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Israel Seizes Ship With Iranian Arms Destined for Gaza

RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Israeli commandos boarded and seized a Liberian-flagged ship that Israel says was carrying "tons" of weapons from Syria to Egypt. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the weapons originated in Iran and were on their way to Gaza, which is ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement. "'We are...

Palestinians Blink in Settlement Poker Match

JERUSALEM (Sept. 27) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears to have emerged victorious -- for now -- after a tense weekend of brinkmanship over West Bank settlement building that wrong-footed the Obama administration, divided the Palestinian leadership and perhaps humiliated both of them. Netanyahu's refusal...

Abbas Flies Home to Violent Opposition

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Sept. 3) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas flew back from Washington after his first direct peace talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to an uncertain welcome and an unpredictable political future. Abbas, already governing on borrowed time since his constitutional term of office...

Will New Israel-Palestinian Peace Talks Work?

WASHINGTON (Aug. 20) -- Why are these Middle East peace talks different from all other peace talks? Good question. After a nearly two-year hiatus in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that the peace process was on yet again. Like many of her predecessors...

Mideast Stalemate Frustrates Obama

RAMALLAH, WEST BANK (Nov. 18) – Israel's announcement that it will build 900 new homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Gilo drew a harsh response from U.S. President Barack Obama, underlining growing dismay on the ground over the long-elusive two-state solution for the Middle East. Speaking to Fox News in...

Background on fatah

Fataḥ ( ') (also known as Fateh, Levantine Arabic: ) is a major Palestinian political party and the largest faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), a multi-party confederation.

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