Topic: Gaza Strip
Larger stakes seen in Israel-Gaza fight with Iran in the backgroundIsrael's fight with Hamas in Gaza, like the war with Hezbollah in Lebanon two years ago, is not just a struggle over the Palestinian issue but a broader proxy battle between Western ...
US president-elect Barack Obama Tuesday vowed to speak out about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict once he takes office, but insisted until then only President George W. Bush can speak for the US. "After January 20 I am going to have plenty to say ...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called on Tuesday for Israel's " massacres" in the Gaza Strip to stop, as he met visiting US Senator Arlen Specter, the official SANA news agency reported.Assad "underlined the necessity for halting the Israeli massacres which are being ...
Gaza crisis likely to complicate Obama peace efforts in MideastIsrael's military onslaught against the militant Hamas movement will probably make it harder for President-elect Barack Obama to fulfill a campaign pledge of early and vigorous Mideast peacemaking, and the pre-inauguration timing may ...
Heavy violence in Gaza further complicates Obama's efforts to forge a Mideast peaceThe deaths of hundreds of Palestinians in Israel's deadliest-ever air assault on the militant Hamas further complicates President-elect Barack Obama's challenge to achieve a Middle East peace something that eluded ...
US president-elect Barack Obama is " monitoring" the deadly violence in the Gaza strip while he is on vacation in Hawaii, a spokesperson said Saturday.Obama, who takes office on January 20, "is closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza," said ...
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