2-12 - Hamas vows to maintain calm Hamas has promised to maintain a de facto truce and, in a major policy change, not to retaliate immediately for any Israeli violence while it weighs Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's ceasefire with Israel.
2-12 - Hizbollah Denies Helping Palestinian Uprising Hizbollah denied on Saturday it was attempting to wreck an Israeli-Palestinian truce and said the Jewish state had accused the Islamic guerrillas in order to mask its own plans to destroy peace efforts.
2-12 - MK Elon reaches out to evangelicals "As the preparations for this withdrawal increase, please keep the inhabitants of Gaza and northern Samaria in your hearts and prayers. The people of the book have a responsibility to uphold and protect the covenant between God and Israel."
2-12 - American theater loses a giant Miller opposed demands to have Vanessa Redgrave removed from the lead role because of her support of Palestinian causes.
