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guardian.co.uk, 08.01.09 00:34 UTC

Cautious welcome for peace plan from both Israelis and Hamas

. Israel and Hamas yesterday both "welcomed" - but neither accepted - an Egyptian-French plan to end the fighting in the Gaza Strip. For the first time the US urged Israel to say yes to the ceasefire ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 06.01.09 18:05 UTC

Analysis: Fatah, Hamas face internal divisions

(01-06) 04:00 PST Jerusalem - -- The Israeli assault on Gaza has deepened the tensions between Hamas and the ruling Fatah party of Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas. But the attack also has ...

Newsweek US Edition, 06.01.09 17:36 UTC

Dickey: Can Obama Outwit Hamas, Iran?

Hamas, Hizbullah and Iran played the game of democracy better than the Bush administration. Can Obama change that?

guardian.co.uk, 06.01.09 14:33 UTC

Sarkozy urges Syria leader Assad to press Hamas for Gaza truce

. Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, with his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, in Damascus. Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images Nicolas Sarkozy , the French president, today flew to ...

USA Today, 06.01.09 12:31 UTC

Sarkozy calls for end to Mideast fighting

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged Syria on Tuesday to exert pressure on its ally Hamas in order to help end the fighting in the Gaza Strip between the militant Palestinian group and Israeli forces.

guardian.co.uk, 06.01.09 00:31 UTC

Sarkozy leads mounting international pressure on Israel to halt Gaza bloodshed

. Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president, today led intensifying international efforts to force a ceasefire in Gaza , despite Israel insisting it was not yet ready to call a halt to its eight-day ...

Times Online World News, 05.01.09 22:33 UTC

Ministers gather for summit on war in Gaza

David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, will join Arab foreign ministers and the President of the Palestinian Authority tomorrow for a UN summit on the war in Gaza. Arab nations are pushing for the UN ...

Telegraph, 05.01.09 07:04 UTC

Gaza conflict: Diplomats attempt to halt fighting

Foreign leaders and diplomats are rushing to the Middle East in an attempt to secure a ceasefire in Gaza as the death toll from the Israeli ground assault against Hamas mounts.

BBC World News, 05.01.09 04:31 UTC

Envoys race to halt Gaza carnage

Intense diplomatic efforts are under way to try to secure a ceasefire in Gaza as the Israeli ground assault against Hamas militants rolls on.