SALVADOR, Brazil — Israeli settlement expansion on Palestinian territory must stop immediately, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday as he seeks to position Brazil as a player in the Middle East. "The expansion of West Bank settlements must …
Read Original Story: Brazil's Lula calls for Israel settlement freeze – AFP
GAZA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) — At least 10 Palestinians were wounded in Israeli airstrikes on various targets in the Gaza Strip early Sunday, witnesses and medical sources said. The first raid took place shortly after midnight, targeting a metal workshop in …
Read Original Story: 10 Palestinians wounded in Israeli strikes on Gaza – Xinhua
GAZA CITY — Hamas’s armed wing on Sunday said that armed groups in its Gaza Strip stronghold had finalised a deal to stop firing rockets into Israel, but said they would respond to Israeli raids. "The agreement between (Ezzedine) Al-Qassam (Brigades) …
Read Original Story: Gaza armed groups agree to halt rockets: Hamas – AFP
JERUSALEM — To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections, according to Palestinian …
Read Original Story: Palestinian panel to sidestep vote – Washington Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF IAF aircraft bombed two Hamas weapons factories in northern and central Gaza overnight Saturday, as well as an arms smuggling tunnel in southern Gaza. According to the IDF Spokesperson’s Office, the attack was in response to the …
Read Original Story: IAF bombs 2 weapons factories, smuggling tunnel in Gaza – Jerusalem Post
CAIRO: With the Egyptian initiated October 26th reconciliation pact between Palestinian faction’s Fatah and Hamas unsigned, hopes for a future Palestinian state are in serious doubt. From the deadlocked recent talks in Cairo, some commentators are left …
Read Original Story: Analysis: Hamas, Fatah and Egypt – Bikya Masr
At least seven Palestinians have been injured in a round of Israeli air raids on the Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses say. They told Al Jazeera that the first raid hit a metal workshop in the Tufah district of Gaza City early on Sunday, …
Read Original Story: Palestinians hurt in Gaza raid – Aljazeera.net
Brazil’s president has called for an immediate end to Israeli settlement construction on Palestinian territory, following a meeting with his visiting Palestinian counterpart. Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva made the comment on Friday in the north eastern …
Read Original Story: Lula urges Israel settlement freeze – Aljazeera.net
GAZA, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) — The military wing of Islamic Hamas movement on Sunday vowed to respond to a series of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning in which around 10 Palestinians were wounded. "The Israeli escalation will not be …
Read Original Story: Hamas armed wing vows to respond to Gaza strikes – Xinhua
By Haaretz Service and News Agencies Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wants Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to convince Iran to put an end to its support for the radical Palestinian movement Hamas. "Iran supports Hamas with …
Read Original Story: Abbas prods Brazil to help end Iran support for Hamas – Ha'aretz
