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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Israeli settlement building 'runs contrary to peace', William Hague said after calling for an end to new construction in talks with the country's defence minister
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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
Israeli troops mistakenly kill a 65-year-old Palestinian in his bed during a pre-dawn raid to seize a Hamas suspect who lived in the same building... 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
Marks & Spencer has apparently called in the lawyers in a bid to prise its new chief executive Marc Bolland away from old employer Morrisons, the Bradford-based supermarket... more
Palestinians rejected a suggestion by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would endorse a Palestinian state - but only if it was not allowed its own army... more
Pope Benedict greeted tens of thousands of followers in Nazareth with a message of reconciliation, urging Christians and Muslims in the city to “reject the destructive power of hatred and prejudice”... more
The Pope started a week-long tour of the Middle East in Jordan and was condemned by Islamic leaders for a speech in 2006 when he implied Muslims were violent and irrational... more
Foreign Secretary David Miliband is on a collision course with Israeli leaders over "illegal" exports of food to Britain from Jewish settlements in the West Bank... more
Controversial street artist Banksy is catching the eye of commuters with an provocative image of a girl being pulled into a cash machine by a robotic arm... more
In this week's DVD releases Bruce Willis is back in action and a Palestinian film about a pair of would-be suicide bombers offers chilling insights about life in the West Bank.... more
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