By Robert Berger Jerusalem 09 February 2007 Israel has given a cool reception to the formation of a Palestinian national unity government. Agreement on the new government was reached Thursday at a summit in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Under the deal, the ru...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 08 February 2007 The Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed to form a unity government and end fighting that has claimed the lives of more than 100 people since December. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem it is...
By Challiss McDonough Cairo 07 February 2007 Leaders of the two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, are meeting in the Muslim holy city of Mecca to try to form a unity government and end the intra-Palestinian violence that has rocked Gaza. Th...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 30 January 2007 A truce between the Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah appears to be holding in Gaza, despite the killing of a Hamas militant in Khan Younis. VOA's Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem the truce went into effec...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 January 2007 Palestinian militants from Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades kidnap Fayyad al Arba, a local Hamas leader, center, in the West Bank town of Nablus, 28 Jan 2007 Rival Palestinian factions have clashed in the Gaza Str...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 27 January 2007 At least two Palestinian men were killed on Saturday in the Gaza Strip in clashes between the Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah. The deaths bring to 20 the number of Palestinians killed, with more than 60 w...
By Lisa Bryant Paris 25 January 2007 A week before the Bush administration tries to revive stalled Middle East peace talks, Israeli and Palestinian politicians pledged new efforts Thursday to secure a breakthrough during a high-level conference in D...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 January 2007 Palestinian girl, shows wedding picture of her father Adnan Abdullah at her apartment inBaghdad's eastern Baladiat district, after the arrest of her father and uncles by Iraqi police (File photo - 26 March 2006)...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 January 2007 Warring Palestinian factions have given an optimistic assessment about a new round of coalition talks. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the negotiations come amid an increasingly violent...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 26 December 2006 Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired at least four rockets at Israel, including one that hit a major city. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the Israeli government is comi...