A panel has advised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to leave the militant Hamas group in power for now, but call new elections after the economic crisis in the Palestinian territories worsens further, a member of the group said Thursday.In Gaza, meanwhile, some 2,000 supporters of...

Agence France-Presse expressed gratitude Monday for the release of a photographer who had been held hostage by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, but gave no information about the man's weeklong ordeal.Jaime Razuri, 50, a Peruvian photographer with the French news agency, was abducted at...

Saudi Arabia and Egypt will not try to mediate the conflict between Hamas and Fatah for the time being, an Egyptian spokesman said Tuesday after a meeting between the leaders of the two powerhouse Arab nations.Like other U.S. Arab allies, Egypt and Saudi Arabia have...

MAHMOUD ABBAS, also known as Abu Mazen, the new Palestinian President, is a pragmatist and long time Palestinian activist who is neither cynical of Palestinian's aspirations nor willing to betray the Palestinian cause. He sees coexistence with Israel as necessary to his people's interests and will stop it nothing to terminate the age-old conflict.