GAZA, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas called on Tuesday for rival factions to show restraint and to release their hostages after a ceasefire deal with Fatah broke down. "I call on all to show restraint and calm, not to resort to arms and to end tensions," Haniyeh said in a speech broadcast live on television.
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.
