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West Bank settlement housing gets initial approval
(AP)
 AP - Israel gave preliminary approval on Wednesday to a plan to build 600 new homes in a settlement deep inside the West Bank, a move that drew rebukes from the United Nations and Palestinians and threatened to raise tensions with the U.S. as the prime minister prepares to head to the White House.
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Hamas irons out dispute over Palestinian unity
(AP)
AP - The leadership of the Islamic militant Hamas on Wednesday settled internal disagreements and approved a unity deal with its political rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a senior official said.
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Golan Druse support for Syria regime cracking
(AP)
AP - Syria's embattled leader, Bashar Assad, appears to be losing one of his last bastions of reliable support: the Druse Arab community in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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Syria stalemate: Is Russia pushing Mideast into cold-war style conflict?
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Russia??s decision not to attend a ??friends of Syria? meeting in Tunisia later this week deepens the international community??s divide over Syria and raises prospects of a cold-war-style proxy war in the Middle East.
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Israel to free Palestinian hunger striker
(AP)
 AP - A Palestinian member of a violent Islamic militant group that advocates killing Israeli civilians agreed to end his 66-day hunger strike to protest his imprisonment without charge after reaching a deal with Israel that will free him in April, the Israeli Justice Ministry said Tuesday.
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Longest Palestinian hunger strike ends in deal
(Reuters)
Reuters - A Palestinian held without trial ended a 66-day hunger strike Tuesday after Israeli authorities promised to release him in April in a deal that avoided judicial review of its detention policy.
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A Hunger Striker at Death's Door Turns up the Heat on Israel and the Palestinians
(Time.com)
Time.com - "The West Bank's Bobby Sands" is how some in the British media have begun referring to Khader Adnan, as the 33-year-old Palestinian detainee marks Monday as his 65th day of refusing food from his Israeli gaolers
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(AP)
AP - A main opposition group says the death toll in Syria has risen to 50, including 30 in Homs.
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Bahrain police disperse march with water cannon
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bahraini police used water cannon and tear gas to break up a march chanting anti-government slogans after a funeral Monday, while protesters were arrested for approaching a roundabout at the center of an uprising last year.
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Egypt to help with Gaza power shortages
(AP)
AP - Egypt has agreed to help ease Gaza's chronic power shortages as part of a three-stage plan that would eventually hook up the isolated territory to the regional grid, a Palestinian energy official said Monday.
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The cool new Palestinians: geeks
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - In the hip Ramallah coffee shop ZAMN, Yousef Ghandour laments the slow Wi-Fi as he launches the beta version of one of his many start-ups, a social networking site that allows users to travel through time to find connections.
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Israel calls for tougher Iran sanctions
(Reuters)
Reuters - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Saturday a nuclear-armed Iran would trigger an arms race in the Middle East and nations should impose "crippling" sanctions on Tehran to force it to give up its atomic program.
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Top Obama aide heads to Israel for talks on Iran, Syria
(Reuters)
Reuters - President Barack Obama's top security aide will visit Israel for two days of talks on regional issues including Syria and Iran, the White House said on Friday.
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Bahrain police, protesters clash, Western activists held
(Reuters)
Reuters - Bahraini police detained two Western activists who had joined a women's protest on Friday, after clashing overnight with protesters in Shi'ite districts of the Gulf Arab state.
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Romney takes on world as he vies for presidency
(AP)
 AP - The world according to Republican presidential front-runner Mitt Romney: Europeans are socialists. The Chinese are currency manipulators. Russia can't be trusted to abide by nuclear agreements. The Palestinians are out to destroy Israel. And the U.S. is too generous with humanitarian aid.
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Israel says Iran, Hezbollah plotting attacks
(AP)
 AP - A senior Israeli counterterrorism official claimed Friday that Iran and its Lebanese ally Hezbollah are plotting attacks on Israelis overseas and urged travelers to be vigilant.
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Thousands rally in Gaza, West Bank for hunger striker
(Reuters)
Reuters - Several thousand Palestinians rallied in Gaza and the West Bank Friday in support of jailed Islamic Jihad leader Khader Adnan, who is on the 62nd day of a hunger strike to protest against his detention by Israel.
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Insight: In Israel, an illegal outpost faces its reckoning
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Jewish settlement of Migron perches high on a blustery hill in the occupied West Bank. Its inhabitants pay taxes, are hooked up to the electricity grid and get round-the-clock protection from Israeli soldiers.
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Unrest in US ally Bahrain takes a more violent turn
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - After a year of civil unrest in Bahrain that has left scores of people dead and pitted neighbor against neighbor, street protests this week in Manama underscored fears that the country's internal divide is entering a more violent phase that could make reconciliation all but impossible in the foreseeable future.
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Hezbollah denies role in attack on Israel's missions
(Reuters)
Reuters - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah denied Israeli accusations on Thursday that his group was behind bombers who attacked Israeli missions in India and Georgia this week.
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