By Michael Kimmelman In a dingy storefront on a noisy block in the middle of Gaza City, metal shelves bulge with dusty audiotapes extolling Hamas, Fatah and Islamic Jihad. Alongside them, a pouty Jennifer Lopez beckons from the cover of a CD.

Excerpt from report by London-based independent newspaper Al- Quds al-Arabi website on 11 March [Report by Ashraf al-Hawar in Gaza: "High-level Official to Al- Quds al-Arabi: Israel Demanded 30 Days as Test.

Text of report by London-based independent newspaper Al-Quds al- Arabi website on 8 March [Report by Ashraf al-Hawar in Gaza: "Ayman Taha says we demonstrated flexibility to operate the Rafah crossing again with the return of the European Observers and the presidential guard"] Ayman Taha, a Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip, affirmed on Friday [7 March] that his movement that controls the Gaza Strip refuses to embark into any calming operation with Israel free of charge.

Text of report by privately-owned Palestinian Ramattan News Agency website ["Egypt Conducts Discussions on Calm With Hamas, Islamic Jihad Leaders" - Ramattan headline] Gaza, 6 Mar (Ramattan) - Egyptian officials discussed with Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad [PIJ] leaders the possibility of reaching a calm with Israel.

Text of report by Saudi-owned leading pan-Arab daily Al-Sharq al- Awsat website on 28 February [Unattributed report: "Egypt Formulates (Five-sided) Plan for Reopening Rafah Crossing.