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Hezbollah says gets support, not orders, from Iran (Reuters)
Reuters - Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged Tuesday for the first time that his militant movement received financial and material support from Iran, but denied it took instructions from the Islamic Republic.
Who is Hamas? 5 questions about the Palestinian militant group. (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor -
Hezbollah: Iran will not ask it to strike Israel (AP)

Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah speaks via a video link, during a ceremony in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, to mark Islam's Prophet Muhammad's birth. Nasrallah said in his speech that  America, western nations, Israel and some Arab states have made a decision to bring down the regime of President Bashar Assad in Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)AP - Iran will not ask Lebanon's Hezbollah to retaliate if Israel attacks Iran's nuclear facilities, the leader of the militant group said Tuesday.



Vandals attack Jerusalem monastery, school (AP)

Palestinians demonstrate in solidarity with Khader Adnan, a senior member of Islamic Jihad jailed in Israel, who has been on a hunger strike for over seven weeks, during a protest in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - Vandals attacked a monastery in Jerusalem and a prominent school with a mixed Jewish-Arab student body on Tuesday, and police said they suspected Jewish extremists were behind the violence.



Gaza's Hamas would cede power to Abbas government (AP)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, shakes hands with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, right, as the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, center, looks on, after signing an agreement in Doha, Qatar, Monday,  Feb 6, 2012. The main Palestinian political rivals on Monday took a major step toward healing their bitter rift, agreeing that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would head an interim unity government to prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)AP - Gaza's ruling Islamic militant Hamas is ready to cede power to an interim unity government led by its longtime rival, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, a spokesman said Tuesday, but problems loomed over government policy and international recognition.



The Mainstreaming of Hamas Continues as Palestinian Unity Gains Steam (Time.com)
Time.com - Hamas vows to give Palestinian moderate leader Mahmoud Abbas the running room to see what talks can produce
Israel fears Hezbollah could get arms from Syria (AP)

A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard as anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain recalled its ambassador to Damascus in a dramatic escalation of Western pressure on President Bashar Assad to give up power, just days after diplomatic efforts at the United Nations to end the crisis collapsed. (AP Photo)AP - Israeli defense officials say they are increasingly concerned that Lebanese militants could get their hands on weapons from violence-wracked Syria.



"Price tag" graffiti daubed on Jerusalem monastery (Reuters)
Reuters - A Jerusalem monastery, built on the site where tradition says the tree used in the making of Jesus's cross once stood, was defaced with "Death to Christians" graffiti on Tuesday.
Hamas and Fatah overcome key roadblock to reconciliation (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The two feuding Palestinian factions took an important step toward reconciliation today, agreeing that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas would lead an interim powersharing government with Hamas.
Palestinians move toward end of political rift (AP)

In this photo provided by by the Palestinian President's office, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Khaled Mashal, chief of the Islamic militant group Hamas, right, confer with Qatar's crown prince Sheik Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani, center, during a reconciliation meeting in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The main Palestinian political rivals took a major step Monday toward healing their bitter rift, agreeing that Abbas would head an interim unity government to prepare for general elections in the West Bank and Gaza. (AP Photo/Thaer Ghanaim, Palestinian President's Office)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday took a decisive step toward reconciliation with the Islamic militant Hamas, agreeing to head an interim unity government that would prepare for elections in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.



Palestinian rivals agree to form unity government (Reuters)
Reuters - The leaders of rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas signed a deal in Qatar on Monday to form a unity government of independent technocrats for the West Bank and Gaza, headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
(AP)
AP - Israeli prime minister: Palestinian reconciliation deal abandons 'way of peace.'
HRW calls for Palestinian residency rights (AP)

In this Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, photo, Palestinian Hussein al-Ustaz works in a garage as a mechanic in the Anata refugee camp, on the edge of Jerusalem. An international human rights group has urged Israel to lift what it says are arbitrary restrictions on Palestinian residency in the West Bank and Gaza. Hussein al-Ustaz, a Gaza man who moved to the West Bank 15 years ago, before the travel ban, remains an 'illegal alien' even though he married a local woman and they have six children. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - A Gaza-born woman recently sneaked into her native land through a smugglers' tunnel because the legal route was blocked. A car mechanic who settled in the West Bank 15 years ago to raise a family lives in fear of deportation because his ID card says he's originally from Gaza.



Palestinian rivals hold unity talks in Qatar (AP)
AP - The Palestinian president and the head of rival Hamas resumed talks Sunday over efforts to move along a reconciliation pact that remains stalled after nearly a year.
Israeli prospector says natural gas found offshore (AP)
AP - American and Israeli gas prospectors say they have discovered a large amount of offshore natural gas in Israeli waters near the Lebanese border.

   
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