2010年2月6日星期六

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Abbas awaits U.S. clarification over peace talks offer (Reuters)  

2010-02-06 15:47

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Reuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Saturday he had asked the United States to clarify its offer to mediate indirect peace talks with Israel before he would announce any decision to resume the negotiations.
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Rivals slam Hamas for "apology" to Israelis (Reuters)  

2010-02-06 14:55

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Reuters - Hamas's Palestinian rivals denounced the Islamist movement on Saturday for expressing regret over the deaths of Israeli civilians during the Gaza war a year ago.
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Abbas insists on accord before meeting Hamas (AFP)  

2010-02-06 14:52

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Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, seen here in January 2010, said his secular Fatah movement will meet its Islamist rival Hamas only after the hardline faction signs an Egypt-sponsored reconciliation deal.(AFP/DDP/File/Michael Kappeler)AFP - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday that his secular Fatah movement would meet its Islamist rival Hamas only after the hardline faction signs an Egypt-sponsored reconciliation deal.


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Hamas wants ICC to judge 'Zionist war criminals' (AFP)  

2010-02-06 13:44

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Palestinian civilians run for cover as a white phosphorus shell rain down over a UN school in Beit Lahiain during the 2009 offensive on the Gaza Strip. Hamas wants what it calls AFP - Hamas wants what it calls "Zionist war criminals" brought before the International Criminal Court over last year's Israeli assault on Gaza, an official of the Islamist group said on Saturday.


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Hamas backtracks on missile apology (AP)  

2010-02-06 13:35

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a news conference after talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery in Berlin February 1 , 2010. REUTERS/Thomas PeterAP - The Hamas government in Gaza has distanced itself from an earlier statement in which it expressed regret for harming Israeli civilians in rocket attacks.


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Palestinians question US on reviving peace talks (AP)  

2010-02-06 10:41

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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, speaks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, center, and chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, left, at the Presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010. Talks come within the framework of efforts aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - The Palestinians have asked the Obama administration to clarify a U.S. envoy's proposal to restart long-stalled peace talks with Israel indirectly by shuttling between the two sides, the Palestinian president said Saturday.


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2010年2月5日星期五

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Hamas "regrets" civilian deaths, Israel unmoved (Reuters)  

2010-02-05 21:25

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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.
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Senior Fatah official winds up rare visit to Hamas-run Gaza (AFP)  

2010-02-05 18:12

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This picture released by the office of Hamas leader in Gaza Ismail Haniya (L) shows him welcoming Nabil Shaath, a senior member of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' Fatah party, at his office in Gaza City on February 4. Shaath on Friday concluded a rare visit to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip aimed at encouraging reconciliation between the rival factions.(AFP/HO/File/Mohammed al-Ostaz)AFP - A senior member of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' Fatah party on Friday concluded a rare visit to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip aimed at encouraging reconciliation between the rival factions.


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Dubai could seek Netanyahu arrest over Hamas murder (AFP)  

2010-02-05 12:37

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem in November. Dubai will issue an arrest warrant for Netanyahu if Israel is found to be implicated in the murder of a top militant Palestinian in the emirate, The National newspaper reported on Friday.(AFP/Pool/File/Jim Hollander)AFP - Dubai will issue an arrest warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if Israel is found to be implicated in the murder of a top militant Palestinian in the emirate, The National newspaper reported on Friday.


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Dubai police may pursue Israel PM for Hamas killing: report ...  

2010-02-05 09:35

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Men sit next to posters depicting senior Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh at his family house in the northern Gaza Strip January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemReuters - Dubai would seek the arrest of Israel's prime minister if it found evidence intelligence service Mossad was behind the killing of a senior Hamas official, its police chief said in a newspaper on Friday.


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UN chief can't judge if Gaza probes are 'credible' (AP)  

2010-02-05 08:27

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A Palestinian youth walks through the rubble following an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Early Wednesday, Israeli warplanes struck two smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border in response to the barrel bombs and the firing of a rocket from Gaza, the military said. Such airstrikes are automatic reactions to militant attacks. (AP Photo/Eyad Baba)AP - A report from U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon indicates he was uncertain whether U.N. demands were met for "credible" investigations into allegations that Israel or the Palestinians deliberately targeted civilians during last year's Gaza conflict.


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Not clear if Gaza war probes are credible: U.N.'s Ban (Reuters)  

2010-02-05 03:45

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Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cast doubt on Thursday on the credibility of Israeli and Palestinian investigations into U.N. allegations of war crimes during the 2008-2009 war in the Gaza Strip.
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UN chief uncertain if 'credible' Gaza probes underway (AFP)  

2010-02-05 00:58

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Palestinian boys play in the shadow of a destroyed house in front of UN tents in the Jabalia refugee camp in 2009. UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he could not determine whether Israel and the Palestinians have met UN demands to carry out credible, independent probes of alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.(AFP/File/Mohammed Abed)AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Thursday he could not determine whether Israel and the Palestinians have met UN demands to carry out credible, independent probes of alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.


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Few Israeli soldiers charged in abuse cases: rights group (AFP)  

2010-02-04 20:21

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Israeli soldiers patrol on the beach in the northern city of Netanya on February 3. Only six percent of all investigations into alleged abuse of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers led to prosecutions over the past decade, an Israeli human rights group said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)AFP - Only six percent of all investigations into alleged abuse of Palestinians by Israeli soldiers led to prosecutions over the past decade, an Israeli human rights group said on Thursday.


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Israel FM warns Assad will lose power if Syria goes to war (AFP)  

2010-02-04 19:40

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Israel's firebrand foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, pictured in January 2010, further fuelled a bitter battle of words with Syria on Thursday, warning that its president would be toppled in any armed conflict between the two countries.(AFP/File/Ferenc Isza)AFP - Israel's firebrand foreign minister further fuelled a bitter battle of words with Syria on Thursday, warning that its president would be toppled in any armed conflict between the two countries.


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Netanyahu assures Syria after Israeli FM's threat (Reuters)  

2010-02-04 18:29

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a joint news conference with his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi (not pictured) at his office in Jerusalem February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Ronen ZvulunReuters - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reassured Syria on Thursday that Israel sought peace after his fiery foreign minister threatened to topple Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in any future war.


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South Lebanon residents brace for new Israel war (AFP)  

2010-02-04 17:45

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Lebanese villagers drink coffee during their rest after hours of labour in the fields of Beit Leef, on the border with Israel on February 1. More than three years after the last war between Israel and Lebanon's Shiite Hezbollah group, residents of southern Lebanon are bracing themselves for the next round amid mounting Israeli warnings against Hezbollah and its backer Syria.(AFP/Joseph Eid)AFP - More than three years after the last war between Israel and Hezbollah, south Lebanon residents are bracing for new conflict amid Israeli warnings against both Hezbollah and its backer Syria.


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What's behind renewed war jitters in Israel, Lebanon? (The...  

2010-02-04 17:03

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The Christian Science Monitor - A renewed flurry of threats and warnings between Israeli officials and the leaders of Lebanon’s militant Shiite organization Hezbollah have sparked a serious bout of war jitters on both sides of the border which are also threatening to draw in other regional players.
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Israel warns Syria it would lose future war (AP)  

2010-02-04 16:54

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AP - Israel's outspoken foreign minister harshly warned Syria Thursday against drawing the Jewish state into another war, saying the Syrian army would be defeated and its regime would collapse in a future conflict.
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Israel to seal settler house in east Jerusalem (AFP)  

2010-02-04 14:01

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Palestinian worshippers attend Friday prayers in the Arab neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem as they protest against house demolition orders in the neighborhood in November last year. Municipal authorities will comply under protest with a court order to seal a Jewish settler's building in Silwan, the mayor's office announced on Thursday.(AFP/File/Ahmad Gharabli)AFP - Municipal authorities will comply under protest with a court order to seal a Jewish settler's building in mainly Arab east Jerusalem, the mayor's office announced on Thursday.


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Israel envisages indirect talks with Palestinians (Reuters)  

2010-02-04 10:03

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Men sit next to posters depicting senior Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh at his family house in the northern Gaza Strip January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Mohammed SalemReuters - Israel and the Palestinians may resume indirect peace deliberations soon, with a U.S. mediator shuttling between negotiating teams, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Thursday.


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2010年2月4日星期四

xFruits - Mideast Conflict - 20 new items

Palestinian official doubts Israel talks to resume (AP)  

2010-02-04 08:14

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during the Herzliya Conference in Herzliya, Israel, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. Netanyahu said Wednesday he had reason to believe that long-stalled peace talks with the Palestinians could resume in a matter of weeks. (AP Photo / Rauvan Kastro, Pool)AP - A Palestinian negotiator is casting doubt on Israeli prime minister's claim that Mideast peace talks could resume within weeks.


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Palestinian leader to visit S.Korea next week (AFP)  

2010-02-04 07:28

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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas, seen in December 2009, will visit South Korea next week for talks with his South Korean counterpart on strengthening relations, officials said Thursday.(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)AFP - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas will visit South Korea next week for talks with his South Korean counterpart on strengthening relations, officials said Thursday.


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Hamas wants talks with US, Europe: Haniya (AFP)  

2010-02-04 05:34

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Hamas is ready for dialogue with the international community, including the United States and European Union, the leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Ismail Haniya told AFP.(AFP/Marco Longari)AFP - Hamas is ready for dialogue with the international community, including the United States and European Union, the leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Ismail Haniya told AFP.


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Scattered Palestinian protests reflect a fractured struggle (AFP)  

2010-02-04 03:58

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A Palestinian demonstrator prepares to a stone towards Israeli troops during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh against the expansion of Jewish settlements. With the peace process at an impasse for over a year, the Western-backed Palestinian Authority has vowed to escalate AFP - The villagers prepared for battle, piling up rocks in the streets, erecting barricades out of rubbish bins, and wrapping their faces in trademark Palestinian chequered scarves.


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US picks new ambassador to Syria amid Mideast peace push (AFP)  

2010-02-04 00:03

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US Middle East envoy George Mitchell speaks during a press conference in January 2010. The United States has picked its first ambassador to Syria in five years amid a bid to boost Middle East peace prospects, but is still waiting for Damascus to formally approve the choice.(AFP/File/John Thys)AFP - US President Barack Obama's administration said Wednesday it has picked its first ambassador to Syria in five years amid a drive to engage a former foe in efforts to promote Arab-Israeli peace.


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Israel pushing Middle East to war: Syria's Assad (Reuters)  

2010-02-03 21:24

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Reuters - Syria accused Israel on Wednesday of pushing the Middle East toward a new war.
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Group says anti-Semitic acts soar in France in '09 (AP)  

2010-02-03 20:35

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AP - A group founded to protect France's Jewish community says anti-Semitic acts in France soared 75 percent last year — many coming as Israel pressed an offensive against Hamas in the Middle East in January.
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Hamas hosts Fatah leader for unity talks (Reuters)  

2010-02-03 20:26

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Senior Fatah leader Nabil Shaath (C) is greeted by Palestinians after crossing into the Gaza Strip at the Erez border crossing February 3, 2010. Shaath arrived in Gaza on Wednesday for a first visit since the Islamist group Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip from the rival Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement in 2007. REUTERS/Ismail ZaydahReuters - A leader of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group traveled to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Wednesday for rare talks with the Islamist rival faction on an Egyptian-proposed reconciliation deal.


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Gaza-made barrel bomb found on Israeli beach (AFP)  

2010-02-03 20:16

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Israeli soldiers patrol on the beach in the north city of Netanya. Police defused on Wednesday an explosives-laden barrel believed to have been sent from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, the third such container to wash up on an Israeli beach this week.(AFP/Jack Guez)AFP - Police defused on Wednesday an explosives-laden barrel believed to have been sent from the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, the third such container to wash up on an Israeli beach this week.


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Mideast peace talks will resume in 'coming weeks': Netanyahu ...  

2010-02-03 19:37

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset session on February 1. Netanyahu said on Wednesday he expects peace talks with the Palestinians to resume in the coming weeks, nudged on by the United States, after being stalled for more than a year.(AFP/File/David Furst)AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he expects peace talks with the Palestinians to resume in the coming weeks, nudged on by the United States, after being stalled for more than a year.


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Rights groups under fire for scrutiny of Israel's conduct of Gaza war...  

2010-02-03 19:25

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The Christian Science Monitor - As the United Nations prepares to decide what action to take on the Goldstone report, which alleges Israeli misconduct in last year's Gaza war, local human rights groups and their backers are facing a rising tide of domestic criticism for fomenting international scrutiny of Israel and its military.
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Netanyahu hopes for talks with Palestinians in weeks (Reuters)  

2010-02-03 18:56

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Palestinian protesters and international activists run away from tear gas fired by Israeli troops during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Ammar AwadReuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday he had reason to hope stalled peace talks with the Palestinians could resume within weeks.


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Senior Fatah official in rare visit to Hamas-run Gaza (AFP)  

2010-02-03 18:00

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Senior Fatah leader Nabil Shaath (C) speaks to the media as he arrives in the Gaza Strip after crossing the Erez terminal between Israel and northern Gaza. A senior member of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' Fatah party made a rare visit to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday in a bid to encourage stalled reconciliation efforts.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)AFP - A senior member of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' Fatah party made a rare visit to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday in a bid to encourage stalled reconciliation efforts.


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Italy's prime minister links Gaza war to Holocaust (AP)  

2010-02-03 17:18

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, left, is greeted by Israeli singer Rita, during a meeting at the presidents residence in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Feb, 3, 2010. Berlusconi told Israel's parliament on Wednesday that the world 'cannot make compromises' and must close ranks to 'resist the dangerous aims of the Iranian regime.' (AP Photo/Miriam Alster, Pool)AP - Italy's prime minister on Wednesday called for empathy for all victims, whether from the Nazi Holocaust or Israel's war in Gaza, drawing a link that threatened to tarnish a visit that has cemented his already warm ties with Israel.


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Hamas gives U.N. response to Gaza war crimes report (Reuters)  

2010-02-03 14:07

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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal gives a speech during the funeral procession for Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Damascus January 31, 2010. REUTERS/Khaled al-HaririReuters - The Islamist group Hamas on Wednesday formally rejected allegations it had committed war crimes during last year's fighting in Gaza, charges made in a United Nations report.


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Berlusconi vows Italy's firm support for Israel (AFP)  

2010-02-03 13:06

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Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (R) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before his speech in the Knesset -- the Israeli parliament -- in Jerusalem on February 3. Berlusconi on Wednesday pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging AFP - Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on Wednesday pledged Italy's firm support for Israel, urging "effective sanctions" against its arch-foe Iran and speaking out against a damning UN report on the Gaza war.


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Egypt's Bedouins Raise Tension at Israel and Gaza Border ...  

2010-02-03 09:05

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Time.com - Smuggling goods into Gaza to beat the Israeli blockade has been lucrative for the long-marginalized tribes of Sinai. Egypt's move to cut off the tunnels could provoke a violent response
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'Mentally unstable' Israeli crosses into Gaza: army (AFP)  

2010-02-03 07:53

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An Israeli soldier mans a watch tower on the north side of the border with the Gaza Strip. A AFP - A "mentally unstable" Israeli Bedouin crossed into the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip after jumping over the heavily-fortified border barrier but was returned hours later, the army said.


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Israel launches air strikes in Gaza (Reuters)  

2010-02-03 00:05

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Palestinians walk past a smuggling tunnel destroyed in an Israeli air strike, near the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip February 3, 2010. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaReuters - Israel launched air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday hitting tunnels along the border with Egypt and an abandoned airport, officials on both sides said.


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Barak urges Israelis, Palestinians to stop 'the foreplay' (AFP)  

2010-02-02 20:00

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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak, pictured in 2009, on Tuesday urged Israelis and Palestinians to stop AFP - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Tuesday urged Israelis and Palestinians to stop "the foreplay" and engage in direct peace negotiations.


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