400 new homes and 15,000 new settlers in the West Bank during 2008 Settlers settle in a home in occupied Jerusalem A spokesperson for a Jewish religious association announced yesterday that a family of settlers will settle in a new home in Occupied East Jerusalem
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French FM does not deny French semi-official contacts with Hamas French FM Kouchner did not deny that France held semi-official contacts with Hamas. This came in a meeting with reporters in Jerusalem ....more
The security services warn anyone who works with Hamas in Gaza to move the split to the West Bank The Palestinian security services in the West Bank warned yesterday any person of responding to the calls of Hamas in Gaza to move the split to the West Bank ....more
Despite the promise of Olmert to freeze settlements, settlers erect through the caravans thousands of housing units in the West Bank. (Al-Quds) ....more
The occupation sets two-week deadline to Bedouin families to evacuate their lands east of Jerusalem. (Al-Ayyam) ....more
Middle Eastern financial markets suffer major setbacks and collapse in the stock exchange in Tel Aviv. (Al-Ayyam) ....more
EDITORIAL OF THE WEEK
Let the Quartet Die, By:Rami G. Khouri /Opinion One of the great hopes and subsequent disappointments in modern Middle Eastern diplomacy has been the "Quartet" of four major international players that was supposed to monitor