Crisis hurts Israeli-Egypt ties
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The flood of Palestinians out of Gaza is fraying relations between Israel and Egypt Â ostensible partners in peace but now bitterly at odds over the border chaos Â undercutting the chances that President Bush's Mideast initiative will succeed.
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In the boldest sign of a thaw following the death of Yasser Arafat, Egypt will collaborate with Israel in new industrial zones and may soon return its ambassador to Israel.
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Sunday&#39;s exchange is just one striking example of the post-Arafat thawing of relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors. BY SALAH NASRAWI.
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Analysis: Israel wants Egypt to reseal the border. But to do that Egypt needs agreement with both Hamas and President Abbas  -  and the Palestinians aren't talking to each other
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JERUSALEM, Nov 15  - Israel is looking on anxiously at the unfolding struggle to fill the void left by Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat&#39;s death, keen to assist moderate elements to ensure a peaceful transition of power.
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Israelis and Palestinians are in the midst of rapidly evolving events that could lead to a period of instability in both camps, but could also usher in the changes necessary to resume peace negotiations.
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A senior Israeli official yesterday accused Egypt of failing to halt arms smuggling into Gaza, thus bolstering the militant group Hamas at the expense of the Palestinian leadership supported by the United States.
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A mysterious ailment has weakened Yasir Arafat and raised concerns that Palestinian politics could be plunged into turmoil.
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Egypt's president warns the Israeli PM about the effects of the Gaza blockade, joining others expressing concern.
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RAFAH, Egypt, June 17 -- All but sealed off by Egypt and Israel, Gaza presented an intensifying security concern to its neighbors and a fast-approaching humanitarian crisis Sunday, three days after its takeover by Hamas.
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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak makes a fence-mending visit to Egypt on Wednesday after Israel's foreign minister accused Cairo of jeopardizing regional stability by failing to stop arms smuggling to the Gaza Strip.
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Hoping to turn the page on six years of stalled Mideast negotiations, the U.S. instead found itself boxed in Sunday by a characteristically complex political impasse involving ally Israel and the Palestinians.
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Egypt&#39;s foreign minister and intelligence chief have postponed a visit to Israel, a Foreign Ministry official said Saturday, two days after an Israeli tank crew fired on and killed three Egyptian policemen.
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A possible gas explosion at a hotel on the border between Egypt and Israel causes several casualties.
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Egypt called on Israel on Tuesday to investigate charges that Israeli troops led by Israel's current infrastructure minister may have killed Egyptian prisoners of war in 1967.
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The Palestinian leader's mysterious ailment has seriously weakened him and plunged Palestinian politics into turmoil.
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Egypt has played down its offer to talk to Israel about reviving Israeli-Syria peace talks, which broke down four years ago. After talks in the Egyptian city of Sharm al-Shaikh on Tuesday between President