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ISRAEL
Former PM Olmert indicted for corruption
Israel's former prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has been indicted on three counts of corruption, the office of the attorney general has announced. Olmert resigned in September over the allegations but stayed in office as caretaker until March.
ISRAEL
Netanyahu summons rebel minister over call to defy US
Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has reprimanded strategic affairs minister Moshe Yaalon, after the latter called on the Israeli government to resist US demands for a settlement freeze.
PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Gaza settlers, an unresolved problem
In 2005, Israel pulled out of the Gaza strip as part of a disengagement plan that left Israelis divided. Four years on, nothing has really changed or improved for former settlers in the region, some of whom consider themselves refugees.
ISRAEL
Barak defends Netanyahu policy in Cairo
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Sunday that more needs to be done for the creation of a Palestinian state, including Arab recognition of Israel as a Jewish state.
01/06/2009 - TOP STORY

Obama's Middle East agenda

Barack Obama's drive to negotiate a lasting peace between Israel and the Palestinians stepped up another gear in Washington when he met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
21/05/2009 - THE INTERVIEW

Danny Ayalon, Israeli deputy foreign minister

US President Barack Obama and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu recently held private talks, seeking a personal bond despite differences over Middle East peace and Iran. Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon answers our questions.
18/05/2009 - TOP STORY

Obama to put squeeze on Israel?

It is perhaps the biggest foreign policy test yet for US President Barack Obama as he meets Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington and steps up the United States drive for a settling of conflict in the Middle East.
06/05/2009 - THE DEBATE

Lieberman's charm offensive?

Can Europe work with Avigdor Lieberman? Israel's ultranationalist foreign minister has embarked on his maiden journey to the continent, having aggravated leaders here with his outright refusal to embrace a two-state solution.
06/05/2009 - THE DEBATE

Lieberman's charm offensive? (Part 2)

Can Europe work with Avigdor Lieberman? Israel's ultra nationalist foreign minister has embarked on his maiden journey to the continent, having aggravated leaders here, with his outright refusal to embrace a two state solution.
03/04/2009 - THE WEEK IN THE MIDDLE EAST

Netanyahu cabinet unites against Iranian threat

In this edition: Israel's patchwork government unites in defiance of a menacing Iran; al Qaeda prisoners wait for their release in Iraqi jails; and Lebanon's Hezbollah pays for the rebuilding of Beirut.
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