IF Miko Peled’s life were fiction, it might be mistaken for fantasy: a staunch Zionist, Israeli Special Forces commando and son of a famous army general becomes an Arab-loving peace activist and champion of Palestinian rights.

The United States is handling the case of two Arab residents of Jerusalem who were kidnapped by Iraqi insurgents, Israeli officials said in Jerusalem.

Palestinian terror group Hamas ended its six week ceasefire today, claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing at a West Bank Jewish settlement that killed an Israeli.