Gordon Brown made a fresh appeal to Israel to help aid get to the victims of the Gaza conflict after talks at Downing Street with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas... more
The ceasefires declared by Israel and Hamas were strained almost to breaking point as Israel's military leaders claimed militants in the Gaza Strip fired a mortar shell... more
Israeli troops will pull out of the Gaza strip before tomorrow's inauguration of Barack Obama as US president, government officials said today.... more
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert apologised for the heavy civilian casualties during the Gaza conflict but warned that the military offensive would continue until rocket attacks on his country were halted... more
Thousands of Israeli reservists were sent into Gaza despite signs of a slight decline in the intensity of the fighting and renewed hopes the conflict could be entering its final stages... more
Her bid to become Israel’s first female leader since Golda Meir foundered on her refusal to condone political blackmail, winning her a ‘Ms Clean’ image. Ironically, Tsipi Livni is now using the war to reinforce her credentials for the top job... more
Gordon Brown has warned that there is no military solution to the Middle East crisis despite Israel's vowing an all-out war against Hamas less than 24 hours ago... more
Commodities: Oil prices leapt by more than 10% to above $40 a barrel after the Israeli assault on Gaza, with energy chiefs warning the cost of crude could be back above $100 within a year... more
Foreign Secretary David Miliband is on a collision course with Israeli leaders over "illegal" exports of food to Britain from Jewish settlements in the West Bank... more
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