
Sarkozy vows to press Syria to help free Israeli soldier hostage
(AFP)
AFP - French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Friday he would press his Syrian counterpart Bashar Al-Assad to use "all the power" of his country to free a French-Israeli soldier held by Gaza militants.
Jerusalem attacker once had Jewish girlfriend
(AP)
AP - The Palestinian who went on a deadly rampage on a Jerusalem street this week had spent years in a romantic relationship with a Jewish Israeli woman, relatives said, a rarity in a city where such ties between Arabs and Jews are nearly nonexistent.
Israel closes Gaza crossings in response to rocket
(AP)
AP - Israel crossings with the Gaza Strip were closed Friday in retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire that has violated a rocky truce as Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers responded by suspending talks on freeing a long-held Israeli soldier.
Hamas says talks suspended on Israeli soldier's release
(AFP)
AFP - Hamas said on Friday it had suspended negotiations on the release of a captured Israeli soldier because the Jewish state was not respecting the terms of a truce with the Islamist movement.
Israel orders razing of Jerusalem attackers' homes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak
on Friday sought the demolition of the houses of two
Palestinians behind recent deadly attacks against Israelis
after the attorney-general said the move was legally viable.
Israel army prepares for razing bulldozer attacker's house
(AFP)
AFP - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak ordered the army on Friday to prepare to raze the east Jerusalem house of a Palestinian whose rampage in a bulldozer killed three people, the ministry said.
Israel reclosure of crossings dampens Gazans' hopes
(Reuters)
Reuters - Israel responded to Thursday's rocket
attack by again closing its border crossing with Gaza on
Friday, dampening hopes among Gazans that a ceasefire between
Hamas and the Jewish state might ease an Israeli-led blockade.
Israeli airman missing in Lebanon died 10 years ago
(AFP)
AFP - Israel received a report from the Lebanese Hezbollah militia that an Israeli airman reported missing in Lebanon since 1986 has been dead for more than 10 years, the Haaretz daily reported on Friday.
Israel, Syria agree to extend Turkish-sponsored talks: Ankara
(AFP)
AFP - Israel and Syria have agreed to extend indirect talks under Turkish mediation, Ankara's foreign ministry said Thursday.
Iran says 4 missing Iranians alive in Israel
(AP)
AP - An Iranian diplomat said Thursday that four Iranians who disappeared in Lebanon in 1982 are alive in Israel and called for their release.
Israel pushes for direct talks with Syria "very soon"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
called on Thursday for quickly starting face-to-face
negotiations with Syria after a third round of indirect peace
talks mediated by Turkey ended with an agreement to meet again.
Israel looks at demolition of Palestinian attackers' homes
(AFP)
AFP - Israeli authorities on Thursday were considering demolishing the home of a Palestinian man who went on a bulldozer rampage in Jerusalem and killed three people before he was shot dead.
Father of baby who survived Jerusalem attack found
(AP)
AP - A 5-month-old baby whose mother threw her out of a car window to save her from a Palestinian attacker has been reunited with her father.
Iran says hostages still alive in Israel, after 26 years
(AFP)
AFP - Iran's embassy in Lebanon said on Thursday that its four nationals, seized in 1982 by a Christian militia in Lebanon, are still alive and being held in Israel.
Israel in Jerusalem dilemma after bulldozer attack
(Reuters)
Reuters - A deadly rampage in a bulldozer by a
Palestinian resident of Jerusalem left Israel grappling on
Thursday with the dilemma of how to maintain security in the
city along with the premise it is undivided.
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