Palestinian

Obama targets for Mideast Peace Deal

Israel, Palestinian

President Barack Obama guides Israel and the Palestinian Authority into straight discussion opening tomorrow targeting for a huge prize which is a peace contract that might aid to become stable the area and prevent Iran’s bid to stretch its effect.

Abbas calls for quick dispatch of aid to Gaza

Ankara - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appealed for the quick dispatch of aid to people suffering in the Gaza Strip saying that Israel was holding up the vast majority of aid sent to the region.

Speaking after talks in Ankara with President Abdullah Gul, Abbas asked rhetorically what will the world do if Israel refuses to allow aid into the devastated region.

Palestinian farmer said shot dead north of Gaza City

Gaza City - A Palestinian farmer was killed Tuesday as he inspected his land north-east of Gaza City and near the border with Israel, hospital officials said.

Witnesses said he was shot dead by Israeli soldiers as he approached the border, north-east of the town of Jabaliya.

Hamas: 230 policemen killed in Gaza offensive

Gaza City - The over 1,400 Palestinians killed in three weeks of Israeli air and ground attacks include 230 members of Hamas' police force in Gaza, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Police Chief Tawfiq Jabber was among the dead, the spokesman, Islam Shahwan, told a news conference in Gaza City.

UN aid driver killed in Israeli fire

Gaza - A driver bringing humanitarian supplies from the northern crossing point of the Gaza Strip into the territory was killed when the aid convoy was fired upon, a spokesman for the United Nations said.

EU's Solana hopeful Gaza ceasefire will be in place soon

Ankara - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana on Thursday hailed a French-Egyptian proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and said the EU was ready to return as monitors of border crossing points in the strip.

International law on protecting civilians during war

International law on protecting civilians during war

Tel Aviv - The body of rules known as International Humanitarian Law can be, in the best of times, a vague and complicated read, with opposing sides to a conflict making contradicting claims based on the same line.

Hamas rejects 3-hour Israeli ceasefire:

Gaza City - A spokesman for Hamas rejected Wednesday the 3- hour humanitarian lull in in the fighting in the Gaza Strip, set up to allow residents of the salient to stock up on vital necessities.

Hamas to stop firing rockets during a temporary peace

Damascus - The Deputy Chairman of Hamas' Damascus political bureau, Moussa Abu Marzouk, said in a interview with al-Arabiya television Wednesday that the organization would not fire rockets at Israel during the latter's temporary operations halt in the Gaza Strip.

Israel to truck aid to Gaza, envoy tells Italian minister

Rome - Israel is sending a convoy of 73 trucks to carry food and medical supplies to the Gaza Strip , Israel's ambassador in Rome told Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini, on Monday.

Ambassador Gideon Meir said the supplies would reach Gaza by the end of the day, the Italian foreign ministry said in a statement.

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