Avi Issacharoff

Netanyahu wants a formal end to the conflict - but Abbas is more concerned with the borders of a future state.

At the incident near Beit Hagai, four people were killed; at Rimonim Junction two were injured, one seriously.

Announcement comes after PA security officials arrest 6 Hamas-linked operatives suspected of two shooting attacks against Israelis last week.

Two West Bank Hamas operatives arrested for September 1st attack in which two Israelis were wounded at Rimonim Junction.

PA Prime Minister says latest campaign by Geneva Initiative, which promotes a model agreement as a basis for peace between Israel and Palestinians, is 'too Israeli'.

PA President insists he would walk away from peace talks with Israel over refugees rights.

PM says he hopes Abbas won't abandon peace process, after Palestinian leader says he will refuse to concede to Israel over refugees or borders.

'We don't know where we stand' says Vice Premier Silvan Shalom, 'doing things without discussion is inappropriate.'

Based on the burst of optimism among the Palestinian leaders after the Washington summit, Israel's right wing might have reason to start worrying.

Prime Minister Netanyahu, senior Palestinian and Arab leaders expressed similar optimism following their meeting last week.

Chief negotiator Saeb Erekat contradicts earlier Palestinian claims of immediate follow-up to Friday's Washington peace summit.

According to senior Fatah negotiator Nabil Shaath, expiration of settlement freeze has been postponed from Sept. 26 to Sept. 30 to give negotiators full month to iron out a deal.

Lebanese security officials say that explosion in southern village of Shehabiyeh may have been caused by a short circuit that set off secret Hezbollah munitions.

Although the Balata camp was once a hotbed of Palestinian extremism, residents were reluctant to voice support for the terror attack by Hamas on Tuesday. Perhaps the movement has lost its ability to read public opinion in the territories?

Even if the PA agrees that some settlement blocs will remain in Israeli hands in a future agreement, Abbas cannot agree to a continuation of construction during direct talks, says a senior source.

Senior Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar has said the group wants to liberate the West Bank just as it liberated the Gaza Strip.

4 Israelis were killed near Hebron Tuesday when assailants opened fire on their vehicle; Palestinian authorities have located car used in attack.

Crackdown on Hamas operatives in the region, in which more than 300 were arrested, follows deadly terror attack near Hebron.

The victims are a couple from the settlement of Beit Hagai and two residents of Kiryat Arba. One of the dead believed to have been pregnant.

Tuesday's deadly shooting attack that killed 4 Israelis suggests Hamas apparently still has the capability of relatively complex operations.

Gamal Mubarak, long presumed heir to the ageing president, will meet Israeli delegates to peace summit - and maybe even Netanyahu himself.

Netanyahu nixes trilateral meeting of top negotiators for opening of Washington peace talks.