Aid convoy to Gaza visits Harare

Organisers of an aid convoy say they are passing through several African cities on their way to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza.

Tarzan and Arab: The Gaza artists determined to make it against all odds

Despite a lack of training, equipment, funding or an audience, two artists are determined to succeed as film directors.

New violence threatens peace in Middle East

A senior Israeli intelligence official has warned of the dangers of renewed attacks on Israel by Hamas militants based in the West Bank.

Israel, Hamas prisoner-swap talks sink

Eleventh-hour talks on a Israel-Hamas prisoner swap appeared to collapse on Tuesday as both sides accused each other of about-turns and bad faith.

Rival Palestinian factions fail to agree on unity govt

Rival Palestinian factions have so far failed to overcome obstacles in reconciliation talks which they hope will lead to a unified governing body.

President slams Gaza strikes as 'sheer savagery'

Kgalema Motlanthe this week slammed the attacks in Gaza, dubbing the offensive "sheer savagery and brutality" that caused a "deep sense of revulsion".

Gunfire kills six at Fatah rally

Gunfire killed at least six people and wounded 80 on Monday at a Fatah memorial rally for Yasser Arafat attended by hundreds of thousands of supporters of the defeated faction in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The rare Fatah rally broke up in chaos after gunfire rang out.

Settlements handed to Palestinians

The Israeli military lowered the national flag over its headquarters in the Gaza Strip for the last time on Sunday as the government declared an end to 38 years of military occupation and Israel handed over demolished Jewish settlements to the Palestinians.

Sharon pledges to expand in West Bank

As Israeli forces removed residents from the last Jewish settlement still to be cleared in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon sought to win back support from the Israeli right by promising continued expansion of Israel's West Bank colonies and no more unilateral pullouts.

Israel begins evacuation of last Gaza settlement

Israeli troops on Monday began removing residents from the final Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip. Soldiers entered the Netzarim settlement five days after a combined Israeli police and army force began the forced evacuation of 21 Jewish settlements in Gaza.

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