Jerusalem  - Internal political developments in Israel, should not overshadow the peace process with the Palestinians, visiting French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday.

"Don't forget the peace process," he urged in an interview with Israel Radio. "I know about all your concerns, internal political concerns ... but please, what is important for us, for you, for everybody, is the setting up of a Palestinian state."

New Delhi, Oct 5 : Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will visit India on Monday.

According to reports, he is likely to discuss the issues related to West Asia peace process with Indian leaders during his visit to New Delhi.

The Palestinian leader is also expected to apprise the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, and other leaders about the latest developments in the region and recent his talks with Israeli leaders.

Ramallah  - Palestinian security forces in the West Bank have taken measures to prevent killings of leaders of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and the mainstream Palestinian party Fatah by the Islamic group Hamas, a pan-Arab newspaper reported on Saturday.

The London-based daily al-Sharq al-Awsat quoted Hamas members in West Bank as saying that the Islamists plan to take over the PA-ruled West Bank in the same way they took control of the Gaza Strip last year.

Ramallah  - Palestinian conditions for peace with Israel have not changed, a senior Palestinian Authority official said Thursday, in response to an newspaper interview by outgoing Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert and the subsequent reaction by President Mahmoud Abbas.

Olmert, in a newspaper interview published Monday, said Israel would have to withdraw from "almost all, if not all, the (occupied) territories" if it wanted peace.

According to senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, Abbas told a delegation of Muslim, Christian and Samaritan clerics that if the conditions for peace were achieved, a treaty could be reached within two days.

Ramallah  - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday that his visit to Washington was frank and successful.

He told reporters in Ramallah that his meeting with US President George W Bush last week "was mainly frank," adding that "we said exactly what we had and what was needed."

Abbas made the statements after attending special prayers for the Eid al-Fitr holiday, saying "the visit was successful by all measures."

Muslims Tuesday celebrated the end of Ramadan, a month of fasting, with the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

Abbas said his wish for the holiday is that the Palestinian people achieve national unity and get their independent state.

Ramallah - The military wing of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement on Saturday claimed responsibility for wounding an Israeli settler in a West Bank shooting.

The settler was slightly wounded Saturday morning when his car came under fire near Alei Zahav settlement to the south of Qalqilya city, according to Israeli sources.

In a statement sent to the media, Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades said the attack was in response to the frequent Israeli army raids in the West Bank.