Breaking News

• 13:43
  Obama: U.S. committed to the creation of a sovereign state of Palestine (Haaretz)
• 13:39
  Obama: Palestinians deserve a future, a home, a state of their own (Haaretz)
• 13:37
  Abbas: Palestinians ready to implement commitments in order to launch the peace process (Haaretz)
• 13:36
  Abba to Obama: Palestinian people have made a miracle and rose from the Nakba (Haaretz)
• 13:36
  Abbas: Palestinian state with Jerusalem as capital is possible (Haaretz)
• 13:36
  Abbas: Peace impossible under violence and occupation (Haaretz)
• 13:11
  Syria hands over captured Lebanese soldier, state TV reports (AP)
• 12:31
  Syrian rebels have reportedly overrun several towns near the Israeli border (Reuters)
• 12:18
  Report: Ramallah protesters hold up shoes, call Obama to leave Palestine (Haaretz)
• 11:49
  Police arrests Acre resident suspected of smuggling heroin from Lebanon (Haaretz)
• 11:38
  Report: Abbas condemns violence against civilians, including rocket fire (Reuters)
• 11:15
  Obama and Abbas begin meeting in Ramallah (Haaretz)
• 10:57
  Car bomb at Pakistani refugee camp kills 12 (Reuters)
• 10:57
  Obama's Marine One helicopter lands in Ramallah ahead of meeting with Abbas (Haaretz)
• 10:28
  Jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan expected to declare cease-fire with Turkey (AP)
• 10:06
  Kiryat Malakhi mayor Moti Malka resigns after convicted of two counts of sexual harassment (Haaretz)
• 07:40
  Second Gaza rocket explodes in open area in southern city of Sderot (Haaretz)
• 07:37
  Gaza rocket explodes in backyard of Sderot home, no casualties reported (Haaretz)
• 07:23
  Rocket sirens sound in southern city of Sderot (Haaretz)
• 04:16
  North Korea threatens to attack U.S. navy bases in Asia if provoked (Reuters)
• 04:09
  Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir says he will step down in 2015 (AP)
• 04:00
  Jailed Kurdish leader Ocalan to call on fighters to halt hostilities with Turkey (Reuters)