Settlers&#39; sign of hope in Israel
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RESIDENTS of a small Jewish settlement said yesterday they had reached a deal to move together to a village inside Israel. They are the first community to agree to be evacuated under the Government&#39;s Gaza withdrawal plan.
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Israeli settler leaders on Monday backed a call to resist the planned evacuation of settlements in the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, signalling a shift toward revolt as hopes dwindle for stopping the pullback by political means.
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IN ADVANCE of a showdown with Likud party hard-liners, the Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s government yesterday issued its largest authorisation of new settlement homes in the occupied West Bank since the unveiling of the international peace ...
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GLYFADA, Greece - When the first notes of the national anthem of Israel pierced the night air, years of yearning came pouring out of Israelis at the Olympic Sailing Centre.
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Tens of thousands of Israeli settlers and their supporters yesterday took part in a right-wing demonstration in Jerusalem&#39;s Zion Square.
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Shouts of joy from excited schoolboys greeted the arrival of an Israeli convoy on its entry to a Palestinian town where visitors from the Jewish state are usually soldiers searching for militants.
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Israel agreed last week to pay settlers in the Gaza Strip who voluntarily leave up to $500,000.
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When a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer, it doesn&#39;t matter whether she&#39;s an Israeli or Palestinian. &quot;We can&#39;t wait with our personal struggle until the national struggle is resolved.
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Palestinian refugees yesterday got their first close look at their top political leaders in 22 years, winning reassurances that the right to return home -- a key sticking point through years of peace negotiations with Israel -- will not be abandoned.
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A rare optimism is taking hold among Palestinians amid signs of a possible breakthrough in the long-deadlocked Mideast peace process.
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The number of Jewish settlers in the Gaza Strip has grown by 9 percent in the past year despite Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to evacuate them, government figures showed on Sunday.
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Some participants at the Arab-Israeli talks believe a strong resolve to seek an agreement has been established. Not so fast, say the pessimists
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MIDEAST:Residents hope lessening Israeli-Palestinian violence can help the town regain its tourist industry. BY LAURA KING. BETHLEHEM, West Bank - In this Christmas season of hopes and fears, the little town
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Nearly 300,000 Israelis live on Arab territory in the West Bank. But with the U.S. pushing for a peace deal, their time may be running out
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Israeli politicians have voted for a plan for Jewish settlers to leave a piece of land called the Gaza Strip. Israel has occupied the Strip, which is home to millions of Palestinians, since a war in 1967, and
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settlement, and the third after cornering him hours later in its greenhouse area. Israeli Army Radio carried live. Polls show most Israelis favour Sharon&#39;s drive to quit Gaza and part of the West Bank.
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It has been a rough couple of months for Merav Cohen, a Jewish settler and mother of three who has broken ranks with her neighbors to support Israeli Prime Minister