GAZA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Palestinian security chiefs loyal to Hamas and Fatah agreed on Tuesday to withdraw their forces from the streets of Gaza in the latest bid to halt factional fighting, a senior Palestinian official said. A previous ceasefire deal broke down within 24 hours and it was unclear whether this one, brokered by Egyptian mediators, would hold.
Rabbi Yisrael Hirsch, the leader of the radical movement Neturei Karta in Israel, looks at a sacred Jewish text during an interview in Jerusalem December 17, 2006. Jewish leaders from across the globe have decried the sight of six Jews with beards and black hats embracing Iran's president at a conference questioning the Holocaust, believing their gesture hurt the faith. Hirsch, a 51-year-old U.S. citizen by birth who rejected Israeli citizenship, said he was unable to go to Tehran because he lived in Israel. Iran does not grant entry to visitors with Israeli entry stamps in their passports. To match feature ISRAEL IRAN/JEWS. Picture taken December 17.
