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17 hurt in demos against Israel's West Bank barrier (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:18:36 GMT

A total of 17 people were injured on Friday during two demonstrations against Israel's separation barrier across the West Bank, Israeli public radio and Palestinian medics said.


Israel acts in human shield case (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:20:48 GMT

Israel suspended a commander whose troops ordered two Palestinian youths in the West Bank to stand in front of their vehicle to protect it from stones thrown by locals, the army spokesman's office said Friday.


Arab Knesset member speaks against Israel (UPI)
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 17:04:54 GMT

Arab Knesset member Azmi Bishara Friday said Israel "would not be able to handle the challenge I've thrown to its Jewry and Zionist stance." Bishara, who left the country two weeks ago and says he plans to resign from the legislature, said he does not p


Following Likud vote, Bush team backs away from Israel commitment (JTA)
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 21:46:12 GMT

President Bush welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to the White House on April 14. Bitten by Israel’s notoriously unpredictable political culture, the Bush administration is shying away from the commitments it made to secure an Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.


Unconvinced by P.A. moves on terror, Israel takes matter into its own hands (JTA)
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 18:46:12 GMT

Israeli soldiers keep a tank ready outside Ramallah on Aug. 24. Israel is skeptical of the Palestinian Authority´s tentative measures against terrorism — and is following up by conducting anti-terror operations of its own.


Israel's supreme court ruled in 2005 that the army's use of 'human shields' was illegal (Aljazeera)
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 19:57:59 GMT

Israel has suspended an army commander and launched an investigation into the apparent use of two Palestinians as "human shields".


U.N. envoy on children: Israel broke international law in '06 (USA Today)
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Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:34:45 GMT

A U.N. envoy for children in conflict said Thursday she had been horrified by the destruction of a Lebanese village besieged by Israeli troops last year, and that many of Israel's actions during the war against Hezbollah had violated international law.


Syria, Israel rebuff unofficial envoy (AP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 12 Apr 2007 18:51:31 GMT

A Syrian-American businessman making an extraordinary appearance before an Israeli parliamentary panel said Syria and Israel ignored his efforts to turn informal talks into official negotiations on ending their conflict, Israeli lawmakers said Thursday.


Israel suspends commander whose troops used Palestinians as shields (Boston Herald)
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Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:56:21 GMT

JERUSALEM - Israel suspended a commander whose troops ordered two Palestinian youths in the West Bank to stand in front of their vehicle to protect it from stones thrown by locals, the army spokesman's...


Syria-Israel peace possible within six months: negotiator (AFP via Yahoo! News)
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Thu, 12 Apr 2007 17:52:28 GMT

Syria and Israel could clinch a peace deal in six months, a Syrian-American businessman at the heart of secret unofficial peace talks said on Thursday after appearing before a top parliamentary panel.