Sunday 5th February, 2012

• Palestinian rivals hold unity talks in Qatar

  Richmond Times-Dispatch

  DOHA, Qatar (AP) -- The Palestinian president and the head of rival Hamas resumed talks Sunday over efforts to move along a reconciliation pact that remains stalled after nearly a ...

• Germany finalizes sub sale to Israel

  UPI

  Israel and Germany have finalized the sale of a sixth Dolphin-class submarine to the Israeli navy, officials said. The two governments signed a deal a few weeks ago that includes having Germany ...

• Just a bluff? Fears grow of Israeli attack on Iran

  Tampa Bay Online

  JERUSALEM (AP) -- For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the ...

• 'Signs' of gas in offshore Israel field

  The Daily Telegraph

  AN Israeli company yesterday said it had discovered "significant signs of natural gas" after drilling off the country's Mediterranean coast, in a report to the Tel Aviv stock ...

• US to encourage renewed Israeli-Palestinian talks

  Fox News

  Israel . MEDRC "is looking to reinvent itself and the USAID initiative may be its opportunity," said Professor Uri Shamir of the Israel Institute of Technology, expressing optimism that ...

• Fatah, Hamas close to agreement on unity government

  Jerusalem Post

  Progress achieved during talks between PA President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Doha, Qatar; late-night meeting expected to agree upon prime ...

• Final member of Damascus-based Hamas politburo leaves Syria

  Haaretz

  Senior Hamas leader Imad el-Alami arrives in Gaza to chants and cheers; Hamas has decided to leave Syria so as not to be seen as endorsing Assad's ...

• Israeli Cabinet Mulls Response to Iran Threat

  VOA

  Growing tensions between Israel and Iran topped the agenda at the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu opened the Cabinet meeting by referring to a ...

• Israel's Netanyahu to visit U.S. next month

  West Australian

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Washington next month, his office said Sunday, amid heightened speculation that Israel might attack Iranian nuclear ...

• Israeli premier to visit US to address lobby

  San Diego Union-Tribune

  JERUSALEM -; Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will visit the U.S. next month for the annual conference of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby. A statement by ...

• 'Hezbollah will attack Israel if West intervenes in Syria'

  Jerusalem Post

  Hezbollah is prepared to attack should Western powers interfere in Syrian affairs, believes that a war in the Middle East could prevent the fall of the Assad regime, Lebanese official ...

• Turkey: Israeli Attack on Iran 'Would Be Disaster'

  Common Dreams

  Tensions in the Middle East show no sign of abating today as Iran issued warnings to neighboring Gulf states that they would face the wrath of Iranian military retaliation if US bases on their soils ...

• Israeli prime minister to address conference of pro-Israel lobby in Washington

  Sun-Sentinel

  JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office says he will visit the U.S. next month for the annual conference of AIPAC, the pro-Israel lobby. A statement by ...

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