Israeli court to free Palestinian deputy PM: lawyer
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - An Israeli military court   on Wednesday ordered the release of Palestinian Deputy Prime   Minister Naser al-Shaer, a top Hamas official, after more than   a month in detention, his lawyer said.
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Israeli soldiers arrested the Palestinian deputy prime minister Saturday, the highest-ranking Hamas official rounded up in a seven-week-old crackdown against the ruling party.
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Reformist former Palestinian Authority prime minister Abu Mazen will temporarily take over chairman Yasser Arafat&#39;s authority, Palestinian sources said.
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Israel agreed on Sunday to free another 90 Palestinian prisoners to try to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood, officials said.
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JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will name opposition leader Shimon Peres as his senior deputy, clearing the way for a unity government to enact its planned withdrawal from occupied territories.
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JERUSALEM - Israel&#39;s parliament gave the preliminary reading Monday to a bill that would allow Labor leader Shimon Peres to become deputy premier and clear the way for a coalition with the governing Likud party.
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In an unexpected ruling on September 2, the Malaysian Federal Court, the nationâs highest judicial body, freed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim after overturning his conviction on a charge of sodomy.
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Israeli soldiers burst into the home of the Palestinian deputy prime minister before dawn Saturday and took him away for questioning, detaining the highest-ranking Hamas official in a seven-week-old crackdown against the ruling Islamic militant group.
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Israel should turn over Arab neighborhoods in Jerusalem to the Palestinians as part of a peace deal with the moderate government of President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel's deputy prime minister said Friday
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The court order could help improve the climate for talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians.
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SDE BOKER, Israel  - Israel is ready to release many jailed Palestinians in return for a soldier seized by militants in June, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced on Monday, saying he was reaching out for peace.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reserved judgment on Sunday on a Palestinian unity government deal that failed to meet a core demand by the United States and other Middle East peace mediators to recognize Israel.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Israel yesterday released the Palestinian deputy prime minister, the highest-ranking of more than 30 officials in the Hamas-led government jailed as part of a crackdown on the Islamic militant group.
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A prominent candidate in the Palestinian presidential elections accused Israel yesterday of &quot;discrimination&quot; in allowing the former prime minister Mahmoud Abbas to travel freely
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Palestinian election officials have  given voting rights to a jailed militant accused of ordering  the killing of an Israeli minister, in a move Israel called a  sign that Palestinian democracy was badly flawed.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday he intended to free 250 Palestinian prisoners in a goodwill gesture to help President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert   will seek a peace summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud   Abbas if gunmen in the Gaza Strip release a captive Israeli   soldier, Olmert's senior deputy said on Tuesday.