Israel has suspended tax transfers to the Palestinians, its finance minister said on Sunday, fearing the money will be used to fund Hamas after President Mahmoud Abbas struck a unity deal with the Islamists.Full story
The Obama administration said Thursday it would reassess aid to the Palestinians if the militant group Hamas joins the U.S.-backed Palestinian government, with several lawmakers already clamoring for funding to be cut off. Full story
Driven by regional upheaval, a deal to end conflict between Hamas and Fatah is being celebrated by Palestinians but could put at risk Western aid and set off a new phase of confrontation with Israel. Full story
Mo’Joe: Dan Rather discusses traveling to the West Bank to report on a new Palestinian security forces training camp. For the last five years, the U.S. has been funding and training these forces.
A Palestinian man wears a plastic bag over his head to protect himself from teargas shot by Israeli soldiers at the border between Israel and Palestine during a demonstration in the West Bank village of Bilin, on April 29. Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called Friday on world countries
Palestinian Hamas leader Ismail Haniya holds a press conference after Friday prayers in Gaza City on April 29, 2011, two days after the Fatah party which dominates the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and Gaza's Islamist rulers agreed to form a transitional government ahead of elections to take
