<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Gaza Strip West Bank</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</link><description>Gaza Strip West Bank</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Palestinians Give Fatah The Nod in Local Vote]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41543-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41543-2005May6.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:03:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ GAZA CITY, May 5  --  Soheila Shaer's home in the southernmost reaches of the Gaza Strip is a concrete-block apartment house riddled with bullet holes, less than 200 yards from the volatile border with Egypt, where Israeli tanks and soldiers patrol each day.]]></description><author> John Ward Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Abbas, a Crisis of Perception]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35365-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35365-2005May4.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:03:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  NABLUS, West Bank  --  The entryway of the Nablus police headquarters is plastered with posters memorializing dead comrades. Some were killed by Israeli tank fire. Others were picked off by Israeli army sharpshooters. In addition to being police officers, most were members of Palestinian militant organizations.]]></description><author> Molly Moore  and John Ward Anderson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin Calls Arms Aid No Threat To Israel]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26976-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26976-2005Apr30.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:03:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ JERUSALEM, April 29  --  Russian President Vladimir Putin chided Israel on Friday for thwarting his efforts to provide military equipment to the Palestinian Authority's security forces. But he said he would not antagonize Israel by moving forward with the military assistance now.]]></description><author> Molly Moore</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Putin Pushes 'Road Map' In Historic Visit to Egypt]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18591-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18591-2005Apr27.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:03:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  CAIRO, April 26  --  Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made the first official visit to Egypt by a Russian leader in 40 years, focusing on efforts to revive the internationally backed plan for Middle East peace.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12557-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12557-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/mideast/neareast/gazastripwestbank</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:03:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Palestinian Leader Names Security Heads <br>    GAZA  --   The president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, named three new heads for the security forces and forced hundreds of their men into retirement on Saturday, pushing aside top commanders in Yasser Arafat's old guard.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>