Palestinian militants have agreed to a conditional release of the kidnapped Israeli soldier, but Israel has not yet accepted their terms, according to Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

Attorney General Meni Mazuz recommended today that one of Israel’s chief rabbis, Yona Metzger, resign for receiving improper gifts, according to the Justice Ministry.

ISRAEL’s chief Sephardic rabbi said yesterday he feels “true anguish” for an ultra-Orthodox teen who was abducted and beaten after striking up a relationship with the cleric’s daughter, but pinned the blame for the growing scandal on his wayward son.

Israel’s chief Sephardic rabbi said today he feels “true anguish” for an ultra-Orthodox teen who was abducted and beaten after striking up a relationship with the cleric’s daughter, but pinned the blame for the growing scandal on his wayward son.

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas declared today that their people would stop all violent attacks against each other, pledging to break a four year cycle of bloodshed and get peace talks back on track.

Israel and the Palestinians agreed a ceasefire at a historic summit today where Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said he hoped Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas would lead his people to to an independent state.

With their flags whipping in the wind, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas met face-to-face today to announce an end to four years of violence and offer goodwill gestures they hope will start a new era of peace talks.

With a verbal ceasefire deal in hand, Israeli and Palestinian leaders met at a Mideast summit today for face-to-face talks and goodwill gestures aimed at ending four years of violence and entering a new era of peace talks.

Cartographers have begun moving the planned route of the West Bank separation barrier closer to Israel in line with an Israeli court ruling that the government must reduce hardship for Palestinian residents.

A DEFIANT Mordechai Vanunu walked out of prison yesterday after serving 18 years for spilling Israel's nuclear secrets.

Mordechai Vanunu betrayed his country by spilling its nuclear secrets and restrictions imposed on him upon his release from prison are justified, Shimon Peres, the founder of Israel’s nuclear programme, said today.

NUCLEAR whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu said he has no more secrets to reveal, but he believes Israel’s nuclear reactor near the desert town of Dimona should be destroyed, according to remarks published yesterday.

Nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu believes his disclosure of Israel’s secrets provoked an essential debate on nuclear weapons and has no regrets over the action that sent him to prison for 18 years, his brother said today

GLOUCESTER’S pre-season preparations have been given a lift from an unlikely source – judo champion Dave Kavanagh.

A suicide bomber killed at least 19 people and injured more than 120 when he burst into a hotel dining room and blew himself up as Israelis dressed in their holiday best were sitting down to a meal celebrating the Jewish Passover.

A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up in an Israeli hotel dining room today killing at least 15 people and wounding a more than 100 others.