Saudi Arabia joined Egypt in rejecting a U.S. call to cut aid to a Hamas-led Palestinian government. Condoleezza Rice, the U.S. secretary of state, is touring the Middle East this week in an attempt to persuade Arab nations to join the West in isolating Hamas, a terrorist group that won a landslide victory in the Palestinian elections last month.
Keep Jewish Stories in Focus.
JTA has documented Jewish history in real-time for over a century. Keep our journalism strong by joining us in supporting independent, award-winning reporting.
The Archive of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency includes articles published from 1923 to 2008. Archive stories reflect the journalistic standards and practices of the time they were published.