EU Med states call for Mideast peace conference
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The foreign ministers of France, Italy, Spain and seven other European states called on Monday for an international conference on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and said Israel should make more concessions for peace.
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Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday he wants the upcoming meeting of key Mideast players to agree on a package to stop the Israeli-Hezbollah fighting and ensure lasting peace between Israel and Lebanon.
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Libya has asked for normalized relations with the European Union in talks over releasing six foreign medics jailed for infecting hundreds of children with HIV, an official source in Libya said on Monday.
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U.S. President George W. Bush called on Monday for a Middle East peace conference bringing together Israel, the Palestinians and some Arab neighbors and led by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
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Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal said on Friday several European states have pledged to send money to the new Palestinian government, adding that key peace mediators could also challenge the U.S. decision to shun the Palestinians.
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The Bush administration is reaching out to European allies for a possible new push for peace in the Middle East if Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is replaced by more
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Jordan&#39;s King Abdullah II on Thursday urged the European Union to support Palestinian education and health services, in talks with EU parliament chief Hans-Gert Poettering.
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Twin goals of U.S.-European relations and achieving peace between Israelis and Palestinians may conflict in the coming year, administration and European officials say.
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Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat&#39;s poor health had politicians from across the spectrum Thursday calling for a change in Israeli policy on negotiating with the Palestinians, particularly
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The European Union on Monday  raised the possibility of sending its monitors back to Gaza's  breached border with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud  Abbas sought to rally Western support to sideline Hamas.
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Germany, president of the European  Union, urged a new Palestinian unity government on Friday to  comply with the three conditions set out by the Quartet of  Middle East peace negotiators.
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Germany's Angela Merkel repeats the EU's demand that a new Palestinian government must recognise Israel.
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A conference devoted to finding peaceful solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is being held on Monday in the Swiss capital, Bern.
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The United States signaled on Sunday it would invite Syria and other Arab states to a Middle East peace conference but suggested they must renounce violence and genuinely seek an end to the conflict.
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Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan  Shalom called on Wednesday for a Middle East summit with a U.S.  and European role to boost new reform-minded Palestinian  leaders and foster peace moves taking in Arab states as well.
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Libya has asked for normalized  relations with the European Union in talks over releasing six  foreign medics jailed for infecting hundreds of children with  HIV, an official source in Libya said on Monday.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - The European Union on Monday raised the possibility of sending its monitors back to Gaza's breached border with Egypt and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sought to rally Western support to sideline Hamas.