Israel’s Supreme Court today ordered the government to suspend work for one week on a section of the West Bank separation barrier around eight Palestinian villages north-west of Jerusalem, an attorney said.

A suicide bomber blew himself up on a crowded Jerusalem bus today, killing seven people and wounding 59 in an attack Israeli officials said proved the need for the disputed separation barrier it is building.

ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was questioned for more than two hours yesterday by police over allegations that he took a bribe.

A Palestinian police swapped his uniform for a suicide bomber’s outfit today and blew himself up on a crowded bus outside Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s residence killing 10 passengers and wounding 50 bystanders.

ISRAELI troops yesterday clashed with dozens of protesters demonstrating against the construction of Israel’s West Bank separation barrier, leaving one soldier and several protesters injured, authorities and witnesses said.

Israeli troops today clashed with dozens of protesters demonstrating against the construction of Israel’s West Bank separation barrier, leaving one soldier and several protesters injured, authorities and witnesses said.

At least two people were killed by a bomb blast in a money changer’s shop in the crowded business district of the Israel city of Tel Aviv today.

ISRAELI and Turkish investigators combed the wreckage of two bombed synagogues yesterday, with early evidence showing the explosions during Sabbath morning prayers were highly organised suicide attacks.

Palestinian militants opened fire on a group of Jewish worshippers today when Israeli troops went to evacuate them from a holy site in the West Bank city of Nablus, an Israeli military spokesman said.

Israeli police today questioned Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s elder son Omri for nine hours in a corruption investigation, police said.

The family of a soldier whose body was found in a Palestinian-majority area in Israel were today preparing for his funeral.

A PALESTINIAN attacker stabbed a man to death and wounded another in Tel Aviv yesterday in what police said was the first terror attack in an Israeli city since militant groups declared a truce June 29. Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom warned the Palestinians were running out of time to crack down on the militants.

SOME bleach their hair. Some dress as women or soldiers. Others cloak themselves in black coats and hats to blend into the crowds of Jerusalem’s Orthodox Jews.

CLASHES between Israeli troops and Palestinians killed at least three people yesterday including a 16-year-old boy, as thousands poured into the streets to mourn seven people killed in a missile strike.

Israel locked down the West Bank and Gaza Strip today ahead of its national election to keep out Palestinian attackers after a large-scale military incursion into Gaza and warnings that Palestinians may try to disrupt the voting with violence.

ISRAELI Prime Minister Ariel Sharon yesterday offered his strongest endorsement of a US-sponsored framework for peace.

At least four people were injured when a bus was attacked today near the northern Israeli town of Beit Shean.

Three people were killed and 95 wounded today when a missile fired from an Israeli helicopter exploded in a crowd in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, doctors said.

Two Palestinian men were shot dead today in the northern West Bank, one in a gun battle with Israeli troops, the other allegedly shot by a Jewish settler in an olive grove.

Five Israelis have been arrested on suspicion of selling thousands of rounds of ammunition to Palestinian militants.

Four people have been injured after a bomb exploded on a railway line near the central Israeli city of Lod.

A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up today near a group of Israeli border police.

A British woman driving a car with Canadian diplomatic plates was detained near the Gaza Strip after Israeli officials said traces of explosives were found in the boot.

A Palestinian suicide bomber today set off a powerful blast next to a parked van, killing himself and wounding two Israelis.