Palestinian factions agree on key cabinet posts
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions have agreed to give key cabinet posts to independents at crisis talks in Saudi Arabia, overcoming a key stumbling block to a unity government, officials said on Thursday.
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Senior officials from rival Fatah and Hamas factions agreed on Saturday to pull their gunmen off the streets of Gaza and halt bloodshed which has killed 23 Palestinians in the last three days.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions signed a deal to form a unity government on Thursday, hoping to end open warfare between their followers and international sanctions on the Hamas-led administration.
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Israel's ruling Likud and opposition  Labour parties plan to seal a deal on Saturday to forge a unity  coalition seen as crucial to carrying out Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon's Gaza pullout plan, party officials said.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions agreed to form a unity government on Thursday and end fighting and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the new government to respect previous agreements.
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The cabinet, in its weekly meeting on Sunday, approved a preliminary decision to allow Arabs from east Jerusalem to vote for the Palestinian Authority chairmanship elections scheduled for January 9, Army Radio reported.
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Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed on Friday to take steps previously agreed under a long-stalled peace plan to try to narrow differences ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on establishing a Palestinian state.
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Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah sign an agreement to form a national unity government.
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MECCA, Saudi Arabia  - Rival Palestinian factions have agreed at crisis talks in Saudi Arabia to give key cabinet posts to independents, overcoming one stumbling block to a unity government, officials said on Thursday.
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JERUSALEM - Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed yesterday to set up negotiating teams on the core issues standing in the way of Palestinian statehood, bringing the two sides a step closer to full-fledged peace talks.
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Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah agree to a deal to end fighting in Gaza, Hamas officials say
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Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the release of 250 Palestinian prisoners to boost ties between the Jewish state and Fatah party leader and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, an Israeli official told CNN.
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Middle East News, Palestinian negotiations minister, Saeb Erekat, said on Wednesday that the Israelis and the Palestinians reached an agreement on the upcoming elections to choose a successor to the late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.
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A senior Palestinian official said here on Monday that the Palestinian leadership wanted to have further coordination and consultations with Syria and Lebanon.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas agreed on Monday to create teams to tackle Palestinian statehood issues.
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President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian faction leaders agreed Sunday to 10 days of intensive talks aimed at resolving critical differences and avoiding a national referendum on recognizing Israel&#039;s right to exist.
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Palestinian leaders, struggling to deal with a post-Yasser Arafat world, have patched together a two-office arrangement for running the territories.