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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1312 world Mideast Conflict en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:18:28 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1312 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091107/wl_nm/us_lebanon_government nm/20091107/us_lebanon_government Reuters world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:18:28 GMT Reuters - Lebanon's Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri will announce a new national unity government to include Iranian- and Syrian-backed Hezbollah in the next few days, politicians said on Saturday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/lebanonpoliticsgovernment4thlead afp/20091107/lebanonpoliticsgovernment4thlead AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:07:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/lebanonpoliticsgovernment4thlead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257598849878-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=myMQQFcPveSveRObUrcLhw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, seen here, is preparing to announce a new government after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.(AFP/Joseph Barrak)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government on Saturday after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/lebanonpoliticsgovernment4thlead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257598849878-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=myMQQFcPveSveRObUrcLhw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, seen here, is preparing to announce a new government after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.(AFP/Joseph Barrak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_fort_hood_shooting ap/20091107/ml_palestinians_fort_hood_shooting AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:20:20 GMT AP - The Palestinian uncle of Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan says his nephew loved America and wanted to serve his country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/lebanonpoliticsgovernment afp/20091107/lebanonpoliticsgovernment AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:43:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/lebanonpoliticsgovernment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257598849878-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=myMQQFcPveSveRObUrcLhw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, seen here, is preparing to announce a new government after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.(AFP/Joseph Barrak)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Lebanon's opposition has agreed to a proposed government line-up, Hezbollah said on Saturday, paving the way to the end of five months of tortuous negotiations following a June general election.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/lebanonpoliticsgovernment"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257598849878-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=myMQQFcPveSveRObUrcLhw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, seen here, is preparing to announce a new government after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts.(AFP/Joseph Barrak)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_despair ap/20091107/ml_palestinians_despair AP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:52:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_despair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.37f4071c331841e790d1393910a69bb1.aptopix_mideast_israel_palestinians_despair_jrl117.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=i23LM5rrfmUO07so6XK6VA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="The weapon of an Israeli soldier is seen in front of Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he does not want to run for another term in the January elections, blaming a stalemate in Mideast peace talks on Israel and the United States. Facing a hawkish Israeli government and an Obama administration reluctant to put muscle behind its demands on Israel, many Palestinians say they see no hope at all. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)" border="0" /></a>AP - Neither strategy has yielded a Palestinian state, and Israeli settlements still encroach on lands that would make up their would-be nation.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_despair"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.37f4071c331841e790d1393910a69bb1.aptopix_mideast_israel_palestinians_despair_jrl117.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=i23LM5rrfmUO07so6XK6VA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="The weapon of an Israeli soldier is seen in front of Palestinian demonstrators during a protest against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the village of Maasarah near the West Bank city of Bethlehem, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he does not want to run for another term in the January elections, blaming a stalemate in Mideast peace talks on Israel and the United States. Facing a hawkish Israeli government and an Obama administration reluctant to put muscle behind its demands on Israel, many Palestinians say they see no hope at all. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_palestinians_hamas nm/20091106/us_palestinians_hamas Reuters world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:55:04 GMT Reuters - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday to stop seeking compromise with Israel but offered him an olive branch, saying Palestinians must end their divisions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_fort_hood_west_bank_relatives ap/20091106/ml_fort_hood_west_bank_relatives AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:22:51 GMT AP - A cousin of the man suspected of shooting fellow soldiers at a Texas military base says he had little contact with his Palestinian relatives in the West Bank but had told family there that he suffered discrimination in the U.S. Army because he is a Muslim. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/mideastpalestinianvote afp/20091106/mideastpalestinianvote AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:18:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/mideastpalestinianvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257498811849-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=rHC2rDucFVb_IxU_mrQyjA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A Palestinian casts his vote at a polling station in the West Bank village of Hizmah during legislative elections in 2006. Israel kept mum on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's announcement that he will not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office.(AFP/File/Awad Awad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Israel is keen on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas staying in office despite his announcement he will not seek re-election, officials said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/mideastpalestinianvote"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257498811849-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=rHC2rDucFVb_IxU_mrQyjA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Palestinian casts his vote at a polling station in the West Bank village of Hizmah during legislative elections in 2006. Israel kept mum on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's announcement that he will not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office.(AFP/File/Awad Awad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictisraeliranweaponslebanon afp/20091106/mideastconflictisraeliranweaponslebanon AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:15:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictisraeliranweaponslebanon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257531335519-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ig7PFVWqpr5nWVwNqFzv0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The 137-metre (450-foot) Antigua-flagged vessel "Francop" which was seized by the Israeli navy is pictured in the port of Ashdod, Israel on November 4. A ship intercepted by Israel for allegedly carrying Iranian weapons destined for Hezbollah entered on Friday Lebanese waters where authorities are questioning its crew, the army said.(AFP/File/David Buimovitch)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A ship intercepted by Israel for allegedly carrying Iranian weapons destined for Hezbollah entered on Friday Lebanese waters where authorities are questioning its crew, the army said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictisraeliranweaponslebanon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257531335519-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ig7PFVWqpr5nWVwNqFzv0g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The 137-metre (450-foot) Antigua-flagged vessel "Francop" which was seized by the Israeli navy is pictured in the port of Ashdod, Israel on November 4. A ship intercepted by Israel for allegedly carrying Iranian weapons destined for Hezbollah entered on Friday Lebanese waters where authorities are questioning its crew, the army said.(AFP/File/David Buimovitch)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/turkeydiplomacyisraelsyria afp/20091106/turkeydiplomacyisraelsyria AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:48:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/turkeydiplomacyisraelsyria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257529674488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=_dunlTLbTezPsAW5LLboQg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="French Foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (L) shakes hand with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu prior to their lunch at the Foreign ministry in Paris. Turkey is ready to oversee a new stage of secret peace talks between Israel and Syria, resuming a role it had played until last year, Davutoglu said here Friday.(AFP/Francois Guillot)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Turkey is ready to oversee a new stage of secret peace talks between Israel and Syria, resuming a role it had played until last year, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said here Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/turkeydiplomacyisraelsyria"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257529674488-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=_dunlTLbTezPsAW5LLboQg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="French Foreign minister Bernard Kouchner (L) shakes hand with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu prior to their lunch at the Foreign ministry in Paris. Turkey is ready to oversee a new stage of secret peace talks between Israel and Syria, resuming a role it had played until last year, Davutoglu said here Friday.(AFP/Francois Guillot)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_abbas nm/20091106/us_palestinians_israel_abbas Reuters world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:44:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_abbas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3462161911.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=rgosfLBmuJRbyKlZ2d3WMw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 5, 2009. Abbas said on Thursday he did not wish to run for re-election in January, voicing disappointment at Washington for "favouring" Israel in arguments over re-launching peace talks. REUTERS/Ammar Awad" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Younger Palestinian leaders were in no rush on Friday to step into the shoes of President Mahmoud Abbas after he said he did not want to run for re-election in January.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_abbas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3462161911.jpg?x=130&y=94&q=85&sig=rgosfLBmuJRbyKlZ2d3WMw--" align="left" height="94" width="130" alt="photo" title="Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah November 5, 2009. Abbas said on Thursday he did not wish to run for re-election in January, voicing disappointment at Washington for "favouring" Israel in arguments over re-launching peace talks. REUTERS/Ammar Awad" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpoliticsgazahajj afp/20091106/mideastpoliticsgazahajj AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:06:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpoliticsgazahajj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257516387854-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=zDSCVQ6MV7iXzRTzAxzKsA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A Palestinian woman, who has registered to perform the annual pilgrimage, waits in line to get a flu shot at a medical centre in al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Hamas said it is allowing Muslims to leave the Gaza Strip on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca after blocking them last year because of a Palestinian political dispute.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hamas said Friday it is allowing Muslims to leave the Gaza Strip on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca after blocking them last year because of a Palestinian political dispute.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastpoliticsgazahajj"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257516387854-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=zDSCVQ6MV7iXzRTzAxzKsA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Palestinian woman, who has registered to perform the annual pilgrimage, waits in line to get a flu shot at a medical centre in al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. Hamas said it is allowing Muslims to leave the Gaza Strip on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca after blocking them last year because of a Palestinian political dispute.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelgazaunrestnorway afp/20091106/mideastisraelgazaunrestnorway AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:55:09 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelgazaunrestnorway"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257515666795-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bl54oagfkoyOeguitmYIhg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, seen here in March 2009. Norwegian prosecutors announced they would not pursue war crimes charges against Israeli officials, including former prime ministerEhud Olmert, over the Gaza Strip offensive.(AFP/Pool/File/Uriel Sinai)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Norwegian prosecutors announced on Friday they would not pursue war crimes charges against Israeli officials, including former prime minister Ehud Olmert, over the Gaza Strip offensive.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastisraelgazaunrestnorway"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257515666795-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=bl54oagfkoyOeguitmYIhg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert, seen here in March 2009. Norwegian prosecutors announced they would not pursue war crimes charges against Israeli officials, including former prime ministerEhud Olmert, over the Gaza Strip offensive.(AFP/Pool/File/Uriel Sinai)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/lebanoneducationliteraturecensor afp/20091106/lebanoneducationliteraturecensor AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/lebanoneducationliteraturecensor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257512850554-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=RRCo8H2TTu_tKgKhDZJPgg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah claiming the classic work promotes Zionism.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah claiming the classic work promotes Zionism.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/lebanoneducationliteraturecensor"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257512850554-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=RRCo8H2TTu_tKgKhDZJPgg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="Anne Frank's diary has been censored out of a school textbook in Lebanon following a campaign by the militant group Hezbollah claiming the classic work promotes Zionism.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/israelsettlerattacksspy afp/20091106/israelsettlerattacksspy AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:59:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/israelsettlerattacksspy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257501504812-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=GR_egDIHW68LalzvQyqUvQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Jack Teitel , an American immigrant to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, appears at the magistrate's court in Petah Tikva, near Tel Avivon. The Jewish settler who was arrested for allegedly having murdered two Palestinians was approached by Israel's internal security agency to be an informer after the attacks, the agency said.(AFP/File/Reuven Castro)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Jewish settler who was arrested for allegedly having murdered two Palestinians was approached by Israel's internal security agency to be an informer after the attacks, the agency said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/israelsettlerattacksspy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257501504812-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=GR_egDIHW68LalzvQyqUvQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Jack Teitel , an American immigrant to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, appears at the magistrate's court in Petah Tikva, near Tel Avivon. The Jewish settler who was arrested for allegedly having murdered two Palestinians was approached by Israel's internal security agency to be an informer after the attacks, the agency said.(AFP/File/Reuven Castro)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/mideastpalestinianvoteisrael afp/20091106/mideastpalestinianvoteisrael AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:14:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/mideastpalestinianvoteisrael"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257498811849-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=rHC2rDucFVb_IxU_mrQyjA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A Palestinian casts his vote at a polling station in the West Bank village of Hizmah during legislative elections in 2006. Israel kept mum on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's announcement that he will not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office.(AFP/File/Awad Awad)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Israel kept mum on Friday on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's announcement that he will not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_afp/mideastpalestinianvoteisrael"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257498811849-6-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=rHC2rDucFVb_IxU_mrQyjA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Palestinian casts his vote at a polling station in the West Bank village of Hizmah during legislative elections in 2006. Israel kept mum on Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's announcement that he will not seek re-election, but officials said the Jewish state is keen on the moderate remaining in office.(AFP/File/Awad Awad)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_un_gaza_report ap/20091106/ml_israel_un_gaza_report AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:09:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_un_gaza_report"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.1c062c30478043e3934e8969d846adbe.aptopix_mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl118.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=rxhZVmhQnwHdwj3c0d_hHA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="A Palestinian boy plays on the rubble of a building that was destroyed during Israel's January military offensive in Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The U.N. General Assembly is likely to approve a resolution that urges Israel and the Palestinians to carry out independent investigations of alleged war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter within three months and calls for possible Security Council action if they do not. (AP Photo/ Tara Todras-Whitehill)" border="0" /></a>AP - Israel said on Friday that a U.N. General Assembly decision to endorse a report accusing the Jewish state of war crimes lacked the support of the world's "moral majority."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_un_gaza_report"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.1c062c30478043e3934e8969d846adbe.aptopix_mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl118.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=rxhZVmhQnwHdwj3c0d_hHA--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Palestinian boy plays on the rubble of a building that was destroyed during Israel's January military offensive in Gaza City, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The U.N. General Assembly is likely to approve a resolution that urges Israel and the Palestinians to carry out independent investigations of alleged war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter within three months and calls for possible Security Council action if they do not. (AP Photo/ Tara Todras-Whitehill)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_abbas ap/20091106/ml_palestinians_abbas AP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:52:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_abbas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257448362634-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=JB9cXveqYQBBdG.AAXUENA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas heads a meeting of the Fatah party's executive committee in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas said in a televised speech on Thursday that he will not seek re-election in Palestinian elections to be held in January.(AFP/Abbas Momani)" border="0" /></a>AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pushed Mideast peace prospects into unknown territory Thursday, announcing he doesn't want another term and opening the way to a succession battle that could play into the hands of his rival, the militant Hamas.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_palestinians_abbas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257448362634-5-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=JB9cXveqYQBBdG.AAXUENA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas heads a meeting of the Fatah party's executive committee in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas said in a televised speech on Thursday that he will not seek re-election in Palestinian elections to be held in January.(AFP/Abbas Momani)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_un nm/20091106/us_palestinians_israel_un Reuters world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:17:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_un"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r4219794791.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=_DiQpAIu4dJiBBu8dKIguA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="A Palestinian girl sleeps in front of a house, destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in the northern Gaza Strip October 16, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Israel on Friday rejected a U.N. General Assembly resolution urging an investigation into a report saying war crimes were committed in Gaza, and condemned the world body vote as "completely detached from realities."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_nm/us_palestinians_israel_un"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091105/i/r4219794791.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=_DiQpAIu4dJiBBu8dKIguA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Palestinian girl sleeps in front of a house, destroyed during the three-week offensive Israel launched last December, in the northern Gaza Strip October 16, 2009. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaun afp/20091106/mideastconflictgazaun AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:39:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257457527584-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LY7Wnv45mtc1o61uxHoLuw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A Palestinian stands on the rubble of the bombed headquarters of the National Guard in Gaza City. The UN General Assembly enjoined Israel and the Palestinians to probe war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza nearly a year ago, a move which the Jewish state said would hurt the quest for Middle East peace.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The UN General Assembly enjoined Israel and the Palestinians to probe war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza nearly a year ago, a move which the Jewish state said would hurt the quest for Middle East peace.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/mideast/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazaun"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257457527584-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LY7Wnv45mtc1o61uxHoLuw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Palestinian stands on the rubble of the bombed headquarters of the National Guard in Gaza City. The UN General Assembly enjoined Israel and the Palestinians to probe war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza nearly a year ago, a move which the Jewish state said would hurt the quest for Middle East peace.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)