Read more Arab Israeli conflict stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/17731/arab-israeli-conflict.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:49:40 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70842/hamas-releases-video-of-captive-israeli-soldier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagImprisoned Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit appears healthy and talkative in a video released to the Israeli government by his captors in exchange for 20 Palestinian prisoners. In the video, Shalit talks of wanting to return home after his 3-year detention and holds up a copy of a newspaper dated September...http://www.newser.com/story/70842/hamas-releases-video-of-captive-israeli-soldier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 02 Oct 2009 12:22:55 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70660/israel-will-free-20-palestinian-prisoners-for-video-of-soldier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael will release 20 Palestinian women from jail in exchange for a video from Hamas proving that a young soldier captured three years ago is alive. The swap is expected to take place Friday and will lead to further negotiations for the release of Gilad Shalit, now 23, who was...http://www.newser.com/story/70660/israel-will-free-20-palestinian-prisoners-for-video-of-soldier.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 30 Sep 2009 11:23:43 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/68973/gaza-war-was-genocide-chavez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip earlier this year was perpetrated for the express purpose of killing Palestinians, says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Guardian reports. “The question is not whether the Israelis want to exterminate the Palestinians. They're doing it openly. What was it, if not genocide?” asked...http://www.newser.com/story/68973/gaza-war-was-genocide-chavez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 09 Sep 2009 11:39:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67215/obama-egypts-mubarak-click-at-dc-meeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA meeting today between President Obama and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak signaled a thaw in relations between the two countries, the New York Times reports. Obama also spoke of “positive steps” that “could help to jump-start an effective process on all sides” in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Mubarak, meanwhile, said...http://www.newser.com/story/67215/obama-egypts-mubarak-click-at-dc-meeting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 18 Aug 2009 15:45:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64781/israel-to-us-we-wont-halt-housing-in-jerusalem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid intense US-Israeli negotiations over settlements, Israel today brushed off Washington’s request to stop an American millionaire's housing project in East Jerusalem, the Jerusalem Post reports. Palestinians have complained that it would change demographics in the Arab-dominated area. But Obama "had crossed a red line" in asking Israel to cease...http://www.newser.com/story/64781/israel-to-us-we-wont-halt-housing-in-jerusalem.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 19 Jul 2009 16:56:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64610/olmert-stop-obsessing-over-settlements.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's fine for Barack Obama to make overtures to the Arab world, but Ehud Olmert, reminding him in a Washington Post op-ed that Israel is "the only real Middle Eastern democracy," complains that he has focused too much of his attentions on Israel's settlements in the West Bank. Olmert says...http://www.newser.com/story/64610/olmert-stop-obsessing-over-settlements.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 17 Jul 2009 6:27:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64363/hamas-israel-targets-gaza-youth-with-aphrodisiac-gum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamas says Israel is corrupting Palestinian youth with aphrodisiac chewing gum. “We have discovered two types of stimulants that were introduced into the Gaza Strip from Israeli border crossings,” a spokesman tells AFP. “The first type is presented in the form of chewing gum and the second in the form...http://www.newser.com/story/64363/hamas-israel-targets-gaza-youth-with-aphrodisiac-gum.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 14 Jul 2009 13:07:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/62780/hillarys-wrong-bush-israel-agreed-on-settlements.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton said last week that the Bush administration hadn’t made any “informal or oral agreements” on Israel settlements, but that’s simply not true, writes Bush adviser Elliott Abrams in the Wall Street Journal . In fact, talks between the administration and Israel’s then-PM resulted in Ariel Sharon’s agreement to “remove...http://www.newser.com/story/62780/hillarys-wrong-bush-israel-agreed-on-settlements.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 25 Jun 2009 8:35:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61885/netanyahus-palestine-speech-angers-both-sides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBarely into his new term, Benjamin Netanyahu is already facing major difficulties—caught between a Washington-led demand for a Mideast peace deal and right-wing insistence that he oppose a Palestinian state. The Israeli PM tried to forge a middle path in a major speech yesterday, but as Rory McCarthy writes...http://www.newser.com/story/61885/netanyahus-palestine-speech-angers-both-sides.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Jun 2009 6:27:00 CDT