U.S. convenes first meeting on Israeli-Palestinian plan
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A PROMISING lull in Israeli-Palestinian violence ended this week, after Israel assassinated an Islamic Jihad commander and three other militiamen Wednesday, and retaliatory rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel the next day. (article 9)
Jerusalem - Over the past seven days, Israel and the Palestinians have absorbed stunning blows that have led to mourning across the region - and shaken hopes for U.S.-promoted peace talks. (article 12)
No one was injured by the salvo against the border town of Sderot, the first such attack by Islamic Jihad, a Palestinian militant faction, since March 5. (article 8)
The Hamas prime minister called publicly Wednesday for a period of calm with Israel, laying out conditions that would end attacks on Palestinian militants, open Gaza's borders and lift economic sanctions. (article 1)
Shortly after the appeal by Ismail Haniyeh, Israeli troops opened fire on a car in the West Bank town of Bethlehem and killed four Palestinian militants, clouding the prospects for a cease-fire - Click here to view photos. (article 1)
Islamic Jihad is among militant groups that powerbroker Egypt had hoped to coax into holding rocket fire from Gaza in a bid to bolster US-sponsored peace talks between Israel and the Western-backed Palestinian president , Mahmoud Abbas. (article 2)
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Source articles
- FOXNEWS.COM HOME > WORLD (FOX News, 03/12/2008, 914 words)
- Israel kills four after Hamas sets truce terms (ft.com, 03/12/2008, 538 words)
- Hope for an Israel-Hamas Truce? (time.com, 03/13/2008, 565 words)
- Rice makes little headway in Mideast - (baltimoresun.com, 03/14/2008, 477 words)
- Gaza Rockets Barrage Southern Israel (Washington Post, 03/13/2008, 370 words)
- US support for Egypt hints at shift on Hamas (ft.com, 03/13/2008, 295 words)
- Israel jets strike northern Gaza (BBC News, 03/13/2008, 423 words)
- Islamic Jihad rockets hit Israel after West Bank raid (Washington Post, 03/13/2008, 289 words)
- In search of a Mideast cease-fire (boston.com, 03/14/2008, 449 words)
- Abbas Accuses Israel of Ethnic Cleansing (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/13/2008, 468 words)
- Israel imposes sanctions on Al-Jazeera (boston.com, 03/13/2008, 394 words)
- Jerusalem - Over the past seven days, Israel and t... (baltimoresun.com, 03/14/2008, 168 words)
- The Seattle Times: Israeli raid ends lull in West Bank (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 03/13/2008, 291 words)
- U.S. convenes first meeting on Israeli-Palestinian plan (Washington Post, 03/13/2008, 386 words)
- Israel plans new homes in West Bank settlement - (baltimoresun.com, 03/14/2008, 443 words)
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