World diplomats urge resumption of Mideast talks (AP) 4 hours ago![](\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.b3fa4e0315a447e5ab6ffec37790df9d-b3fa4e0315a447e5ab6ffec37790df9d-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=tFGuNCziX2NOro3m14XIcw--\")
AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton suggested Friday that the United States and Israel have found a way around the worst disagreement the two allies have faced in years while international diplomats set goals for new U.S.-backed peace talks aimed at establishing an independent Pales.. (read more...)
Quartet tells Israel to halt settlement activity (AFP) 4 hours ago![](\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100320/capt.photo_1269014009855-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=u82qFYzZrtb4V0Ruix0QUA--\")
AFP - The Middle East Quartet urged Israel to stop building settlements and set a bold target for a final deal with the Palestinians by 2012 as it tried to kickstart the stalled peace process. (read more...)
Clinton says US stand on Israel \'paying off\' (AFP) 5 hours ago![](\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100320/capt.photo_1269049531232-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=VtI6KLkYvCSWuo5CUwNQGg--\")
AFP - The strong US reaction to Israeli settlement plans is \"paying off,\" Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday, with Israeli-Palestinian negotiations expected to resume. (read more...)
Palestinians, Israeli forces clash in West Bank, Jerusalem (AFP) 9 hours ago![](\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269020022851-3-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=yHijywMPQDKL8m3QDQ98tA--\")
AFP - Palestinian demonstrators clashed with Israeli security forces in the West Bank and east Jerusalem during anti-settlement protests after the Muslim Friday prayers. (read more...)
Israeli aircraft hit disused Gaza airport, 11 injured: medics (AFP) 9 hours ago![](\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100319/capt.photo_1269035621138-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=iNxuFxuIXsJRu2XnH72_NA--\")
AFP - Israeli aircraft hit a disused airport in southern Gaza on Friday night, injuring 11 people, two of them seriously, Palestinian medical officials and witnesses said. (read more...)
Israel strikes in Gaza after deadly rocket (Reuters) 10 hours ago![](\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100319/i/r4046741006.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=23FO_TM7irGdOG04I5JEmA--\")
Reuters - Israeli aircraft struck at least seven targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday, a day after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave killed a Thai worker in Israel, Hamas security officials and witnesses said. (read more...)
Push on for Mideast talks despite Jerusalem flap (AP) 10 hours ago![](\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100319/capt.9f3cde03064044f891af63aecf83cf22-9f3cde03064044f891af63aecf83cf22-0.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=Ub8p9DgdtgduKC6f6U4vgA--\")
AP - With pressure on from global mediators Friday, Israel and the Palestinians appeared likely to resume American-mediated indirect peace talks despite a flap over east Jerusalem construction. (read more...)
12 wounded in Israeli missile strike in Gaza (AP) 10 hours agoAP - Hamas officials say Israeli aircraft have fired five missiles at Gaza's defunct airport and nearby border tunnels, wounding at least 12 people. (read more...)
Why US sees Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a security threat (The Christia.. 12 hours agoThe Christian Science Monitor - As the United States and Israel navigate one of their most serious contretemps in years, a growing roster of American officials is making the argument that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict poses a national-security threat to the US. (read more...)
Abbas ordered to rest after falling (AP) 14 hours ago![](\"http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100316/capt.019e76453bda43c494a53001c8d9b86c-019e76453bda43c494a53001c8d9b86c-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=833FbL3g4yYQv3.FdBFdaw--\")
AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Friday that doctors ordered him to rest after a fall left him with a bruised back. (read more...)