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Gaza militant groups agree to stop firing rockets into Israel

A building in Sderot, Israel, damaged in a Hamas rocket strike in 2008. Photograph: AP/Almog Sugavker Hamas has won an agreement from other militant groups in Gaza to halt rocket fire into Israel for the first time in almost a year, a move that could ...

From RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hamas,  Gilad Shalit,  Shimon Peres,  Hosni Mubarak

Palestinian presidency: Likely candidates

If Mahmoud Abbas follows through with his threat and does not stand in the next Palestinian presidential elections the most likely candidate to replace him is probably Marwan Barghouti, a popular Fatah leader who is now serving five life terms in an ...

From RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mahmoud Abbas,  Marwan Barghouti,  Hamas,  Ismail Haniyeh

Mahmoud Abbas will not seek re-election as Palestinian president

The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, has decided not to run for the presidency in elections next year, according to reports from Ramallah. Abbas, who was elected nearly five years ago, had been expected to run again, despite the deep factional ...

From RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Mahmoud Abbas,  Hamas,  Marwan Barghouti,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Saeb Erekat

UN expected to call for Gaza war investigations by Israel and Palestine

Around 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed in the three-week war, which saw rocket strikes on a UN school. Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images The UN general assembly is expected to approve a resolution this week calling on Israel and ...

From RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hamas,  Richard Goldstone,  Hillary Rodham Clinton,  Saeb Erekat

Israel seizes ship 'carrying weapons for Hezbollah'

The Israeli defence minister, Ehud Barak, said the weapons were destined for Syria or Lebanon. Photograph: Reuters Israeli naval special forces today seized a civilian cargo ship near Cyprus which they said was carrying weapons, including rockets, ...

From RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hezbollah,  Ehud Barak,  Matan Vilnai,  Hamas

Israeli questioned over terror attacks

Yaakov Teitel is being questioned by Israeli police. Photograph: Reuters Israeli security services were today re-questioning an American-Israeli settler who they say has confessed to attacks including the killing of two Palestinians and wounding a ...

From RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: US Marine Corps

UN turns Gaza shelling into theatre

Chris Gunness, chief spokesman for the UN Relief and Works Agency, performs his play. Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum There is nothing ordinary about this advocacy campaign for a large UN institution. The lights dim before a packed audience and a ...

From RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  29 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Richard Goldstone,  BBC,  Ban Ki-moon

Move to break settlements deadlock

A construction worker at an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Photograph: Nati Shohat/EPA There are few more pressing issues for the Palestinians of Salfit, living deep in the rocky hills of the occupied West Bank, than the remarkable expansion of ...

From RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Environmental Protection Agency,  Palestinian Authority

Clashes at al-Aqsa mosque

Palestinian youths hurl stones towards Israeli riot police during clashes in Jerusalem's Old City. Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images Israeli riot police firing stun grenades and crowds of young Palestinians throwing stones clashed in the ...

From RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  25 Oct 2009

Related Topics: David Cohen

Israel's National Library adds a final twist to Franz Kafka's Trial

Israel's National Library is calling on a German museum to hand over the original manuscript of Franz Kafka's novel The Trial to correct a "historical error", in the latest unravelling of a complex dispute over the writer's legacy. The manuscript was ...

From RORY MCCARTHY, Guardian Unlimited,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Franz Kafka,  Sotheby's

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