Read more Mideast stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20659/mideast.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:32:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/58507/in-jordan-pope-decries-manipulation-of-religion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe top religious adviser to Jordan's king thanked Pope Benedict XVI today for his expression of "regret" after a 2006 speech that many Muslims deemed insulting to Islam's Prophet Muhammad. Benedict told the audience of religious leaders and officials at an Amman mosque that the history of the two faiths...http://www.newser.com/story/58507/in-jordan-pope-decries-manipulation-of-religion.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 09 May 2009 7:27:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47428/un-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-us-abstains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UN Security Council tonight passed a resolution—with the US abstaining—calling for "an immediate and durable" cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, the BBC reports. The vote was 14-0. It's unclear how much of an effect it will have on the ground, and Israel appeared to be resuming its...http://www.newser.com/story/47428/un-calls-for-ceasefire-in-gaza-us-abstains.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 08 Jan 2009 21:06:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47322/gaza-fighting-rages-on-talks-set-for-tomorrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael continues to press its assault and Hamas continues to fire its rockets, but a sliver of hope emerged tonight toward an end to the Gaza hostilities, MSNBC reports. Representatives from Israel, Hamas, and the Palestinian Authority will meet—probably separately—with Egyptian officials in Cairo tomorrow to discuss a...http://www.newser.com/story/47322/gaza-fighting-rages-on-talks-set-for-tomorrow.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Jan 2009 21:08:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47198/israel-weighs-truce-proposal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael and Hamas are considering a new truce proposal floated by Egypt and France, Reuters reports. Few details emerged, but the US supports the plan, as does Europe. The development comes on the deadliest day yet of the conflict, after an Israeli missile struck a UN school and killed at...http://www.newser.com/story/47198/israel-weighs-truce-proposal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Jan 2009 20:37:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47195/al-qaeda-no-2-gaza-raid-is-gift-from-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAl-Qaeda's No. 2 leader called the Israeli invasion of Gaza a "gift from Obama" and urged Muslims to take revenge against Israel, CNN reports. In an audio message posted on extremist websites, Ayman al-Zawahiri said that Barack Obama was portrayed as "the savior who will come and change American policy"...http://www.newser.com/story/47195/al-qaeda-no-2-gaza-raid-is-gift-from-obama.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 06 Jan 2009 17:50:42 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46955/israel-kills-dozens-of-hamas-fighters-un-will-meet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCasualties are mounting in the early hours of Israel's ground invasion of Gaza. Israeli infantrymen killed dozens of Hamas fighters after crossing the border at nightfall, the Jerusalem Post reports. At least 30 Israeli soldiers were injured, some seriously. "The campaign won't be easy and it won't be short," said...http://www.newser.com/story/46955/israel-kills-dozens-of-hamas-fighters-un-will-meet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 03 Jan 2009 16:45:41 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46455/ferocity-of-israeli-attacks-surprises-west.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt's no surprise that Israel has struck back at Hamas, but the intensity of the attacks "appeared to stun Western governments and analysts," writes Michael Abramowitz of the Washington Post . Barack Obama's camp has remained largely mum so far on the air assaults that have killed more than 200, but...http://www.newser.com/story/46455/ferocity-of-israeli-attacks-surprises-west.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 27 Dec 2008 19:12:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41952/bush-wont-see-mideast-deal-during-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael and the Palestinians won’t likely reach a peace agreement by the 2009 deadline set at the Annapolis negotiations a year ago, the White House said today. The Bush administration began to question the feasibility of the deadline when a corruption scandal ousted PM Ehud Olmert and set the stage...http://www.newser.com/story/41952/bush-wont-see-mideast-deal-during-term.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Nov 2008 16:46:23 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/39177/france-warns-israel-dont-attack-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe French foreign minister has urged Israel not to launch an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities, Reuters reports. "There are those" in Israel and the Israeli army "who are preparing for a military attack," Bernard Kouchner told an Israeli newspaper. "That's not the solution." Kouchner, in the Mideast to discuss...http://www.newser.com/story/39177/france-warns-israel-dont-attack-iran.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 05 Oct 2008 7:17:00 CDT