March 24, 2008
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The vice president also said on Saturday that, “we must not and will not ignore darkening shadows of the situation in Gaza, in Lebanon, in Syria and Iran, and the threats these areas pose to Israel.”
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Defense Minister Ehud Barak is expected to declare the gestures in a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Wednesday.
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The official gave no details on what progress might have been made towards a ceasefire with Israel, but said the border talks focused on reopening the Rafah crossing initially for three days a week.
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The groups’ delegates were reportedly asked to give their answer to the offer in the next few days.
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Five Palestinians, including a one-year-old baby, have died in Gaza over the past two months after Israel rejected on security grounds or delayed their requests to cross the border for treatment in Israel or elsewhere, Physicians for Human Rights announce
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PA security sources said they did not rule out the possibility that Rouhi Fattouh was part of a bigger network of smugglers whose members include senior PA and Fatah officials carrying Israeli-issued VIP passes.
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A senior official from Egypt’s electricity ministry, cited by the newspaper, said that the Islamic Development Bank had agreed a loan of $32.5 million to finance the project which would link the Egyptian town of El-Arish, in Sinai, with Gaza.
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Hamas and Fatah have signed a Yemeni-sponsored reconciliation deal to re-open dialogue, Abu Bakr al-Qurbi, Yemen’s foreign minister, says.
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