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Israel and the crisis in the Middle East
Israel's war in Gaza has exacerbated regional tensions in the Middle East.
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Leading Europe
The Czech Republic will lead Europe for the next six months. It is set to be a challenging tenure.
Diplomatic Appeals
EU officials are stepping up efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.
Chancellor's Address
In her New Year's speech, Angela Merkel talks about conflict in Gaza and the financial crisis.
Crisis Meeting
Despite European Union calls for a ceasefire, Israel said it would bombing Hamas targets.
Elusive Peace
The EU needs to step up to the plate in the Gaza crisis, a German Mideast expert says.
Fighting Hamas
DW's Rainer Sollich doubts Israel's military offensive is the best way to beat Hamas.
Israel Receives Backing
Berlin and Washington say Israeli operation in Gaza is legitimate. Over 300 have died in strikes.
Peace Suffers Setback
European newspapers criticized both Hamas and Israel for the latest eruption of violence.
Mideast Violence
A top German politician urges Obama to urgently find a solution to the escalating Mideast conflict.
Mideast Violence
DW's Peter Philipp says the world has to get involved to find a solution to the Middle East
Gaza Violence
The has condemned deaths from Israel's air strikes in Gaza as the operation enters day two.
Middle East Violence
The world has reacted to the air strikes by Israel in the Gaza Strip, mostly calling for calm.
Outbreak of Violence
The EU has called for a ceasefire in Gaza as casualty figures climb after Israeli airstrikes.
Gaza latest development
Israel on Friday gave Hamas and other Palestinian militant factions in the Gaza Strip 48 hours to reduce rocket and mortar attacks or risk an Israeli military operation into the strip.
Relations on Hold
EU parliamentarians slammed Israeli policies for jeopardizing last year's peace process.
German Ban on Hezbollah TV Doesn't Surprise Broadcaster
The pro-Iranian Hezbollah militant movement said it was not surprised by Germany's decision to ban its al-Manar satellite television. Officials said the station violates the German constitution.
Dignity's Voyage
A yacht with European parliamentarians, activists and journalists sailed from Cyprus to Gaza.
EU Provides More Aid to Palestinian Authority
The European Union is helping the Palestinian Authority pay for public sector wages and pensions by providing it with an extra 40 million euros ($60 million) in aid, officials in Brussels said Wednesday.
Palestinians Skeptical of Israeli Peace Offer
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has reportedly put forward a peace plan offering Palestinians nearly all the occupied West Bank, according to a newspaper report. Palestinians called the Israeli offer "baseless."
Terror Threat
The head of Germany's criminal police warns that al Qaeda-trained militants are planning attacks.
Report: German Police Worried About Possible Hezbollah Attacks
German federal police officials (BKA) have warned in a secret report that the Lebanese-based Hezbollah movement has the capacity to undertake damaging attacks in Germany, the news magazine Focus reported Saturday.
Hamas Releases Cameraman of German Broadcaster ARD
Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip have released a cameraman working for the German television broadcaster ARD, four nights after they detained him, the network said Thursday, July 31.
ARD Gaza
German public braodcaster ARD has shut its Gaza bureau to protest the arrest of its camaramen Sawah Abu Seif on Saturday.
German Broadcaster Closes Gaza Office Over Hamas Detention
German public broadcaster ARD has shut its Gaza office, in protest against Hamas's detention of one of its cameramen. Israel's Foreign Press Association has also repeated its call for his release.
Exchange at the Border
A German secret agent mediated Wednesday's Israeli-Hezbollah prisoner swap, say Berlin sources.
Germany-Syria Aacord
Germany and Syria sign a repatriation deal while Berlin calls for more action on arms smuggling.
Mideast Conference
Germany hopes to contribute toward a functioning Palestinian state at a Berlin meeting this week.
German President Congratulates Lebanon's New Leader
Germany's President Horst Koehler congratulated Michel Suleiman on Sunday on his election as Lebanon's new president, saying the appointment was "an encouraging step to overcoming the internal crisis" in Lebanon.
France Confirms Political Contact to Hamas
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner confirmed a newspaper report that France had opened political contacts with the radical Islamic group Hamas.
Germany Urges Peaceful Solution in Lebanon
Germany called on Friday for all sides in the current conflict in Lebanon to withdraw their fighters and ease the tensions that pushed the country to the brink of a civil war this week.
Middle East Mediation
Six key world powers have agreed on a new carrot to offer Tehran over its nuclear program.
German-Israeli Relations
Merkel could have addressed more difficult issues on her Israel trip, says DW's Peter Philipp.
Two-State Solution
Germany isn't helping Israel by turning a blind eye to its actions, writes DW's Bettina Marx.
Olmert in Germany
Israel's prime minister warned of the threat of Iran and Hamas in talks with Merkel in Berlin.
Gaza Latest
The influx of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into Egypt has been stopped after Egyptian soldiers resealed the last hole in the country's border with Gaza.
Aid for Palestinians
The EU expressed concern over the situation in Gaza and unveiled its new aid plan for Palestinians.
UN Security Council meets to discuss Israel's Gaza blockade
Security Council members are attempting to decide on a draft statement that would urge Israel to end its blockade and ensure unhindered access for humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people.
Annapolis Peace Talks
Europe's press cautiously welcomed the peace deal laid out in Annapolis this week
Mideast Muddle
DW's guest columnist said Europe should focus on averting a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.
Revising Middle East Policy
Berlin isn't keen on the rethink of Middle East policy being urged by EU's Mediterranean states.
Journalist Freed
BBC journalist Alan Johnston, who was kidnapped in the Gaza strip in March, has been released.
Hamastan and Fatahstan
The West is guilty of contributing to the escalation of violence in the Middle East, experts say.
EU Help for Palestine
EU officials said Monday they would immediately normalize ties with the new Palestinian government.
Mideast Violence
DW's Rainer Sollich says Abbas deserves support but the Palestinian split should not deepen.
Q&A Gaza - West Bank Latest
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has sworn in a new emergency cabinet, rockets have been fired into northern Israel and Israeli troops have entered northern Gaza. That sums up Sunday in the Middle East.
Gaza West Bank wrap
Fighters loyal to the Palestinian Fatah faction are tightening their grip on the West Bank in a series of raids on Hamas-controlled institutions.
EU Condemns Takeover
The EU has condemned Hamas' takeover in the Gaza Strip, giving its support to Fatah leader Abbas.
Gaza
The islamic Group Hamas now controls the Gaza strip, after the last Fatah stronghold fell to Hamas militans overnight.
Trouble in Gaza
DW's Peter Philipp says that stationing international troops in Gaza would be a useless exercise.
In the Gaza Strip, fighting continued on Thursday between rival Fatah and Hamas factions.
At least 14 people were killed and more than 80 wounded in an hours-long battle over Gaza City's Preventive Security headquarters
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