World diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks (AP)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with U.S. special envoy for Mideast peace, George Mitchell during talks  in Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 19, 2010. Clinton is participating in a meeting of the Quartet of Middle East peace mediators — the U.S., Russia, the EU and the United Nations. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday that the United States and Israel have found a way around the worst disagreement the two allies have faced in years while international diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Palestinian state.




Quartet tells Israel to halt settlement activity (AFP)

L-R: The representatives of the Middle East Quartet former British premier Tony Blair, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton pose for a photograph after talks in Moscow. The Middle East Quartet urged Israel to stop building settlements.(AFP/Yuri Kadobnov)AFP - The Middle East Quartet urged Israel to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012 as it tried to kickstart the stalled peace process.




Clinton says US stand on Israel 'paying off' (AFP)

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is seen here during a press conference after Middle East Quartet talks in Moscow, on March 19. The strong US reaction to Israeli settlement plans is AFP - The strong US reaction to Israeli settlement plans is "paying off," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday, with Israeli-Palestinian negotiations expected to resume.




Palestinians, Israeli forces clash in West Bank, Jerusalem (AFP)

A masked Palestinian demonstrator stands near burning tires during clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank city of Hebron. Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests after the Muslim Friday prayers.(AFP/Hazem Bader)AFP - Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests after the Muslim Friday prayers.




Israeli aircraft hit disused Gaza airport, 11 injured: medics (AFP)

Smoke billows after an Israeli air strike targeted the old Gaza airport in Rafah on January 2009. Israeli aircraft hit a disused airport in southern Gaza on Friday night, injuring 11 people, two of them seriously, Palestinian medical officials and witnesses said.(AFP/File/Said Khatib)AFP - Israeli aircraft hit a disused airport in southern Gaza on Friday night, injuring 11 people, two of them seriously, Palestinian medical officials and witnesses said.




Israel strikes in Gaza after deadly rocket (Reuters)

Israeli police explosive experts stand near the remains of a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza after it landed in Netiv Haasara, just outside the northern Gaza Strip March 18, 2010. REUTERS/Amir CohenReuters - Israeli aircraft struck at least seven targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday, a day after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave killed a Thai worker in Israel, Hamas security officials and witnesses said.




Push on for Mideast talks despite Jerusalem flap (AP)

A Palestinian climbs an electricity pole as he waves a Palestinian flag during clashes in the West Bank city of Hebron, Friday, March 19, 2010. Palestinians in east Jerusalem and the West Bank lobbed rocks at Israeli security forces, set garbage bins and tires ablaze and torched an Israeli flag in a new outbreak of violence over contested Jerusalem building plans and unsubstantiated rumors about threats to the city's holiest shrine. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - With pressure on from global mediators Friday, Israel and the Palestinians appeared likely to resume American-mediated indirect peace talks despite a flap over east Jerusalem construction.




12 wounded in Israeli missile strike in Gaza (AP)
AP - Hamas officials say Israeli aircraft have fired five missiles at Gaza's defunct airport and nearby border tunnels, wounding at least 12 people.

Why US sees Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a security threat (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - As the United States and Israel navigate one of their most serious contretemps in years, a growing roster of American officials is making the argument that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict poses a national-security threat to the US.

Abbas ordered to rest after falling (AP)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, shakes hands with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during their meeting in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Lula da Silva is on an official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. (AP Photo/Musa Al-Shaer, Pool)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that doctors ordered him to rest after a fall left him with a bruised back.




Created by the RSSMix
News Wizard