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- House backs Israel's right to defend itself
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday "recognizing Israel's right to defend itself against attacks from Gaza," a measure that it said reaffirms the United States' strong support for Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
- Only Political Solution Possible In Gaza - Council Of Europe
STRASBOURG (AFP)--The conflict in Gaza can only be resolved politically, the parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe said Friday as it threw its support behind a U.N. call for an immediate ceasefire. 'Both sides must understand that violence,
- Hamas to hold truce talks in Cairo
CAIRO (AFP) - Hamas will send a delegation, including representatives from Gaza, to Cairo on Saturday to discuss an Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire, a senior Hamas official told AFP on Friday. Mussa Abu Marzuk, the deputy head of the Islamist
- EMBARGOE UNTIL NYT POSTS: A lifeline to Gaza becomes a target of war
From the beginning of its military operation on Dec. 27, Israel has identified the Rafah "weapons smuggling tunnels" as among the principal targets of its air bombardment. But the 1.5 million Palestinians in Gaza regard the tunnels as a vital lifeline to the outside world.
- Bushs Dying Days in Gaza
PARIS: During a visit to the Middle East, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates warned that enemies of the United States should not use the power vacuum there to try to alter the status quo or to undermine the new American presidents objectives. But the
- Sadr supporters torch US, Israel flags in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Angry followers of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr torched US and Israeli flags in a mass rally in Baghdad on Friday in protest at the two-week-old conflict in the Gaza Strip. About 2, Sadr supporters, many waving Iraqi and
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The Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements (the DOP), signed in Washington on 13 September 1993, provided for a transitional period not exceeding five years of Palestinian interim self-government in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Under the DOP, Israel agreed to transfer certain powers and responsibilities to the Palestinian Authority, which includes the Palestinian Legislative Council elected in January 1996, as part of the interim self-governing arrangements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. A transfer of powers and responsibilities for the Gaza Strip and Jericho took place pursuant to the Israel-PLO 4 May 1994 Cairo Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area and in additional areas of the West Bank pursuant to the Israel-PLO 28 September 1995 Interim Agreement, the Israel-PLO 15 January 1997 Protocol Concerning Redeployment in Hebron, the Israel-PLO 23 October 1998 Wye River Memorandum, and the 4 September 1999 Sharm el-Sheikh Agreement. The DOP provides that Israel will retain responsibility during the transitional period for external security and for internal security and public order of settlements and Israeli citizens. Permanent status is to be determined through direct negotiations, which resumed in September 1999 after a three-year hiatus. An intifadah broke out in September 2000; the resulting widespread violence in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Israel's military response, and instability in the Palestinian Authority are undermining progress toward a permanent settlement.
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AFP - The United States moved Friday to seize Singapore-based funds alleged linked a wide-ranging conspiracy to bribe Bangladesh officials over projects involving German and Chinese firms.
Citing four unidentified survivors who spoke by telephone, a United Nations report said 30 people died in the shelling of a Gaza building that Israeli troops had directed people to.
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