Austrian tycoon may face Israel charges: report
(AFP)
 AFP - Israeli police are recommending an Austrian billionaire be charged with bribery for funnelling millions of dollars into the pockets of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
Gulf states 'welcome' Mideast peace talks relaunch
(AFP)
 AFP - Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers have said they "welcome" the relaunch of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks but warned that Israeli "acts of aggression" may compromise them.
Abbas asks US to step into settlement dispute
(AP)
 AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he has asked the U.S. to settle a dispute with Israel over settlement expansion that is threatening to derail Mideast peace talks.
Israel PM sees deal possible in year: spokesman
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told visiting U.S. congressmen he thinks it could be possible to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians in a year despite huge differences, his spokesman said.
84 charged over deadly Beirut shootout
(AFP)
 AFP - Eighty-four people have been charged in connection with a deadly clash last month between Hezbollah and a pro-Syrian Sunni faction, Lebanon's official National News Agency reported.
Jordan king briefs Syria's Assad on peace talks
(AFP)
 AFP - President Bashar al-Assad and Jordan's King Abdullah II met in Syria on Monday for talks on the resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, SANA news agency reported.
US artists support Israelis' settlement protest
(AP)
 AP - A dovish U.S. Jewish group says more than 150 film and theater artists have signed a letter of support for Israeli actors who refused to perform in a West Bank settlement.
Israel's Lieberman to block settlement curbs
(AFP)
 AFP - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday his ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party would block any attempt to extend a partial moratorium on settlements due to expire on September 26.
Netanyahu seeks 'new solutions' to Palestinian conflict
(AFP)
 AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that creative thinking was needed to end the decades-old conflict with the Palestinians.
Israeli police fail to protect Palestinians: rights group
(AFP)
 AFP - An Israeli rights group on Sunday accused Jerusalem police of failing to protect Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem from hardline settlers residing in neighbourhoods heavily populated with Arabs.
Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu
(Time.com)
Time.com - No one really thinks much will come out of the direct talks with the Palestinians but, when the issue is Bibi, up come visions of Gorbachev -- and Nixon in China
US officials: Mideast talks to resume in Jerusalem
(AP)
 AP - Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem this month. The setting is a symbolic move to show the seriousness of peace negotiations.
Clinton to attend Mideast peace talks in Sharm el-Sheikh
(AFP)
 AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend a second round of peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders later this month in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, a State Department official said Sunday.
CORRECTED - Palestinians will not need budget aid by 2013: PM
(Reuters)
Reuters - The Palestinian Authority (PA) will be able to finance its budget without the need for foreign aid by 2013 thanks to improved tax collection and cost-cutting, the prime minister said.
Israel picks Gaza war commander as new military chief
(AFP)
 AFP - The Israeli cabinet on Sunday confirmed as armed forces chief Major General Yoav Galant, who directed Israel's 2008-2009 Gaza war, the prime minister's office said.
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