Palestinian insistence that Israel first cancel a settlement project condemned by Washington.
Slow going as U.S. pushes Israel-Palestinian talks
Mar 08, 2010 14:35 EST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's envoy said Palestinian and Israeli leaders agreed on Monday to resume talks but, amid a new row over Jewish settlements, it was not yet clear how exactly those negotiations would proceed.
U.S. envoy seeks Mideast talks deal, tension rises
Mar 06, 2010 17:03 EST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's Middle East envoy began a round of meetings on Saturday aimed at relaunching negotiations, while the Palestinian leader said he feared the 20-year-old peace process with Israel was close to collapse.
Palestinians, Israelis clash ahead of talks
Mar 05, 2010 23:24 EST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Dozens of people were injured in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces in Jerusalem and the West Bank Friday, as tension over land and holy sites mounted ahead of a relaunch of U.S.-mediated peace negotiations.
U.S. answers not yet enough for Mideast talks: Dahlan
Mar 01, 2010 12:26 EST
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian official said on Monday the United States had yet to give adequate answers to Palestinian queries on a proposal for indirect negotiations with Israel.
U.S. answers not yet enough for Mideast talks: Dahlan
Mar 01, 2010 12:26 EST
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A Palestinian official said on Monday the United States had yet to give adequate answers to Palestinian queries on a proposal for indirect negotiations with Israel.
Sex abuse claims against famed rabbi grip Israel
Feb 19, 2010 10:39 EST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police said on Friday they were looking into allegations of sexual abuse against one of the country's most famous and politically influential rabbis, in a case that has triggered dramatic headlines this week.
Abbas considers options on peace talks restart
Feb 19, 2010 08:34 EST
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is considering his options on resuming indirect peace talks with Israel after meeting U.S. and European diplomats this week, a senior aide said Friday.
Dubai to issue warrants for 11 in Hamas killing
Feb 15, 2010 16:25 EST
DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai will issue arrest warrants soon for 11 Europeans identified by police and suspected of the killing of a top Hamas commander, and does not rule out Israeli involvement, the police chief said on Monday.
Netanyahu to lobby in Russia for Iran sanctions
Feb 14, 2010 13:44 EST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will push for "crippling sanctions" against Iran over its nuclear program in Moscow on Monday with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Israeli forces arrest two foreigners in West Bank
Feb 07, 2010 08:56 EST
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli security forces made an incursion into a Palestinian city Sunday to arrest two foreign women belonging to an organization involved in protests against Israel's West Bank barrier.
Hamas "regrets" civilian deaths, Israel unmoved
Feb 05, 2010 16:25 EST
GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas, in an unusual move that seems unlikely to herald a change in tactics by the Islamist group, has expressed regret for the deaths of Israeli civilians in Palestinian rocket attacks during fighting in Gaza a year ago.
Israel's Netanyahu seeks to calm nerves on Lebanon
Jan 23, 2010 14:56 EST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday sought to calm regional nerves over fears of an imminent conflict with Lebanese Hezbollah guerrillas by saying Israel sought peace with its neighbors.
U.S. says up to Palestinians to revive peace talks
Jan 22, 2010 14:44 EST
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The United States told Palestinian leaders on Friday they must resume talks with Israel if they want U.S. help to achieve a peace treaty that ends Israeli occupation and creates a Palestinian state.
Israel detains self-styled sage over incest, abuse
Jan 14, 2010 11:10 EST
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli police have detained a 60-year-old self-styled Jewish sage on suspicion of incest and abuse of women and children they allege he kept like slaves in various homes around Tel Aviv.
Israel's Barak threatened over West Bank plans: officials
Jan 06, 2010 15:12 EST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has received dozens of death threats from people who fear Jewish settlements in the West Bank will be disbanded as part of peacemaking with the Palestinians, officials said on Wednesday.
Israel's Barak getting death threats, official says
Jan 06, 2010 02:44 EST
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has received dozens of death threats from people who fear that Jewish settlements in the West Bank will be disbanded, a defense official told Reuters on Wednesday.
