Moussa Abu Marzouk

Israelis, Palestinians pledge to continue peace talks at Egypt summit

Israeli and Palestinian representatives pledged Sunday to continue peace talks that outgoing U.S. President George W. Bush launched last year even though a deal will not be reached by the time he leaves office, as originally...

Palestinian election talks collapse after dispute over prisoners

Talks to reunite warring Palestinian factions have been called off after the Islamist Hamas accused its rival Fatah of refusing to release prisoners. By Carolynne Wheeler in Jerusalem The Egyptian-sponsored negotiations were...

Rice praises West Bank security efforts

JENIN, West Bank - Visiting this former militant stronghold, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday highlighted the Palestinian president's law-and-order campaign, one of the few tangible successes in slow-moving...

Foreign briefs

Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. Published Date: 09 November 2008 EGYOT HAMAS has boycotted this weekend's Palestinian reconciliation talks with Fatah. The talks were to start in...

Hamas boycotts Palestinian talks

Hamas officials said Fatah had reneged on a pledge to release prisoners The Palestinian militant group Hamas says it will boycott reconciliation talks with its Fatah rivals in Cairo. Hamas accused the Palestinian Authority...

Syria gets green light from Washington

Syrian Troops Enclose Lebanon, Rice Contacts HamasFrom DEBKA-Net-Weekly updated by DEBKAfile, October 25, 2008 As part of the incipient thaw in US relations with Damascus, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has relayed a...