Israeli forces kill 3 militants, civilian in Gaza Six other gunmen and a civilian were wounded as Israeli troops backed by aircraft clashed with militant groups in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, the medical workers said.
Reduction of power and fuel supplies to Gaza will continue, Olmert says The reduction of electric and fuel supplies to Gaza will continue, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday at the beginning of a weekly cabinet meeting, adding that Israel would continue combating terrorism in southern Israel and will not cease until life returns to normal in the area.
Olmert says Israel has 'free hand' on blockade Holmes demanded that the Palestinians cease their rocket attacks, but said Israel's blockade was "collective punishment" which violated international humanitarian law.
Israel detains dozens of Gazans The Israeli military says it has taken about 80 Palestinians to Israel for questioning following a ground operation in the Gaza Strip.
Olmert: Year not enough for peace deal Ehud Olmert told U.S. Jewish leaders it will be difficult to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians this year.
Israeli Army Destroying Palestinian Homes Every single home in the West Bank villages of Humsa and Hadidiya is slated for destruction. The Israeli army has declared most of the Jordan Valley, where the villages are situated, as a "closed military area" from which the local Palestinian population is barred.
Settlers, Palestinians clash near West Bank outpost
Israel arrests 16 Palestinians in W Bank According to the Israeli and Palestinian security sources, the 16 detainees were taken away late Saturday night and early Sunday, 10 of them were caught near Nablus, four in Jericho, one in Hebron and one near Ramallah.
Palestinian anti-siege body urges UN official to press Israel to reopen Gaza crossings A Palestinian group, lobbying against Gaza siege, on Sunday urged the visiting UN chief humanitarian official John Holmes to build pressure on Israel to reopen crossing points into the coastal Gaza Strip.
IDF soldier gravely injured from sniper fire in Gaza
Palestinian rocket hits Egyptian building on Gaza border A Palestinian rocket hit and damaged a building on the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, causing no casualties, a security source said Sunday.
France backs sanctions on Iran: Kouchner "We are united (within the international community) for sanctions on Iran, but we support the start of discussions," Kouchner told reporters after talks with Israeli President Shimon Peres.
Olmert says "everyone" a target over Gaza rocket fire 'Everyone' has always been a target of the Israelis (including Americans).
Hamas confident of Egyptian help on Gaza blockade
50,000 Hezbollah men said deployed along border with Israel
'UNIFIL complained of Israeli violations of Lebanese territories'
Syria: Assassination ruined hopes of peace Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem on Thursday said that Syria will "prove beyond any doubt" who is responsible for the assassination of Hizbullah arch-terrorist and operations officer Imad Mughniyeh in Damascus.
Israel kills terror chief with headrest bomb
'Hizbullah has a few thousand fighters' Defense officials expressed skepticism over the reports, saying Hizbullah had only several thousand fighters in total.
Human Rights Watch: Israel breaches law with cluster bomb use Israel breached international law when it bombed southern Lebanon with cluster weapons during its campaign against Hezbollah in 2006, Human Rights Watch said Sunday.
'Mossad killed Imad Mughniyeh' Someone is aiming to pick a fight.
Readers' editor on the video and reporting of the Dimona suicide bombing The complaints were part of a lobby started by Honest Reporting, an organisation that monitors media coverage of events in the Middle East for anti-Israel bias. It seems that most of the complainants accessed the video from the front page of Honest Reporting's website, rather than from the Guardian's site. Honest Reporting objected to the fact that there were no Israeli sources in the video and asked people to write to me.
London students call for divestment from Israel A new campaign by student union from prestigious London School of Economics seeks to encourage divestment from companies that support to 'apartheid regime'
Palestinian shot dead in Beirut clash A Palestinian man has been shot dead during clashes between anti-Syrian Lebanese Government supporters and Palestinians close to Hezbollah in Beirut, security sources said.
Speech on the Mideast Brings Opinions to a Boil When the speech ended, Ms. Weir was met with thunderous applause, and across the room there was a widespread sense of satisfaction that someone was saying what needed to be said. "It's true that our money is going there to kill little kids," said one well-dressed woman, who spent the speech nodding in agreement and gave only her first name, Jean. "It's the side we don't hear, that doesn't get on the news."
Olmert Cabinet honors Lantos "Throughout his career, he worked out of an abiding faith that U.S. strategic interests were connected to the strength, security and prosperity of the State of Israel. He gave daring, assertive and pointed expression to this throughout his Congressional career, in which he assisted the State of Israel," Olmert said in broadcast remarks.
J'lem takes wait-and-see approach to Kosovo Several Israeli diplomats said recognizing the declaration could have implications on the Palestinian issue.
The rabbi lights the fuse In an interview he gave recently to the British weekly The Jewish News, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger said the Arabs who pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque must recognize that Jerusalem belongs solely to the Jews. The Muslims, he said, already have Mecca and Medina, and therefore have no need for a third holy site. During the interview, he even suggested establishing the Palestinian state in the Sinai desert and moving the residents of Gaza there
Israel to resist French on Gaza Strip After meeting Fayad, Kouchner called for a Palestinian state to be set up "as quickly as possible" and told journalists he would ask Israel to make its best effort to help bring that about. He also said he would press Israel to freeze settlement activity.
Barak: Iran, Syria could help avenge Mugniyah
McConnell: Hezbollah threat 'serious'
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