RAMALLAH – Egyptian mediators have set July 7 as deadline for final Palestinian reconciliation talks in Cairo. The Egyptians say time is running out, and if there is no progress in July, they will no longer be prepared to arbitrate.

GAZA CITY — Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday capped a week-long tour of the Middle East by meeting senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in the Gaza Strip.

RAMALLAH (IPS) — A surge in confidence, following unprecedented U.S. political support, led to the Palestinian Authority's bloody crackdown on a Hamas cell in the northern West Bank on Sunday which left six Palestinians dead.

U.S. solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict reportedly include U.N. administration of Jerusalem's holy sites and no right of return for Palestinian refugees.

The Palestinian Hamas faction that governs Gaza has condemned the appointment of a new government by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president and leader of Fatah.

GAZA CITY (IPS) — A founding member of Hamas says he hates all weapons and insists that his organization is not anti-Jewish.