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| | Egyptian forces have been pulled out of northern Sinai and Rafah, the town split down the middle between Egyptian Sinai and the Gaza Strip and under which most of the smuggling tunnels run. | | | | | | The arrests in Salfit, according to Ynet, are believed to be related to an investigation being done by the Palestinian General Intelligence Service into a man suspected of collaborating with Israel. All five of those detained are officers in the service. | | | | |  | | The European Union has unanimously elected Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the body's new full-time president after years of rotating the post on a monthly basis. | | | | | |  | | American sources quoted by the Al Jazeera newspaper said that “if Abu Maher Ghneim is appointed chairman of the Palestinian Authority this would mean the death of the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians.” | | | | | |  | | The unconfirmed report said "hundreds of prisoners" from Israeli jails would be freed in exchange for the Israeli soldier in the first stage of the deal, which would bring Shalit to Egypt. In the second stage, Shalit would be transferred to Israel. | | | | | |  | | An IDF spokesperson said, "The attack comes in response to rocket fire directed yesterday morning at Israel. The IDF will respond forcefully to any attempt to disrupt the calm situation in the south of the country." | | | | | |  | | Obama said. "I think that additional settlement building does not contribute to Israel's security. I think it makes it harder for them to make peace with their neighbors. I think it embitters the Palestinians in a way that could end up being very dangerous." | | | | | |  | | There is 'Israeli consensus' that the eastern Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood of Gilo belongs to Israel, Livni said. "Beyond dealing with the immediate issue, this understanding is important for all discussions about permanent borders." | | | | | |  | | Obama and Netanyahu are bending over backward to dissuade Mahmoud Abbas from going through with his decision to retire from public life both as chairman of the PA and head of the PLO. | | | | | |  | | Some members of Congress and relatives of the World Trade Center victims are questioning the decision because it gives the terrorists, reportedly members of al-Qaida, the protections of the American justice system. | | | | | |  | | Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt said, "I would hope we would be in a position to recognize a Palestinian state, but there has to be one first. So I think that is a bit premature." | | | | | | | "There is no substitute for negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, and any unilateral attempt outside that framework will unravel the existing agreements between us and could entail unilateral steps by Israel." | | | | |
|  | | Indian investigators found that Headley visited all 10 Mumbai locations that were attacked last November, according to the Chinese news agency Xinhua. | | | | | |  | | "(W)hy not declare a Palestinian state from the sea [Mediterranean] to the river [Jordan]" rather than in the West Bank and Gaza only?" Hamas spokesman Salah Bardweel said Monday | | | | | |  | | In response to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer to meet with Assad 'at any time, anywhere,' Assad told French reporters last Friday that he would only negotiate with Israel through mediators such as Turkey. | | | | | | | Sources confirm that four inspectors who visited the newly discovered Fordo site near Qom last month found a fortified underground installation designed especially for the production of highly-enriched uranium for nuclear weapons. | | | | |  | | Zentai, who has been imprisoned in Perth since Oct. 22, is the first alleged Nazi war criminal Australia has agreed to extradite. | | | | | |  | | The 12-person jury decision on Thursday in Sioux Falls, S.D. likely means that Rubashkin, 50, will spend the rest of his life in prison; combined sentences could reach over 1,250 years. | | | | | |  | | The charges against Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist of Palestinian descent, were announced at a news conference Thursday afternoon. Additional charges could still be levied. | | | | | | | Yaakov Teitel appeared in Jerusalem District court Thursday, where he was charged with the murders of two Arabs and attempted murders of Jewss, smuggling arms into Israel, and violence against Arabs, gays and lesbians. | | | | | | A military court on Wednesday sentenced a sergeant in the country's Internal Security Forces, his wife, sister and brother-in-law to death after they were convicted of conspiring with Israel and spying for Israel | | | | | | | | A group of women who have lost sons in combat or terror attacks called on Israel's prime minister to work toward the release of captive soldier Gilad Shalit. | | | | | |  | | Turkish prime minister Tayyep Recep Erdogan and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad struck military cooperation deals which promised Iran Turkish military intelligence and air force assistance against a possible Israeli attack on its nuclear sites. | | | | | |  | | The new cabinet includes 15 seats for the American-backed majority led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri, 10 for the Hezbollah-led opposition and five for Suleiman. | | | | | |  | | The video-tape of Sgt. Gilad Shalit handed Israel Friday Oct. 2 in a trade for 20 Palestinian female prisoners was given to his close family, who viewed his image for the first time since he was kidnapped in June, 2006 | | | | |
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