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US money transfer sites used in Dubai assassination: report (AFP)

A picture posted on the website of Hamas' Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades armed wing in January 2010 shows Mahmud al-Mabhuh, one of the brigades' founders. US websites that allow employers to transfer money to far-flung employees may have been used to secretly finance the assassination of Mabhuh in Dubai, a US newspaper reported Saturday.(AFP/AL-QASSAM BRIGADES/File)AFP - US websites that allow employers to transfer money to far-flung employees may have been used to secretly finance the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai, a US newspaper reported Saturday.




Obama warns Abbas against failure to resume direct talks (AFP)

US President Barack Obama, seen here on July 29, has warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, Palestinian officials said.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - US President Barack Obama has warned Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas that failure to resume direct peace talks with Israel could undermine US-Palestinian ties, Palestinian officials said on Saturday.




Israeli air strike kills Hamas commander in Gaza (Reuters) Reuters - An Israeli air strike has killed a Hamas military commander and rocket-maker in the Gaza Strip, the Islamist group that rules the Palestinian territory said on Saturday.

Qatar's emir visits south Lebanon (AFP)

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani tours reconstruction efforts in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil. Qatar's emir was on a high-profile visit to south Lebanon, a Hezbollah stronghold destroyed in a 2006 war with Israel and whose rebuilding the emirate is helping finance.(AFP/Mahmud Zayat)AFP - Qatar's emir on Saturday made a high-profile visit to south Lebanon, a Hezbollah stronghold destroyed in a 2006 war with Israel and whose rebuilding the emirate is helping finance.




Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas rocket maker (AP)

Palestinians wheel a wounded man at the Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, late Friday, July 30, 2010. Late Friday, Israel targeted back two buildings in Gaza used by Hamas militants as a training facility, Palestinian security officials said.Gaza militants fired a rocket into the Israeli city of Ashkelon early Friday. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)AP - Israeli warplanes fired missiles, killing a senior commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people in five targets hit across Gaza overnight, the group and the military said Saturday.




Hamas vows revenge after Israeli strikes on Gaza (AFP)

A man carries a wounded young child into a hospital following Israeli air strikes on Gaza City on July 30, 2010. Israeli warplanes attacked the territory, killing one person and wounding eight, the army and medics said on Saturday, a day after a rocket fired from the strip hit a southern Israeli city.(AFP)AFP - Hamas vowed revenge on Saturday after Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip killed a senior militant and wounded eight other people.




Israel launches air strikes in Gaza after rocket fire (Reuters)

Israeli soldiers survey the damage caused by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza which landed in the southern city of Ashkelon July 30, 2010. REUTERS/Amir CohenReuters - Israel carried out air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded in the city of Ashkelon, witnesses said.




Syrian, Saudi leaders tackle tension in Lebanon (Reuters)

A billboard depicting Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is erected near al-Amin mosque in downtown Beirut July 30, 2010. REUTERS/Sharif KarimReuters - Saudi King Abdullah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met Lebanon's rival leaders on Friday to stave off a crisis over a tribunal that may indict Hezbollah members in the killing of Lebanese statesman Rafik al-Hariri.




Rare Arab summit to forestall possible Hezbollah unrest in Lebanon (The Christian Science Monitor) The Christian Science Monitor - The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Syria arrived in Beirut Friday for an unprecedented summit with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman. The visit comes amid rising regional concern over the potentially explosive findings of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Hamas slams Arab backing for Israel talks (AFP)

Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal, seen here in May 2010, slammed Arab leaders for endorsing the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks(AFP/File/Louai Beshara)AFP - Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal slammed Arab leaders for endorsing the resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, in comments published by Al-Jazeera on Friday.




Palestinians, settlers clash in northern West Bank (AFP)

Palestinian and foreign peace activists protest against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah near Bethlehem. Palestinians and Israeli settlers clashed in the northern West Bank, throwing stones at each other and damaging property.(AFP/Musa al-Shaer)AFP - Palestinians and Israeli settlers clashed in the northern West Bank on Friday, throwing stones at each other and damaging property, witnesses and the army said.




U.N. rights body tells Israel to end Gaza blockade (Reuters)

A Palestinian man carries food aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip on Sunday. British Prime Minister David Cameron has urged Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip, slamming the current state of the Palestinian enclave as a Reuters - Israel must lift its military blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a United Nations rights body said on Friday.




Israel skeptical on Iran sanctions (AFP)

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak, seen here in February 2010, said that Israel is skeptical that a new round of sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program will be effective, but there is AFP - Israel is skeptical that a new round of sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program will be effective, but there is "still time" for them to work, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday.




Gaza rocket ends quiet year for Ashkelon (Reuters) Reuters - Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket into Ashkelon on Israel's Mediterranean coast on Friday, blowing out the windows of an apartment block and damaging parked cars in a residential area of the city.

Palestinians Hold to Preconditions for Talks with Israel (Time.com) Time.com - U.S. efforts to cajole Mahmoud Abbas into talks with the Israelis have yet to yield results. But the Obama Administration could soon find itself on the spot if such talks go ahead

Syria, Saudi leaders urge Lebanon rivals to avoid violence (AFP)

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (L) shakes hands with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as Lebanese President Michel Sleiman smiles upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. Assad and Abdullah urged Lebanese parties to avoid resorting to violence in the face of mounting political tensions in the country.(AFP)AFP - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Saudi King Abdullah on Friday urged Lebanon's rival factions to avoid violence, on an unprecedented joint trip to Beirut aiming to defuse political tensions.




Spanish Court Seeks Arrest of U.S. Soldiers in Hotel Attack (Time.com) Time.com - Spain's National Court has re-opened its case against three U.S. troops implicated in a 2003 attack on Baghdad's Hotel Palestine that killed two journalists

Obama renews asset freeze of people undermining Lebanon (AFP)

Hezbollah fighters parade in Beirut in 2009. President Barack Obama renewed an emergency measure Thursday to freeze the assets of persons who work with Hezbollah militants and AFP - President Barack Obama renewed an emergency measure Thursday to freeze the assets of persons who work with Hezbollah militants and "infringe upon" Lebanese stability.




US urges Saudi, Syria to back direct Mideast peace talks (AFP)

The United States is urging King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (R) and President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, seen here together in January, 2010 in Riyadh, to encourage the Palestinians to resume direct peace talks with Israel when they meet Thursday.(AFP/SANA/Ho/File)AFP - The United States is urging King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and President Bashar al-Assad of Syria to encourage the Palestinians to resume direct peace talks with Israel when they meet Thursday.




Arabs agree to Israel-Palestinian talks (AFP)

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (L) speaks with Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani during a meeting for the Arab Peace Initiative committee in Cairo. Arab officials agreed in principle on Thursday to the holding of direct Middle East peace negotiations and left it up to Abbas to decide when to start talks with Israel.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Arab officials agreed in principle on Thursday to the holding of direct Middle East peace negotiations and left it up to Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to decide when to start talks with Israel.




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