Yahoo! News: Mideast Conflict

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• New U.N. council no more favorable to Palestinians: U.S. (Reuters)
• Israel arrests two Hamas officials at Red Cross office (Reuters)
• Gaza furniture exported to Jordan (AP)
• Palestinian woman escapes father's dark captivity (AP)
• Palestinian woman says locked in bathroom for 10 years (Reuters)
• Hamas lawmakers arrested at Red Cross in Jerusalem (AP)

New U.N. council no more favorable to Palestinians: U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 12:46 PM PST Reuters - Security Council dynamics are no more favorable now to a Palestinian U.N. membership bid than they were last year despite a partial change in the council makeup, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said on Monday.

Israel arrests two Hamas officials at Red Cross office (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 11:39 AM PST Reuters - Israeli police Monday arrested two senior Hamas members at an International Committee of the Red Cross building in East Jerusalem where they had taken shelter for some 18 months, Red Cross and Israeli officials said.

Gaza furniture exported to Jordan (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:56 AM PST AP - The Israeli military says Gaza furniture makers have exported goods to neighboring Jordan, the first non agricultural exports since Hamas militants seized the territory.

Palestinian woman escapes father's dark captivity (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:54 AM PST AP - A young Palestinian woman who was imprisoned for 10 years in a series of dark rooms by her father said Monday she survived the ordeal by listening to the radio, dreaming of seeing sunshine again and finding small pleasure in an apple she was fed each day.

Palestinian woman says locked in bathroom for 10 years (Reuters) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:40 AM PST Reuters - A 21-year-old Palestinian woman has told authorities she was locked in a bathroom for the past decade by her father, who let her out only in the dead of night so she could clean their house.

Hamas lawmakers arrested at Red Cross in Jerusalem (AP) Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:07 AM PST AP - Two lawmakers from the militant Palestinian party Hamas were arrested after hiding for over a year inside a Red Cross compound in Jerusalem, an Israeli police spokesman said Monday.

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