British Foreign Secretary William Hague spurs efforts for Mideast peace after meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon says a French militant used the al-Dura affair to justify the killing of Jews, though the special committee's report says otherwise.

Foreign Ministry rescinded its offer to let a team from the UN cultural agency inspect historical sites in the Old City of Jerusalem, saying the Palestinians violated a prior agreement that the visit be apolitical.

Palestinians say the 12-year-old died during a shootout with the IDF at the start of the second intifada; Israeli committee disagrees.

National Israeli panel of inquiry says iconic footage from start of second intifada reveals that Palestinian child apparently caught by IDF bullets did not actually die in the incident.

Unknown individuals - probably settlers from the nearby settlement - have started working land that belongs to Azmout, a Palestinian village near Nablus. A protest has been launched.

The Defense and Finance Ministries proposed making Palestinians pay more for importing and exporting goods; opponents say move violates international treaties Israel signed.

Israel is already a bi-national state – a state in which two nationalities reside, Jews and Arabs. The government's best bet is to encourage aliyah from the Diaspora and to better integrate Arab citizens into Israeli society.

The Qatari foreign minister's declaration that the Arab League has embraced the principle of territorial exchanges within the framework of the Arab peace initiative is not new. The opening positions for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations were known 11 years ago, as they are today.

Israeli soldiers and Palestinians exchange fire in arrest operation at refugee camp, witnesses say