Chief PLO negotiator Erekat accuses Liberman of ''dangerous incitement'' for suggesting Abbas not a partner for peace; PA Foreign Ministry calls Yisrael Beytenu leader a “gangster” and a “fascist.”
A spokesman for Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, has admitted that the organisation was responsible for constructing a huge tunnel uncovered by the Israeli army, which traversed beneath the Gaza border into Israel.
At 18th anniversary of Rabin's death, PM emphasizes sticking point in peace talks; Yacimovich: Lesson of assassination is not to leave political action to extremists.
Thousands of Israelis gathered in Rabin square in Tel Aviv Saturday night for a memorial event marking the 18th anniversary of the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
The Israeli army discovered one week ago an underground tunnel dug from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip into Israel that was built to kidnap civilians, soldiers or carry out an attack.