Israel dismisses ceasefire calls

Israeli tankReuters
17.57 Wed Dec 31 2008
Israel has dismissed calls for a 48-hour halt to its Gaza offensive as unrealistic.

Calls for Gaza ceasefire grow

Gaza destructionReuters
23.28 Tue Dec 30 2008
Foreign powers have stepped up calls for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian rocket kills Israeli near border

Gaza destructionReuters
22.37 Mon Dec 29 2008
A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip has killed an Israeli woman near the border.

'Israeli warplanes bomb university in Gaza'

Hamas policeman stands in front of building hit in airstrikeReuters
23.31 Sun Dec 28 2008
Israeli warplanes have bombed the Islamic University in the Gaza Strip, the Islamist group has said.

World News (Evening) for December 28th, 2008

Reuters
17.59 Sun Dec 28 2008
Israel continues Gaza air strikes - Pakistan suicide bomb kills 26 - Ghana goes to the polls

Israeli attacks on Gaza kill 227

Injured man taken to hospital after attacksReuters
23.20 Sat Dec 27 2008
At least 227 people have been killed during co-ordinated Israeli attacks on Hamas police compounds in the Gaza Strip.

Stable economy 'crucial for peace'

Gordon Brown greets Palestinian Prime Minister Salam FayyadReuters
13.20 Mon Dec 15 2008
Building up a flourishing Palestinian economy is a crucial element in securing lasting peace in the Middle East, Gordon Brown has said.

World News (Morning) for October 27th, 2008

06.50 Mon Oct 27 2008
Syria condemns US attack - Livni calls for early Israeli election - Mexican drug baron arrested

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US Congress
16.34 Mon Sep 29 2008
US Senate to vote on bail-out - Five people killed in Lebanon bomb - China braced for typhoon

Livni favourite to be named Israeli PM

Foreign Minister Tzipi LivniReuters
11.54 Mon Sep 22 2008
Shimon Peres is likely to ask Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni to form a coalition government and become Israel's next prime minister.

Israeli PM announces his resignation

14.23 Sun Sep 21 2008
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced his resignation at a cabinet meeting.

Israeli police seek charges against PM

08.22 Mon Sep 08 2008
Israeli police have said they want Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to face criminal charges in a corruption scandal.

Olmert to step down

Ehud Olmert
06.36 Thu Jul 31 2008
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he will step down in September.

Olmert to step down

Ehud Olmert
22.33 Wed Jul 30 2008
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he will step down in September.

Israelis and Palestinians 'near peace'

Ehud Olmert
09.03 Mon Jul 14 2008
Israel's leader Ehud Olmert has said his country and the Palestinians have never been so close to a peace agreement.

Israel and Palestine close to peace?

Ehud Olmert
18.34 Sun Jul 13 2008
The Israel leader, Ehud Olmert, has said Israel and Palestine have never been so close to a peace accord.

Israeli cabinet approves prisoner swap

Campaigners for release of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad RegevReuters
22.32 Sun Jun 29 2008
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has won cabinet approval for the swapping of prisoners with Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah.

Sarkozy ceremony halted by shooting

18.47 Tue Jun 24 2008
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been hustled away from a ceremony after an incident at Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport.

World News (Morning) for May 29th, 2008

World News (Morning) for May 29th, 2008
06.37 Thu May 29 2008
Olmert says he will not step down - Nepal ends 240 years of monarchy - Bush criticised over Iraq war

Bush visits Middle East

09.39 Wed May 14 2008
US President George W Bush has flown into the Middle East to celebrate Israel's 60th birthday and try to kick-start peace efforts.

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Josef Fritzl's house
16.42 Fri May 02 2008
Sonar technology used to search Fritzl house - Bush donates $800m food aid - Eight held over Hong Kong torch protests

Blair heads for Israel

10.08 Wed Jul 25 2007
Tony Blair is heading to Jerusalem on his first visit to Israel in his role as an international envoy for the region.

Abbas seeks to bolster Fatah

16.13 Tue Jun 26 2007
The Palestinian President has asked Israel for permission to bring Fatah forces from Jordan to the West Bank to bolster security.

Israel to give money to emergency government

Mahmoud Abbas
11.47 Sun Jun 24 2007
Israel has agreed to transfer millions of dollars to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's emergency government.

Abbas and Olmert 'to meet'

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
08.25 Thu Jun 21 2007
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are to hold talks in Egypt, according to reports.

'Israel willing to return Golan to Syria'

Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert
10.13 Fri Jun 08 2007
Israel has told Syria it is prepared to withdraw from the Golan Heights in return for lasting peace, according at an Israeli newspaper.

Israeli killed in rocket attack

Car belonging to dead Israeli
21.42 Sun May 27 2007
An Israeli man has died in a Hamas rocket attack as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged a military crackdown on terrorists.

Hamas issues threat to Israel

16.02 Thu May 17 2007
The armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has threatened to renew its suicide bombing campaign against Israel.

Foreign minister calls for Olmert to go

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
17.32 Wed May 02 2007
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has told Prime Minister Ehud Olmert he should resign over his handling of the Lebanon war.

Crisis growing for Israeli leader

Ehud Olmert
12.31 Tue May 01 2007
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, is facing increasing pressure to resign over last year's costly Lebanon war.