Israel, Egypt plot Gaza's future
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Israeli and Egyptian leaders discuss the Gaza withdrawal plan as doubts mount over the survival of Israel's government.
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A view shows Gaza from an Israeli guard tower at the border area of the Gaza strip and the Jewish settelment of Nissanit. Photo: AFP.
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A little travel has gone a long way toward changing perceptions in Gaza.
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Israeli leaders rejected on Wednesday proposals to secure the Gaza Strip's breached frontier with Egypt with additional Egyptian border guards or an international force, government officials said.
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Israel plans to build a trench on the Gaza-Egypt border which may mean the demolition of many homes.
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Some Israelis would like Egypt to take ongoing responsibility for the Palestinian territory.
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Despite conflict, Israelis try to help Gazans to whom they have longstanding ties.
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Israel is prepared to coordinate its pullout from Gaza with a new Palestinian government, officials said Sunday, a shift from Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's concept of "unilateral disengagement" and a sign that cooperation may be restored in the post-Arafat era.
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Hamas' path in consolidating control in the Gaza Strip:
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Israel wants to cut its links with the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip after militants blasted open the territory's border with Egypt in defiance of an Israeli blockade, Israel's deputy defense minister said on Thursday.
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Israel and the Palestinian Authority are trying to work out a deal to end the army's Gaza offensive in return for stopping militants firing rockets into the Jewish state, Israeli security sources said Tuesday.
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In a series of dramatic steps capped Sunday by a high-profile prisoner swap, Israel and Egypt are moving rapidly to improve relations, seizing the opportunity for a Middle East peace deal presented by Yasser Arafat's death.
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A Hamas military victory in Gaza would create a two-headed Palestine &#151; with the Islamic extremists in control in the coastal strip and Western-backed Fatah ruling the West Bank.
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Israel threatened to use force to topple the Gaza Strip's Hamas leaders on Monday following a surge of cross-border rocket attacks by the Palestinian Islamist group.
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In a series of dramatic steps capped Sunday by a high-profile prisoner swap, Israel and Egypt are moving rapidly to improve relations, seizing the opportunity for a Mideast peace deal presented by Yasser Arafat&#39;s death.
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Israel has threatened to cut back fuel and electricity to the Gaza Strip, putting visiting Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice squarely in the middle of the two sidesâ latest faceoff.
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Israel hopes displays of military might will pressure Palestinians into turning against the Hamas-linked militants who abducted an Israeli soldier.