I refer to Mr Paul Farrell’s recent letter on the recent findings of the Israeli court.

US presidential candidate Mitt Romney spoke aggressively yesterday about protecting Israel from Iranian nuclear threats and suggested that he was open to breaking with US policy dating to 1967 by moving the United States embassy to Jerusalem if the Israelis asked.

Ireland will push for a ban on products from illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territories in the autumn if building is not stopped, said Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore.

THE Palestinians want peace talks with Israel to continue, US envoy George Mitchell said in Cairo yesterday, a day after the Palestine Liberation Organisation urged president Mahmoud Abbas to quit the negotiations.

Holocaust survivors in Israel demanded that the Jewish state raise what they consider a laughable new offer of €15 in monthly stipends.

United Nations secretary general Kofi Annan was at the centre of a diplomatic storm today after accusing Israel of deliberately bombing a UN observer post in southern Lebanon, killing at least two peacekeepers.

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired three home-made rockets into Israel today, hours after Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert pledged to push forward with airstrikes against the militants despite a recent string of civilian casualties.

A prominent Israeli politician has called for troops to mount a ground offensive into the Gaza Strip, after Palestinians there fired a fresh round of rockets at nearby Israeli targets this morning.

A top Mideast envoy has criticised Israel in especially tough language for moving too slowly on negotiations to open Gaza’s borders, saying the country is behaving almost as if the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip never happened.

A top Middle East envoy has criticised Israel in especially tough language for moving too slowly on negotiations to open Gaza’s borders, saying the country is behaving almost as if the withdrawal from the Gaza Strip never happened.

Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern blasted as reprehensible a spate of anti-Semitic attacks on a Dublin museum as he met senior members of the Jewish Community today.

British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw today pledged that the international community would continue its commitment to the reconstruction of Afghanistan.

AMNESTY International yesterday accused Israel of "war crimes" against the Palestinians and branded militant attacks on Israeli citizens as "crimes against humanity".

A defiant Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he would not resign despite the humiliating rejection of his Gaza withdrawal plan, and his allies suggested the veteran tactician will look for ways to override the veto of his Likud Party.

Abdel Aziz Rantissi was clearly one of those leading the battle against Israel, against Jews, co-ordinating actions between the various terrorist organisations in Gaza — and, since we failed to bring him to justice, we brought justice to him.

A HINT of flexibility by US President George W Bush yesterday allowed Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to accept the road map to Palestinian statehood.

Israeli troops closed Palestinian police and TV stations in Hebron early today as they searched homes and blocked off roads in a crackdown on suspected militants.

ISRAEL did not immediately retaliate yesterday for the suicide bus bombing that killed 14 passengers and the two attackers.

Israel did not immediately retaliate today for the suicide bus bombing that killed 14 passengers and the two attackers.

The fate of Hamas master bombmaker Mohammed Deif remained unclear today, hours after an Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at a car in Gaza, killing at least two people and wounding dozens.

The European Union’s head office strongly denied Israeli claims today that millions of euro spent on aiding Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s government were used to fund suicide bombers.

Israel today sharply criticised the United Nations, saying it was upset with a UN resolution, wary of UN plans to investigate the Jenin refugee camp, and that it might take action against the UN’s Mideast envoy.

Israel is ready to discuss the issue of its settlements on the West Bank in an attempt to find a solution to the violence engulfing the Middle East, the country’s ambassador to the UK said today.

Israeli warplanes demolished a building in the West Bank, in retaliation for yesterday's suicide bombing in Jerusalem.

The death toll in the suicide bombing in Jerusalem has risen to 13 - including six children.