Topic: Hamas
US, Israel sign agreement to cut off Hamas weapons supplies, boost Gaza cease-fire effortOn 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 ...
Mideast black hole of diplomacy awaits Obama; new, lowered expectations loomThe Mideast foreign policy black hole has relentlessly sucked in American diplomacy for more than a half century and now awaits Barack Obama even as he refuses to show his hand before ...
The US House of Representatives on Friday joined the Senate in offering staunch support to Israel as the conflict rages on in Gaza, calling on Hamas to end rocket attacks. "Today, we reaffirm that Israel, like any nation, has a right to ...
The US Congress is set to offer staunch and unwavering support for Israel as the Gaza conflict rages, recognizing its " "When we pass this resolution, the United States Senate will strengthen our historic bond with the state of Israel by reaffirming ...
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 ...
Bush administration blames Hamas militants for violence, blocks UN cease-fire effortAvoiding any criticism of Israel, the White House said Hamas rocket attacks were to blame for the escalating violence between the Palestinians and Israelis and blocked approval of a U.N. Security Council ...
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 ...
With the Muslim world's diaspora and its discontents spreading worldwide, we've all become stakeholders in what we call "the region. What happens with Hamas, Israel and Gaza will set off far-flung epiphenomena soon enough. This was already a world war during the ...
The Bush administration called Monday for an end to the new flare up in Mideast violence, saying Hamas has " At the same time, he said the United States has asked Israel to avoid civilian casualties in Gaza.The spokesman declined to respond ...
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 ...
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