[12-Mar-2010 04:03:49]
Egypt stepping up pressure against Hamas
Cairo has severely toughened its stance on exit permits for Hamas leaders from Gaza and is demanding that Hamas unconditionally sign a reconciliation agreement with Fatah prepared by the Egyptians. ...

[12-Mar-2010 04:03:28]
PA fears East Jerusalem building will make it look weak
The Palestinian Authority will not begin indirect talks with Israel unless construction in the settlements, including in East Jerusalem, is completely frozen, PA President Mahmoud Abbas told the Arab League on Thursday. ...

[12-Mar-2010 03:03:40]
Interior Minister Yishai: Israel's relations with U.S. is above all else
"Our relationship with the Americans is above all else. It is an alliance that has survived complicated periods, and I had no intention of harming those ties, or to challenge the American administration, or to present obstacles to this important visit by the vice president," Shas chairman and Interior Minister Eli Yishai said Thursday in an interview with Haaretz on the crisis with Washington over the decision to authorize 1,600 housing units in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo. ...

[12-Mar-2010 02:03:55]
U.S. gave Israel green light for East Jerusalem construction
The apology offered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Interior Minister Eli Yishai recalls the joke about the servant who pinched the king's bottom. En route to the gallows, the servant apologized: He thought it was the queen's bottom. ...

[12-Mar-2010 02:03:35]
Israel believes East Jerusalem row won't stop Mideast talks
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that despite the crisis with the United States over the plan for new housing in East Jerusalem and the protests by the Palestinian Authority and Arab world, indirect talks with the PA will continue as planned early next week. ...