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Clinton brands Iran's nuclear pursuit 'futile'
Mitchell to Barak: U.S. commitment to Israel security is 'unshakable'
Hamas set to compel Gaza women to wear head covering
Clinton: Israel to agree to temporary settlement freeze
Lieberman discusses Iranian role in Argentine bombing

Clinton brands Iran's nuclear pursuit 'futile'

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 09:37 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that Iran would not be allowed to have a nuclear weapon and reiterated Washington's commitment to protect close ally Israel from any threat posed by Tehran. ...

Mitchell to Barak: U.S. commitment to Israel security is 'unshakable'

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 05:50 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy to the Middle East, George Mitchell, reaffirmed Sunday his country's allegiance to Israel, amid tensions between Washington and Jerusalem over Israeli construction in the West Bank. ...

Hamas set to compel Gaza women to wear head covering

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 03:42 AM PDT

Senior Hamas officials had claimed, in the wake of Hamas' June 2007 Gaza takeover, that the organization did not have any intention to turn the Sharia, Islamic religious law into official state regulations. Two years later, however, it seems that the Hamas government is slowly introducing more and more regulations in the spirit of the Islamic decrees. ...

Clinton: Israel to agree to temporary settlement freeze

Posted: 26 Jul 2009 01:12 AM PDT

Israel will agree to temporarily freeze construction in settlements in the framework of new understandings that Jerusalem will reach with Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told European foreign ministers last week. ...