News, December 26, 2009

Israeli Troops Kill 6 in West Bank, Gaza
After US-Yemeni Strikes, 'Ft. Hood Cleric' Reported Unharmed

Israel/Palestine

Netanyahu: I'll Divide Kadima if Livni Won't Join Coalition Barak's Alliance With Netanyahu Makes for Complicated Role Hamas to Respond to Shalit Deal Within 3 Days Israel: US Consulate Car Tried to Run Over Checkpoint Guard Palestinian Groups Claim Killing Israeli in West Bank Son of Slain Settler Warns Against Revenge Rabbi's Son Plans to Sue Israel in International Criminal Court PA Working Overtime to Find Shooters PA Security Forces Arrest, Then Release 150 West Bank Attack Suspects How Gaza Became a Rich Canvas for Palestinian Art The Palestinian Farmer Who Grows His Own Resistance

Middle East

Iran Aims to Improve Image in Arab World Egypt Blamed for Gaza Aid Convoy Delay New Kurdish Political Group to Be Established in Turkish Parliament

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