JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - The parents of an Israeli soldier snatched by Palestinians five years ago chained themselves to railings near the premier's home on Saturday to protest against their son's continued captivity.
Elsewhere, hundreds of supporters of captive sergeant Gilad Shalit gathered in southern Israel near the Gaza border, close to the site where militants seized him on June 25, 2006 [...]
BILIN, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - (AFP) - Israeli forces fired tear gas at some 200 stone-throwing Palestinians Friday in the West Bank village of Bilin, focus of years of protests against Israel's controversial separation barrier.
The Palestinians used bulldozers to try and bring down the fence during the protests that were briefly attended by Palestinian prime minister Salam [...]
BRUSSELS (AFP) - (AFP) - Europe's leaders Friday backed a French plan for a Palestinian donor conference as President Nicolas Sarkozy insisted it had a wider goal of gathering Palestinians and Israelis together for peace talks.
Confusion surfaced when EU leaders issued a summit statement backing "a conference in Paris to provide economic support for the construction of the Palestini [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - Israeli, Palestinian and international human rights groups issued a joint statement on Friday calling on Gaza militants to end "inhumane" treatment of an Israeli soldier they hold captive.
The declaration comes as Israel marks the fifth anniversary of the capture of Gilad Shalit by three groups, including the Islamist Hamas.
It was signed by Israeli group [...]
ANKARA (AFP) - (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas vowed Friday to press ahead with efforts for a unity government, as disagreements with Hamas continue to snag the process.
"We are continuing on the path of reconciliation and there will be no turning back," Abbas said after talks with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that marked the end of his four-day visit to Ankar [...]
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - (AFP) - Palestinians threw eggs at the international Red Cross office in Gaza on Thursday to protest against a call for Hamas to show signs a captured Israeli soldier was still alive.
Dozens of angry protesters also chanted slogans against the International Committee of the Red Cross and ripped down and destroyed the Red Cross sign over the [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said she was not certain the UN will vote on backing a Palestinian state in September, in an interview with Haaretz newspaper published on Thursday.
And in a separate report, the Maariv newspaper said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Ashton he would be willing to resume peace talks based on the 1967 bor [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - (AFP) - Colombian pop diva Shakira said on Tuesday that education was the best way to achieve global stability and peace after meeting Israeli and Palestinian school children on a visit to Jerusalem.
Speaking at a joint press conference with President Shimon Peres, the 34-year-old singer said she had come to Israel to share some of her experience working in the fie [...]
ANKARA (AFP) - (AFP) - Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas arrived here Tuesday for talks with Turkish leaders amid disagreements over the formation of a Palestinian unity government, officials said.
Abbas will have a "private programme" before talks with Turkish leaders on Thursday and Friday, a Turkish diplomat told AFP, without elaborating.
The Palestinian leader is to meet with Pre [...]
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - (AFP) - Disagreement over who should be the next Palestinian premier is holding up the creation of a unity government agreed last month between old rivals Fatah and Hamas, Palestinian officials said on Monday.
A meeting in Cairo on Tuesday between Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, who heads Fatah, and Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal has been p [...]
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