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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en"><title>News on Gaza Strip</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/topic/gaza-strip" rel="alternate"></link><id>http://uspoliticsinfo.com/topic/gaza-strip</id><updated>2011-01-02T04:30:28Z</updated><entry><title>Fear Mongering through Fraud: The &amp;quot;Conservative/Religious&amp;quot; Camp and the Reality of H.R. 1388</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/fear-mongering-fraud-quotconservativereligiousquot-camp-reality-hr-1388-3943046a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-11-03T00:10:49Z</updated><author><name>hubPage</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-11-03:/u.s.-politics/fear-mongering-fraud-quotconservativereligiousquot-camp-reality-hr-1388-3943046a/</id><summary type="html">...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Insurgencies"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="Terrorism"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Social Work"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="U.S. Department of State"></category><category term="Norway"></category><category term="Dick Cheney"></category><category term="Arizona"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Capitol Hill"></category><category term="International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies"></category><category term="University of California System"></category><category term="United Nations"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="Nordic Countries"></category><category term="Cable News Network"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="West Bank"></category><category term="Palestine"></category><category term="Fatah Organization"></category><category term="Central Intelligence Agency"></category><category term="Oslo"></category><category term="Mahmoud Abbas"></category><category term="United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East"></category><category term="United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees"></category><category term="Yasser Arafat"></category><category term="USS Cole"></category><category term="United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs"></category><category term="Serve America Act"></category><category term="U.S. State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration"></category><category term="Refugees and Displaced People"></category><category term="Annapolis Conference"></category><category term="Al Arabia"></category></entry><entry><title>Pro-Israel House Resolutions 34 and 867</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-congressional-politics/proisrael-house-resolutions-34-867-1935459a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-10-14T13:09:44Z</updated><author><name>ArticlesBase</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-10-14:/u.s.-congressional-politics/proisrael-house-resolutions-34-867-1935459a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hasan A. Yahya, Professor of Sociology &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; Ten months passed between the House Resolution 34 and 867 resolution. Where both were pro-Israeli and support Israel to secure its borders and defend the crime wars committed by Israel in Gaza war under the military name:&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;Operation Cast Lead.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;In Nov 3, 2009: House Resolution 867 was passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by roll call vote. The vote was held under a suspensi...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="International Relations"></category><category term="Foreign Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="Palestinian Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Howard Berman"></category><category term="Ileana Ros-Lehtinen"></category><category term="U.S. Congress"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Africa"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Egypt"></category><category term="United Nations"></category><category term="U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="North Africa"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="Palestinian National Authority"></category><category term="Gilad Shalit"></category><category term="International Criminal Court"></category><category term="American Israel Public Affairs Committee"></category><category term="American Jewish Committee"></category><category term="American Jewish Congress"></category><category term="Foreign Terrorist Organization"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category><category term="Operation Cast Lead"></category><category term="Zionist Organization of America"></category><category term="U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee"></category></entry><entry><title>Father of missing Israeli soldier to US</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/father-missing-israeli-soldier-436755a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T13:34:40Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/father-missing-israeli-soldier-436755a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The father of an Israeli soldier who has been in &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt; captivity for nearly three years left on Monday for the &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; to meet senior officials, his wife said.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Noam Shalit" href="/topic/Noam+Shalit" &gt;Noam Shalit&lt;/a&gt; will meet "senior officials of &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;'s administration and members of Con...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Africa"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Egypt"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="North Africa"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="Gilad Shalit"></category><category term="Noam Shalit"></category><category term="Aviva Shalit"></category></entry><entry><title>Mitchell sent to Mideast to bolster Gaza truce</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/mitchell-mideast-bolster-gaza-truce-321987a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-11T22:27:47Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-11:/u.s.-politics/mitchell-mideast-bolster-gaza-truce-321987a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;US envoy &lt;a title="George Mitchell" href="/topic/George+Mitchell" &gt;George Mitchell&lt;/a&gt; will leave Monday for &lt;a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" &gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;, the Palestinian &lt;a title="West Bank" href="/topic/West+Bank" &gt;West Bank&lt;/a&gt; and Arab states to bolster a truce in &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt;, respond to humanitarian problems and "reinvigorate the peace process," a spokesman said Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mitchell, representing an aggressive push for peace by &lt;a...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Department of State"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Africa"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Egypt"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="North Africa"></category><category term="Saudi Arabia"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="West Bank"></category><category term="Robert Wood"></category><category term="George Mitchell"></category><category term="Kingdom of Jordan"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>US envoy Mitchell sent to Mideast to bolster Gaza truce</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/envoy-mitchell-mideast-bolster-gaza-truce-321934a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-11T22:27:50Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-11:/u.s.-politics/envoy-mitchell-mideast-bolster-gaza-truce-321934a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;US envoy &lt;a title="George Mitchell" href="/topic/George+Mitchell" &gt;George Mitchell&lt;/a&gt; will leave Monday for &lt;a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" &gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;, the Palestinian &lt;a title="West Bank" href="/topic/West+Bank" &gt;West Bank&lt;/a&gt; and Arab states to bolster a truce in &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt;, respond to humanitarian problems and "reinvigorate the peace process," a spokesman said Monday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mitchell, representing an aggressive push for peace by &lt;a...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Department of State"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Africa"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Egypt"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="North Africa"></category><category term="Saudi Arabia"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="West Bank"></category><category term="Robert Wood"></category><category term="George Mitchell"></category><category term="Kingdom of Jordan"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>US-Saudi ties under threat: Saudi prince</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/ussaudi-ties-threat-saudi-prince-320614a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:11:51Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/ussaudi-ties-threat-saudi-prince-320614a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The close relationship between the &lt;a title="United States" href="/topic/United+States" &gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a title="Saudi Arabia" href="/topic/Saudi+Arabia" &gt;Saudi Arabia&lt;/a&gt; is under threat after &lt;a title="Washington, DC" href="/topic/Washington%2c+DC" &gt;Washington&lt;/a&gt; supported &lt;a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" &gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;'s onslaught on the &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza Strip&lt;/a&gt;, a senior Saudi prince warned on Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Prince Turki al...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Financial Times Ltd."></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="Saudi Arabia"></category><category term="Cable News Network"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="Palestine"></category><category term="Mahmoud Ahmadinejad"></category><category term="Riyadh"></category><category term="Prince Turki al-Faisal"></category><category term="London (England)"></category></entry><entry><title>Completing its objectives</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/completing-objectives-313376a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:18:05Z</updated><author><name>Las Vegas Sun</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/completing-objectives-313376a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;&lt;a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" &gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;’s bid for lasting peace won’t occur until &lt;a title="Hamas" href="/topic/Hamas" &gt;Hamas&lt;/a&gt; terrorists are disarmed&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; The Hamas terrorist regime that runs &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt; has proven to fellow Palestinians and the world that it has a cowardly militia that — unprovoked — fires rockets at Israel and then, by hiding among its own people, uses Palestinian noncombatants as human shi...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="Terrorism"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Africa"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Egypt"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="North Africa"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="Fatah Organization"></category><category term="Las Vegas Sun"></category><category term="Kenneth Jacobson"></category><category term="Anti-Defamation League"></category><category term="Las Vegas Sun Editorial Board"></category></entry><entry><title>US, Israel sign deal to boost Gaza truce effort</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/israel-sign-deal-boost-gaza-truce-effort-312805a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:18:28Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/israel-sign-deal-boost-gaza-truce-effort-312805a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;US, &lt;a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" &gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt; sign agreement to cut off &lt;a title="Hamas" href="/topic/Hamas" &gt;Hamas&lt;/a&gt; weapons supplies, boost &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt; cease-fire effort&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;On its final working day, the Bush administration signed a last-minute deal with Israel aimed at cutting off the supply of smuggled weapons to Hamas and boosting Egyptian efforts to broker a cease-fire to end fighting in Gaza.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shortly...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="International Relations"></category><category term="Diplomacy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="NATO"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="U.S. Department of State"></category><category term="Kentucky"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Harry Reid"></category><category term="Condoleezza Rice"></category><category term="Mitch McConnell"></category><category term="U.S. Armed Forces"></category><category term="Germany"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="United Kingdom"></category><category term="Europe"></category><category term="Africa"></category><category term="France"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Egypt"></category><category term="Western Europe"></category><category term="Iran"></category><category term="Mediterranean Sea"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="North Africa"></category><category term="Red Sea"></category><category term="Indian Ocean"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="Tzipi Livni"></category><category term="Gulf of Aden"></category><category term="U.S. Republican Party"></category><category term="Sean McCormack"></category><category term="State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton"></category><category term="Anne Flaherty"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Rice hopes for Gaza truce 'very, very soon'</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/rice-hopes-gaza-truce-312170a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:18:57Z</updated><author><name>AFP Global Edition</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/rice-hopes-gaza-truce-312170a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Condoleezza Rice" href="/topic/Condoleezza+Rice" &gt;US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice&lt;/a&gt; said here Friday she hoped for a ceasefire in &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt; "very, very soon" but could not promise one before president-elect &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; assumes office next week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"The American timeline is not important," Rice told reporters. "There's a lot of work ahead here, but I certainly hope...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="International Relations"></category><category term="Diplomacy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Condoleezza Rice"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category></entry><entry><title>Analysis: Mideast diplomacy looms for Obama</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/analysis-mideast-diplomacy-looms-obama-307342a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:22:51Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/analysis-mideast-diplomacy-looms-obama-307342a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Analysis: Mideast black hole of diplomacy awaits Obama; new, lowered expectations loom&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Mideast foreign policy black hole has relentlessly sucked in American diplomacy for more than a half century and now awaits &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; even as he refuses to show his hand before taking office.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;While the Israeli assault on the &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza Strip&lt;/a&gt; puts the perennial regio...</summary><category term="Islamism"></category><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="Afghanistan"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Iraq"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Africa"></category><category term="Asia"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Egypt"></category><category term="Pakistan"></category><category term="Syria"></category><category term="Lebanon"></category><category term="Iran"></category><category term="Tehran"></category><category term="Mediterranean Sea"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Hezbollah"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="North Africa"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="South Asia"></category><category term="Saudi Arabia"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="West Bank"></category><category term="The Taliban"></category><category term="Baghdad"></category><category term="Al Qaeda"></category><category term="Jonathan Adelman"></category><category term="Steven Hurst"></category><category term="University of Denver"></category><category term="Kingdom of Jordan"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Analysis: In Gaza fight, Iran lurks in background</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/analysis-gaza-fight-iran-lurks-background-302056a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T15:27:03Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/analysis-gaza-fight-iran-lurks-background-302056a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Analysis: Larger stakes seen in &lt;a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" &gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;-&lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt; fight with &lt;a title="Iran" href="/topic/Iran" &gt;Iran&lt;/a&gt; in the background&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Israel's fight with &lt;a title="Hamas" href="/topic/Hamas" &gt;Hamas&lt;/a&gt; in Gaza, like the war with &lt;a title="Hezbollah" href="/topic/Hezbollah" &gt;Hezbollah&lt;/a&gt; in &lt;a title="Lebanon" href="/topic/Lebanon" &gt;Lebanon&lt;/a&gt; two years ago, is not just a struggle over...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="Iraq"></category><category term="Turkey"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Africa"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Egypt"></category><category term="Lebanon"></category><category term="Iran"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Hezbollah"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="North Africa"></category><category term="Cairo (Egypt)"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Saudi Arabia"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="Qatar"></category><category term="Sally Buzbee"></category></entry><entry><title>Obama vows 'plenty' to say on Mideast after swearing-in</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/obama-vows-plenty-mideast-swearingin-301800a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-26T01:21:48Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-26:/u.s.-politics/obama-vows-plenty-mideast-swearingin-301800a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;US president-elect &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; Tuesday vowed to speak out about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict once he takes office, but insisted until then only &lt;a title="George W. Bush" href="/topic/George+W.+Bush" &gt;President George W. Bush&lt;/a&gt; can speak for the US.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;"After January 20 I am going to have plenty to say about the issue," Obama told reporters, fending off criticism that he has failed to forcefully address the Israeli military...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Policy"></category><category term="Domestic Security Policy"></category><category term="International Relations"></category><category term="Foreign Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Condoleezza Rice"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="United Nations"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="Al Qaeda"></category><category term="Sean McCormack"></category><category term="Ayman al-Zawahiri"></category><category term="SITE Institute"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Israeli Gaza 'massacre' must stop, Syria's Assad tells US senator</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-congressional-politics/israeli-gaza-massacre-stop-syrias-assad-tells-senator-430521a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-06-25T23:26:47Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-06-25:/u.s.-congressional-politics/israeli-gaza-massacre-stop-syrias-assad-tells-senator-430521a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Bashar Assad" href="/topic/Bashar+Assad" &gt;Syrian President Bashar al-Assad&lt;/a&gt; called on Tuesday for &lt;a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" &gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;'s "massacres" in the &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza Strip&lt;/a&gt; to stop, as he met visiting &lt;a title="Arlen Specter" href="/topic/Arlen+Specter" &gt;US Senator Arlen Specter&lt;/a&gt;, the official &lt;a title="Sana" href="/topic/Sana" &gt;SANA&lt;/a&gt; news agency reported.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Assad "underlined the necessity for halting the ...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Congressional Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="Iraq"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Syria"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="Bashar Assad"></category><category term="Sana"></category><category term="Arlen Specter"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category><category term="Damascus (Syria)"></category></entry><entry><title>Analysis: Gaza crisis may hurt Obama peace efforts</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/analysis-gaza-crisis-hurt-obama-peace-efforts-430304a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T13:40:05Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/analysis-gaza-crisis-hurt-obama-peace-efforts-430304a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Analysis: &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt; crisis likely to complicate Obama peace efforts in Mideast&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" &gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;'s military onslaught against the militant &lt;a title="Hamas" href="/topic/Hamas" &gt;Hamas&lt;/a&gt; movement will probably make it harder for &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President-elect Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; to fulfill a campaign pledge of early and vigorous Mideast peacemaking, an...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="Political Policy"></category><category term="International Relations"></category><category term="Diplomacy"></category><category term="Foreign Policy"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="Palestinian Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="U.S. Department of State"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Condoleezza Rice"></category><category term="New York"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="United Nations"></category><category term="Lebanon"></category><category term="Hillary Clinton"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Hezbollah"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Annapolis (Maryland)"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="West Bank"></category><category term="Mahmoud Abbas"></category><category term="United Nations Security Council"></category><category term="Matthew Lee"></category><category term="David Axelrod"></category><category term="Anne Gearan"></category><category term="U.S Council on Foreign Relations"></category><category term="James Jones"></category><category term="American Israel Public Affairs Committee"></category><category term="Arab American Institute"></category><category term="Steven Cook"></category><category term="Dan Senor"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Gaza complicates Obama's policy in Mideast</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/gaza-complicates-obamas-policy-mideast-429327a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T13:40:53Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/gaza-complicates-obamas-policy-mideast-429327a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Heavy violence in &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt; further complicates Obama's efforts to forge a Mideast peace&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;The deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in &lt;a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" &gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt;'s deadliest-ever air assault on the militant &lt;a title="Hamas" href="/topic/Hamas" &gt;Hamas&lt;/a&gt; further complicates &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;President-elect Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt;'s challenge to achieve a &lt;a title="Middle...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="Palestinian Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="George W. Bush"></category><category term="The White House"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Texas"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Hawaii"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Hillary Clinton"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="CBS Corporation"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="The Associated Press"></category><category term="Honolulu"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="West Bank"></category><category term="ABC Inc."></category><category term="Gaza City"></category><category term="Mahmoud Abbas"></category><category term="Gordon Johndroe"></category><category term="Ibrahim Barzak"></category><category term="Cabinet of Israel"></category><category term="David Axelrod"></category><category term="Center for Strategic and International Studies"></category><category term="Stephen Hadley"></category><category term="James Jones"></category><category term="Abington"></category><category term="Sherrod Brown"></category><category term="Amy Teibel"></category><category term="Philip Elliott"></category><category term="Ed Abington"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category></entry><entry><title>Obama 'monitoring' Gaza strikes: spokesman</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/u.s.-politics/obama-monitoring-gaza-strikes-spokesman-428492a" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-04-16T13:41:28Z</updated><author><name>AFP American Edition</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-04-16:/u.s.-politics/obama-monitoring-gaza-strikes-spokesman-428492a/</id><summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;US president-elect &lt;a title="Barack Obama" href="/topic/Barack+Obama" &gt;Barack Obama&lt;/a&gt; is "monitoring" the deadly violence in the &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza&lt;/a&gt; strip while he is on vacation in &lt;a title="Hawaii" href="/topic/Hawaii" &gt;Hawaii&lt;/a&gt;, a spokesperson said Saturday.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obama, who takes office on January 20, "is closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza," said his chief national security spokesperson Brooke Anderson.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="U.S. Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="United States"></category><category term="The New York Times Company"></category><category term="Washington, DC"></category><category term="Condoleezza Rice"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Hawaii"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Barack Obama"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="Hamas"></category></entry><entry><title>Mideast Israel Palestinians</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/photo/mideast-israel-palestinians-2404998p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2011-01-02T04:30:28Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2011-01-02:/photo/mideast-israel-palestinians-2404998p/</id><summary type="html">A Palestinian Hamas police officer inspects an abandoned house damaged during an Israeli airstrike in the Nusseirat refugee camp, central &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza Strip&lt;/a&gt;, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011. Overnight, Israeli aircraft carried out airstrikes against two targets in &lt;a title="Hamas" href="/topic/Hamas" &gt;Hamas&lt;/a&gt;-controlled Gaza in response to a rocket fired from Gaza into &lt;a title="Israel" href="/topic/Israel" &gt;Israel&lt;/a&gt; on Saturday. Gaza officials said two peopl...</summary><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="Injuries and Traumas"></category><category term="Social Issues"></category><category term="Israel"></category><category term="Middle East"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="Refugees and Displaced People"></category></entry><entry><title>Turkey Gaza Ship</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/photo/turkey-gaza-ship-2402363p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-26T07:30:21Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-12-26:/photo/turkey-gaza-ship-2402363p/</id><summary type="html">People displaying Turkish and Palestinian flags, react at the &lt;a title="Mavi Marmara" href="/topic/Mavi+Marmara" &gt;Mavi Marmara&lt;/a&gt; ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza Strip&lt;/a&gt; which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation in the Mediterranean, on its return, in &lt;a title="Istanbul" href="/topic/Istanbul" &gt;Istanbul&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Turkey" href="/topic/Turkey" &gt;Turkey&lt;/a&gt;, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Thousands of ...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="Turkey"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="Istanbul"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category><category term="Mavi Marmara"></category></entry><entry><title>Turkey-Gaza Ship</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/photo/turkeygaza-ship-2402362p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-26T07:01:19Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-12-26:/photo/turkeygaza-ship-2402362p/</id><summary type="html">People, holding Turkish and Palestinian flags,  cheer as the &lt;a title="Mavi Marmara" href="/topic/Mavi+Marmara" &gt;Mavi Marmara&lt;/a&gt; ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza Strip&lt;/a&gt; which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation in the Mediterranean May 31, 2010, returns in &lt;a title="Istanbul" href="/topic/Istanbul" &gt;Istanbul&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Turkey" href="/topic/Turkey" &gt;Turkey&lt;/a&gt;, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. Thousand...</summary><category term="Politics"></category><category term="World Politics"></category><category term="Israeli Politics"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="Turkey"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="Istanbul"></category><category term="Middle East Politics"></category><category term="Mavi Marmara"></category></entry><entry><title>APTOPIX Turkey-Gaza Ship</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/photo/aptopix-turkeygaza-ship-2402359p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-26T07:01:17Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-12-26:/photo/aptopix-turkeygaza-ship-2402359p/</id><summary type="html">People, holding Turkish and Palestinian flags, cheer as the &lt;a title="Mavi Marmara" href="/topic/Mavi+Marmara" &gt;Mavi Marmara&lt;/a&gt; ship, in the background, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza Strip&lt;/a&gt; which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation in the Mediterranean May 31, 2010, returns to &lt;a title="Istanbul" href="/topic/Istanbul" &gt;Istanbul&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a title="Turkey" href="/topic/Turkey" &gt;Turkey&lt;/a&gt;, Sunday, Dec. ...</summary><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="Turkey"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="Istanbul"></category><category term="Mavi Marmara"></category></entry><entry><title>Mideast Palestinians Israel</title><link href="http://uspoliticsinfo.com/photo/mideast-palestinians-israel-2401134p" rel="alternate"></link><updated>2010-12-22T07:01:54Z</updated><author><name>AP News</name></author><id>tag:uspoliticsinfo.com,2010-12-22:/photo/mideast-palestinians-israel-2401134p/</id><summary type="html">A wounded Palestinian prays as he lies in the treatment room of &lt;a title="Al Najar" href="/topic/Al+Najar" &gt;Al Najar&lt;/a&gt; hospital following an Israeli air strike on a &lt;a title="Hamas" href="/topic/Hamas" &gt;Hamas&lt;/a&gt; military training camp, in &lt;a title="Rafah" href="/topic/Rafah" &gt;Rafah&lt;/a&gt;, southern &lt;a title="Gaza Strip" href="/topic/Gaza+Strip" &gt;Gaza Strip&lt;/a&gt;, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The Israeli air force hit suspected militant sites in the Gaza Strip repeatedly in the course of Tuesday, leavin...</summary><category term="Travel and Tourism"></category><category term="Travel Destinations"></category><category term="War and Conflict"></category><category term="Middle East Conflict"></category><category term="Gaza Strip"></category><category term="Hamas"></category><category term="Rafah"></category><category term="Al Najar"></category></entry></feed>
