Hollow-eyed and pale, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit has spoken of his joy at being returned to his family after a historic prisoner swap deal with Hamas... more
Pressure mounts on world leaders to agree on a Palestine bid for United Nations membership amid fears a threatened American veto could spark fresh violence
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William Hague rejects claims he is on the brink of quitting the Government over his handling of the Libyan crisis including a bungled special forces mission... more
Israel's foreign minister says that a compromise with Palestinians is the only way to bring peace after leaked documents revealed a proposed secret deal on the future of Jerusalem... more
Bulldozers are in action on the West Bank as the end of a ban on the construction of new Jewish settlements threatens to derail peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians... more
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Egypt for the latest round in the Middle East peace talks and says the “time is ripe” for a deal... more
The Middle East peace talks — that is, the latest instalment — have begun in a flurry of activity and anxious speculation about the body language of the two main participants, Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestianian President Mahmoud Abbas... more
Israel's navy shoots and killed four Palestinians in diving gear off the Gaza coast. They were believed to have been planning a terrorist attack
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Gordon Brown made a fresh appeal to Israel to help aid get to the victims of the Gaza conflict after talks at Downing Street with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas... more
As protesters invade Broadcasting House, the Evening Standard reveals how a review upholding complaints of bias has shaped the BBC’s response to the Palestine appeal ... more
Sound check: German industrial metal band Rammstein literally play with fire in their live performances - and now they are about to unleash their singeing spectacle on London. Watch out for your eyebrows
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