Israeli police fail to protect Palestinians: rights group (AFP)

Israeli border policemen patrol the Arab quarter of Jerusalem's Old City in July 2010. An Israeli rights group on Sunday accused Jerusalem police of failing to protect Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem from hardline settlers residing in neighbourhoods heavily populated with Arabs.(AFP/File/Ahmad Gharabli)AFP - An Israeli rights group on Sunday accused Jerusalem police of failing to protect Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem from hardline settlers residing in neighbourhoods heavily populated with Arabs.



Netanyahu seeks 'new solutions' to Palestinian conflict (AFP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting at his Jerusalem office. Netanyahu said on Sunday that creative thinking was needed to end the decades-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.(AFP/Pool/Menahem Kahana)AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that creative thinking was needed to end the decades-old conflict with the Palestinians.



Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu (Time.com)
Time.com - No one really thinks much will come out of the direct talks with the Palestinians but, when the issue is Bibi, up come visions of Gorbachev -- and Nixon in China

US officials: Mideast talks to resume in Jerusalem (AP)

This photo provided by the Tunisian presidency shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali attending the Hadith muslim ceremony at El Abidine Mosque in Carthagen, outskirts of Tunis, Sunday Sept. 5, 2010 in Tunisia. (AP Photo/Tunisian Presidency)AP - Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem this month. The setting is a symbolic move to show the seriousness of peace negotiations.



Clinton to attend Mideast peace talks in Sharm el-Sheikh (AFP)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) of Israel and President Mahmud Abbas (R) of the Palestinian Authority shake hands alongside US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on September 2. Clinton will attend a second round of peace talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians later this month in Sharm el-Sheikh, a State Department official said Sunday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend a second round of peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders later this month in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, a State Department official said Sunday.



Mideast crisis looms over Israeli settlements (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Israeli aircraft bombed three Gaza tunnels, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third, Hamas security officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Menahem Kahana, Pool)AP - Just days after Mideast peace talks began in Washington, the first major crisis is already looming: Israel hinted Sunday it will ease restrictions on building in West Bank settlements, while the Palestinian president warned he'll quit the talks if Israel resumes construction.



Mideast talks to resume in Egyptian Red Sea resort (Reuters)

This photo provided by the Tunisian presidency shows Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali attending the Hadith muslim ceremony at El Abidine Mosque in Carthagen, outskirts of Tunis, Sunday Sept. 5, 2010 in Tunisia. (AP Photo/Tunisian Presidency)Reuters - The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.



CORRECTED - Palestinians will not need budget aid by 2013: PM (Reuters)
Reuters - The Palestinian Authority (PA) will be able to finance its budget without the need for foreign aid by 2013 thanks to improved tax collection and cost-cutting, the prime minister said.

Israel picks Gaza war commander as new military chief (AFP)

Israeli officer Major General Yoav Galant, then chief of the south command, holds a press conference near the border with the Gaza Strip in March 2010. The Israeli cabinet on Sunday confirmed Galant -- who directed Israel's 2008-2009 Gaza war -- as armed forces chief, the prime minister's office said.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)AFP - The Israeli cabinet on Sunday confirmed as armed forces chief Major General Yoav Galant, who directed Israel's 2008-2009 Gaza war, the prime minister's office said.



'Second body recovered' from Israeli strikes on Gaza (AFP)

Medics treat a wounded person at al Najar, a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah following Israeli air strikes on September 4. The body of a second Palestinian killed in the air strikes on southern Gaza was recovered on Sunday, according to Palestinian medics and witnesses.(AFP/Said Khatib)AFP - The body of a second Palestinian killed in Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza was recovered on Sunday, according to Palestinian medics and witnesses.



Palestinian Authority lashes out at Ahmadinejad over remarks (AFP)

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a Jerusalem Day address before the weekly Friday prayer at Tehran University on September 3. The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.(AFP/Atta Kenare)AFP - The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.



Hillary Clinton's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks (Time.com)
Time.com - After a notable absence, the Secretary of State has been a very visible presence at the current negotiations. Will it pay off?

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