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The news below are based from Ha'aretz, Jerusalem Post, Globes and CNN.

June 7   40 years later, Jerusalem still a divided city: Israel claimed Jerusalem as its "eternal and undivided" capital. The barbed wire and minefields that divided the city from 1948 until June 1967 might be gone, but invisible barriers still exist between Jews and Arabs.

June 6   The Middle East Quartet has invited Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to a June 25 meeting in Cairo, according to Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amir.

June 5   A mass grave believed to contain the remains of thousands of Jews killed by the Nazis has been found in southern Ukraine, a Jewish community representative says.

May 31   The Israeli and Palestinian leaders will meet next week in the Palestinian territories for the first time in a bid to restore a shattered cease-fire in Gaza, a senior Palestinian official said Thursday.

May 29   An Israeli airstrike killed two members of Hamas' military wing early Wednesday, Palestinian security sources said, as Israel kept up pressure on Palestinian militants in the West Bank and Gaza.

May 28   Israel's Labor Party voted for a new leader Monday, narrowing the field to two men who have pledged to bring down Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government, preliminary results showed.

May 29   Israel unleashed a new round of airstrikes on Gaza and arrested a second Hamas member of the Palestinian unity government in the West Bank on Saturday, Israel Defense Forces told CNN.

April 15   The Israeli and Palestinian leaders met Sunday for the first in a series of biweekly talks, addressing day-to-day issues such as travel and trade restrictions, but also talking about the general outlines of Palestinian statehood for the first time after six years of paralysis in peacemaking.

April 10   Nearly $60 million in U.S. aid to the Palestinians has been cleared for transfer to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the State Department said Tuesday.

April 6   House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, deflecting White House criticism of her trip to Syria, said Friday she thinks the mission helped President Bush because it showed the U.S. is unified against terrorism despite being divided over Iraq.

April 6   Cpl. Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held by militants in Gaza, will be released soon, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in a television interview on Friday.

March 8   A new, smart Israeli military robot can fight its way down dark alleys, through caves and over rubble, seeking out bombs and booby traps along the way and warning human foot soldiers of enemies and danger ahead, its manufacturer said Thursday.

March 8   The Israeli pop band Teapacks is enjoying a comeback - thanks to a Finnish official trying to ban the group's "Push the Button" from the Eurovision song competition.

March 7   Citing the risks of further delay, Jordan's King Abdullah II said Wednesday the United States must take the lead in creating conditions for a permanent peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

March 1   Is shipwreck the key to Napoleon's holy war? A mysterious shipwreck, marked on a 200-year-old map and discovered outside the Mediterranean port of Acre, Israel, may throw light on Napoleon's attempt to conquer the Holy Land.

February 28   Extremist rabbis call for return of animal sacrifice. A fringe group of extremist rabbis wants to resume the biblical practice of animal sacrifice at an explosive religious site in Jerusalem, members said Wednesday.

February 25   King Abdullah: 'Last opportunity' for Mideast peace. The current juncture in Middle East diplomacy presents a golden but final opportunity to resolve the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to Jordan's King Abdullah.

Februari 21 In spite of Nicaragua received internal as external criticism the country invited the dictator of Iran to Nicaragua a couple of weeks ago, has Israel, the country Iran want to eliminate, decided to help Nicaragua with technique related to irrigation. The fact that the media nowadays in Nicaragua are working below censorship and pressure is, of course, not surprising. Gunter Kauffman experienced this after his comments about the help from Israel was erased from a daily newspaper in Nicaragua: “This is the way Nicaragua should go. International cooperation with civilized countries. The secret ´agreements´ with the dictator in Iran will only give blood, sweat and tears for the population of Nicaragua”. If you want to read about the help from Israel to Nicaragua follow this link (Spanish).

February 20  IDF: Arms being smuggled to Hizbullah on weekly basis.

February 20  Iran: We'll stop enrichment if West does.

February 19  'Don't give up on Abbas': On eve of summit, Rice urges
continued dialogue.

February 18  Iran, Syria vow united front to thwart U.S. and Israel.