The Week in the Middle East looks at the increasing religious influence on the IDF, follow Palestinians trying to leave the Gaza strip and examine what Barrack Obama has achieved in the Middle East.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said Jerusalem must be on the agenda for peace talks, denying Palestinian claims that Washington's policy on Israeli settlement activity has changed.
Charles Enderlin, France 2’s long-time correspondent in Jerusalem, discusses “Le grand aveuglement” (the great blinding), his account of the fraught relationship between Israel and Palestinian radical Islam.
Mohammed Dahlan, member of the Fatah Central Committee and former security chief in the Gaza strip was also born in a refugee camp in Khan younes. He answers France 24 questions.
The deadline for rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah to sign an Egyptian-sponsored unity deal has been postponed, with Hamas saying it wanted an extension and amendments to the deal.
In this edition: Israel's four-year old embargo on motor vehicles to Gaza doesn't stop cars from getting in; rebuilding Nahr el-Bared in Lebanon; why Iran's former president now seems to be falling in line.
Elie Barnavi talks about the Middle East peace process. His new book is "Aujourd'hui, ou peut-être jamais: pour une paix américaine au Proche-Orient" (Now or Never: For an American Peace in the Middle East).
Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah are to sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 26, Egypt's roreign minister, Ahmed Abul Gheit, announced after talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.
In this edition: In Iran, the presidential election appears to have shifted the balance of power in favour of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; in Iraq, the fight of the wounded is far from over; and Israeli scientists help West Bank villagers go green.
In this edition: the neighbours' reaction when an Arab moves into a Jewish settlement in East Jerusalem; a look at the row over Egypt's UNESCO candidacy; and in Egypt, a trip aboard one of Cairo's traffic-beating tuk-tuks.
