Itamar Rabinovich, chief negotiator for Israel during the Yitzhak Rabin government (1992-5), wrote a book about the failed negotiations with Syria.

ISRAELI defence officials and political pundits rounded on deputy prime minister Shaul Mofaz yesterday after he threatened attacks against Iran, accusing him of exploiting war jitters to advance personal ambitions.

“A DREAM” is how Israeli coach Avraham Grant described the fighting comeback at Lansdowne Road.

PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Ahmed Qurie yesterday warned Israel that a controversial barrier it is building in the West Bank would kill off a US-backed "road map" peace plan.