News, December 25, 2009

	Yemen Tried to Kill Cleric in US-Backed Attack
	US Reiterates Support for Yemen Forces After Raid Yemen: New Frontier in US 'War on Terror'

Palestine/Israel Israel Declares War on Peace NGOs Imam: Hasan Asked About Killing GIs in 2008 Blockaded Gazans Look to Smuggle In Christmas Netanyahu Courts Livni as Ugly Kadima Split Looms

A Tougher Stance on the Use of Military Force Stirs Little Debate in Israel Israel to Allow Glass Into Gaza Hamas: Response to Israel Counter-Offer by Next Week Israeli Teens: We Won't Dismantle Settlements Year After Gaza War, Hamas Says Ready to Fight Israel Again Gunmen Kill Israeli in West Bank Shooting Attack Belgian-Israeli Dual Nationals Sue Hamas Israel Recently Removed Road Block From Site of Fatal Attack

Turkey

Turkey Says Kurdish Officials Arrested

News, December 24, 2009

Israel/Palestine

	MKs Sign Deal to Leave Kadima as Split in Party Looms
	Marwan Barghouti Barred for Israel Prisoner Swap
	Hamas Says Needs Time to Study Israeli Prisoner Swap Reply
	Report: Hamas Agrees to Deport 123 Prisoners in Shalit Deal
	Israel Warns Nationals of al-Qaeda Abduction Threat in Africa
	Erakat: Peace Talks Can Restart if Israel Halts Settlements

Gaza Crisis

	Peace High on Gazans' Christmas Wish List
	Postwar Gaza: Scars Frozen, Mideast at an Impasse
	Egypt Says No Steel Gaza Wall Despite Hamas Fears
	Palestinian Who Planted Bomb at Israel-Gaza Border Gets 10 Years
	UN Expert Slams 'Tragic' International Failure in Gaza
	International Community Has Failed Gaza: Aid Groups
	UN Gives Mud Brick Huts to Gaza War Homeless

US-Backed Yemeni Air Strike Kills 30
Yemeni Rebels Say They'll Leave Saudi Arabia if Attacks End German Children Held in Yemen Appear in Video: Sources
Middle East
Turkish Military Breaks Silence Over New Plot Story Renewed Lebanese Drug Trade Hikes Mideast Tensions Israel Not Interested in Peace: Syria's Assad

News, December 23, 2009

Israel Wargame Sees US Sidelining Netanyahu on Iran Israel/Palestine Israel Gives Apparent Green-Light for Prisoner Swap Netanyahu 'Torn' About Freeing Captured Soldier Israel Says It Won't Pay 'Any Price' to Free Soldier Shalit Deal Hinges on Israel's Demand to Exile 100 Prisoners Gaza Christians Struggle to Celebrate Christmas Under Israeli Siege Abbas: 'Won't Allow Third Intifada' Israeli Military Ousts Official for Resisting West Bank Settlement Freeze Pro-Gaza Marchers to Defy Egypt Ban Turkey Reaches Deal With Israel on Drone Purchase

News, December 22, 2009

Pakistan

• Pakistan Eyes New Taxes to Pay for Assorted Wars
• Musharraf Regrets Amnesty Law

Egypt

	Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Conservatives Win Vote
	Egyptian Court Upholds 4 Years Jailing of Blogger

Israel/Palestine

Israel-Hamas Prisoner-Swap Deal Nears

	Netanyahu Holds Marathon Talks on Israel-Hamas Swap
	Netanyahu's Brother-In-Law: Free Shalit Through War, Not Talks
	Prisoner-Swap Talks Enter Critical Phase in Israel
	Aid Groups: World 'Failed Gaza Over Israeli Blockade'
	Hamas Using English Law to Demand Arrest of Israeli Leaders for War Crimes
	Islamic Movement Head Banned From Entering Jerusalem
	Graphic Novel on IDF Massacres in Gaza Set to Hit Bookstores

Middle East

	Hariri's Visit Stokes Old Fears in Lebanon
	Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood Settles Leadership Dispute
	Turkey Creeps Towards EU

Yemen

Making More Terrorists in Yemen  by Glenn Greenwald

	Al-Qaeda Makes Rare Public Appearance at Yemen Rally
	Red Cross: Humanitarian Plight in Northern Yemen 'Deteriorating'

Pakistan

	Corruption Charges Pile Up in Pakistan
	Has Sleaze Ruling Left Pakistan More Polarized?
	Pakistan Not Given Enough Credit, Says Mullen
	Analysis: Hard Reality as US Pushes Pakistan
	Strategic Balochistan Becomes a Target in War Against Taliban
	Pakistan's Government Reaches Out to Opposition