Medical aid and 518 activists entered Gaza Wednesday night after protests against the Egyptian government refusal to admit 400 of the group lead to clashes along the divided border town.
White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel denied reports that said he is fed up with Israel and the Palestinians, a White House aide told Haaretz on Wednesday.
De facto government security called on their Egyptian counterparts to open a parallel investigation file into the shooting of an Egyptian soldier during Rafah border riots Wednesday.
The international community has to stop "coddling" the Palestinians and tell them unequivocally that they need to return to the negotiating table, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a visiting US congressional delegation on Tuesday.
While Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas continues to refuse to sit down and talk with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, he is in telephone contact with President Shimon Peres, who even recently tried to talk him out of resigning.
Barack Obama's administration supports Egypt's vision for a Middle East peace plan that would include a complete halt of construction in West Bank settlements as well as the release of senior Palestinian officials from Israeli prisons, the Qatar-based news network Al-Jazeera reported on Sunday.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was set to ask Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to push Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to restart peace negotiations when the two leaders meet in Cario, Army Radio reported Tuesday.
