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Abie Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on Wednesday. He was 81.
Nathan famously piloted a private...
White House hopeful Barack Obama on Sunday criticized both U.S. President George W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton for waiting too long to make a big push to achieve Middle East peace....
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads into a summit in Rome
aiming to win acceptance of an international force for southern
Lebanon that could help end hostilities between Israel and
Hezbollah.
President Thabo Mbeki will attend the funeral of Palestinian
President Yasser Arafat who died early yesterday, after spending
two weeks receiving medical attention at a military hospital in
Paris,...
The Non-Aligned Movement (Nam) yesterday expressed "strong concern"
at the go-it-alone attitude of the US in global affairs, and called
for respect for the United Nations system.
Nelson Mandela still towers over South Africa, but as he turns 86
this weekend a project to immortalise the anti-apartheid icon with
a sculpture bigger than New York's Statue of Liberty was cast...
STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MR THABO MBEKI, PRESIDENT OF SOUTH
AFRICA, AT UNITED NATIONS AFRICAN MEETING IN SUPPORT OF THE
INALIENABLE RIGHTS OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, Cape Town
Israel has marked the spiritual leader of the radical Palestinian
Islamic group Hamas for death and will eliminate him, the country's
deputy defense minister said in remarks broacast yesterday on...
The Palestinian Authority yesterday reacted with disappointment to
US criticism of its peace efforts by accusing Washington of turning
a blind eye on Israel's moves towards alternatives to the...
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has accused the EU of inaction
against rising anti-Semitism and alleged Muslims in Europe pose a
threat to the lives of Jews, in an interview released today.
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat asked premier Ahmed Qorei
yesterday to remain at the head of a caretaker government as the
mandate for his emergency cabinet was poised to expire, a senior
Arafat...
Expelling Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat "would not be good for
Israel," Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in an interview published
in the Jerusalem Post newspaper today.
Yasser Arafat stopped short of giving official backing yesterday to
a symbolic agreement drawn up between leading Palestinian
personalities and Israeli left-wingers but praised any peace
initiative.
Members of a restive Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) were set
to meet here today with new Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qorei,
who is insisting he can work with Israeli counterpart Ariel...