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A masked man from the Palestinian security forces shows an Israeli-made ...

(Reuters) — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 12:03:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A masked man from the Palestinian security forces shows an Israeli-made hand grenade found during a military operation near the West Bank city of Hebron August 30, 2008. Palestinian security forces accused Hamas of hiding illegal weapons. REUTERS/Nayef Hashlamoun (West Bank)

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses ...

(AFP) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:18:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, August 24. Olmert and his wife Aliza are both questioned over a 2004 housing deal that is still being investigated, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. Photo:David Silverman/AFP

Israeli Divers search for missing Rose Pizem along Tel Aviv's ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:08:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israeli Divers search for missing Rose Pizem along Tel Aviv's Yarkon River August 29, 2008. The case of a missing four-year-old girl who police believe was murdered by her grandfather -- her mother's live-in lover -- captivated Israel on Wednesday. Paris-born Rose Pizem disappeared in May but news about the investigation and an unusual love triangle began to emerge only this week, when police issued a public appeal for information about her whereabouts. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL)

A man lays a wreath on the coffin of Abie Nathan, an Israeli ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A man lays a wreath on the coffin of Abie Nathan, an Israeli peace activist, in Tel Aviv August 29, 2008. Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on Wednesday. He was 81. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL)

An Israeli Diver searches for missing Rose Pizem along Tel Aviv's ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Israeli Diver searches for missing Rose Pizem along Tel Aviv's Yarkon River August 29, 2008. The case of a missing four-year-old girl who police believe was murdered by her grandfather -- her mother's live-in lover -- captivated Israel on Wednesday. Paris-born Rose Pizem disappeared in May but news about the investigation and an unusual love triangle began to emerge only this week, when police issued a public appeal for information about her whereabouts. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL)

People walk by the coffin of Abie Nathan, an Israeli peace activist, ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:02:00 GMT

(Reuters) - People walk by the coffin of Abie Nathan, an Israeli peace activist, in Tel Aviv August 29, 2008. Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on Wednesday. He was 81. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun (ISRAEL)

Am Bassam Abu Shawesh sits in a wheelchair as she waits with ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:41:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Am Bassam Abu Shawesh sits in a wheelchair as she waits with foreign activists to cross to Israel at the Erez crossing in the northern Gaza Strip August 29, 2008. REUTERS/Ismail Zaydah (GAZA)

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) waves as he is welcomed ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:31:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) waves as he is welcomed by Lebanon's President Michel Suleiman upon his arrival at Beirut International Airport August 28, 2008. REUTERS/ Mohamed Azakir

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses ...

(AFP) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:58:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses the start of the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, August 24. Olmert was being questioned by police for the seventh time since claims emerged in May that he had illegally received funds from a US financier. Photo:David Silverman/AFP

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses ...

(AFP) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:56:00 GMT

(AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert addresses the start of the weekly cabinet meeting on August 24. Olmert was being questioned by police on Friday for the seventh time since claims emerged in May that he had illegally received funds from a US financier. Photo:David Silverman/AFP

Palestinians hold pictures of relatives, supporters ...

(AFP) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:45:00 GMT

(AFP) - Palestinians hold pictures of relatives, supporters of the Hamas movement, who are imprisoned in Israeli jails, during a protest calling for their release in the West Bank city of Hebron in July. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is willing to release 450 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a soldier held by militants in the Gaza Strip, a newspaper reported on Friday. Photo:Hazem Bader/AFP

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attends the weekly cabinet ...

(Reuters) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:29:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem August 24, 2008. REUTERS/David Silverman

An Israeli woman holds a candle during a march marking the birthday ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:26:00 GMT

(Reuters) - An Israeli woman holds a candle during a march marking the birthday of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit near his family's home in the northern village of Mizpe Hila August 28, 2008. Shalit was captured by Palestinian gunmen from Gaza during a cross-border raid in June 2006. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL)

Noam Shalit and his wife Aviva stand under a picture of their ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:24:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Noam Shalit and his wife Aviva stand under a picture of their son during a march marking the birthday of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit near his family's home in the northern village of Mizpe Hila August 28, 2008. Gilad Shalit was captured by Palestinian gunmen from Gaza during a cross-border raid in June 2006. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL)

Israelis hold candles during a march marking the birthday of ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:19:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israelis hold candles during a march marking the birthday of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit near his family's home in the northern village of Mizpe Hila August 28, 2008. Shalit was captured by Palestinian gunmen from Gaza during a cross-border raid in June 2006. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL)

Palestinians bid farewell to foreign activists in Gaza port ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:04:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinians bid farewell to foreign activists in Gaza port August 28, 2008. Two boats carrying foreign peace activists who had defied an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip left the Hamas-ruled territory on Thursday for Cyprus, taking with them seven Palestinians. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)

Sixteen-year-old Sa'ad Mesleh is carried in a wheelchair onto ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Sixteen-year-old Sa'ad Mesleh is carried in a wheelchair onto an international activists' boat in Gaza port August 28, 2008. Two boats carrying foreign peace activists who had defied an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip left the Hamas-ruled territory on Thursday for Cyprus, taking with them seven Palestinians, including Mesleh. Mesleh lost a leg in an Israeli army attack on militants three years ago. His father, Khaled, said he would seek to fit an artificial limb for his son in Cyprus. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)

A British activist gestures as she receives a Palestinian passport ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A British activist gestures as she receives a Palestinian passport from senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (2nd R) in Gaza August 28, 2008. Two boats carrying foreign peace activists who had defied an Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip left the Hamas-ruled territory on Thursday for Cyprus, taking with them seven Palestinians. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA)

Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (R) meets her Icelandic ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (R) meets her Icelandic counterpart Ingibjorg Solrun Gisladottir in Tel Aviv August 28, 2008, in this picture released by Israel's Foreign Ministry. REUTERS/Israel Hadari/Israeli Foreign Ministry/Handout (ISRAEL). FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS.

A United Nations bus carrying Syrian Druze villagers living ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:53:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A United Nations bus carrying Syrian Druze villagers living under Israeli occupation in the Golan Heights drives through the Qunaitra crossing August 28, 2008. Israel allowed on Thursday hundreds of Golan residents to visit their relatives in Syria. Most of the 18,000 Syrians still living in the occupied Golan, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war, have refused Israeli citizenship. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA)

Syrian Druze villagers, living under Israeli occupation in the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Syrian Druze villagers, living under Israeli occupation in the Golan Heights, walk at the Qunaitra crossing on the frontline, August 28,2008. Israel allowed on Thursday hundreds of Golan residents to visit their relatives in Syria. Most of the 18,000 Syrians still living in the occupied Golan, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war, have refused Israeli citizenship. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA)

An Israeli woman passes a poster of kidnapped ...

(AFP) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:30:00 GMT

(AFP) - An Israeli woman passes a poster of kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in Tel Aviv, 2007. The father of Shalit who was captured by Gaza militants in 2006 accused the government of failing to do enough to seek the release of his son, who has turned 22. Photo:Yehuda Raizner/Afp/AFP

Syrian Druze villagers, living under Israeli occupation, in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:59:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Syrian Druze villagers, living under Israeli occupation, in a United Nations' bus travel through the Qunaitra crossing August 28, 2008. Israel allowed on Thursday hundreds of Golan residents to visit their relatives in Syria. Most of the 18,000 Syrians still living in the occupied Golan, which Israel captured from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war, have refused Israeli citizenship, according to officials. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA)

A Syrian Druze villager, living under Israeli occupation in ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A Syrian Druze villager, living under Israeli occupation in the Golan Heights, holds a Syrian ID card issued in 1966 at the Qunaitra crossing August 28, 2008. The card was issued in 1966, a year before Israel captured the territory from Syria during the 1967 Middle East war. According to officials, Israel allowed on Thursday hundreds of Golan residents to visit their relatives in Syria. Most of the 18,000 Syrians still living in the occupied Golan have refused Israeli citizenship. REUTERS/Khaled al-Hariri (SYRIA)

Shaul Mofaz, Israel's Transport Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:52:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Shaul Mofaz, Israel's Transport Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, addresses supporters in Jerusalem in this August 5, 2008 file picture. A party vote to choose a successor to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will be a close race that may stall Middle East diplomacy and affect the nuclear standoff with Iran. The two top contenders in the September 17 centrist Kadima party ballot are Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians, and Iranian-born Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, a former army chief. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/Files (JERUSALEM)

Israel's Foriegn Minister Tzipi Livni attends a meeting with ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:48:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Foriegn Minister Tzipi Livni attends a meeting with supporters in Tel Aviv in this August 15, 2008 file picture. Opinion polls show Livni is a favourite to win a Kadima leadership contest in September to replace Ehud Olmert, who has said he would resign as prime minister when a a new party chairman is chosen. REUTERS/Ammar Awad/Files (ISRAEL)

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R), Foreign Minister Tzipi ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:33:00 GMT

Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R), Foreign Minister Tzipi ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:42:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (R), Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (C) and Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz attend the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem in this August 24, 2008 file photo. The two top contenders in the Sept. 17 centrist Kadima party ballot are Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, Israel's chief negotiator with the Palestinians, and Iranian-born Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz, a former army chief. To match feature ISRAEL-LEADERSHIP/ REUTERS/David Silverman/Pool/Files (JERUSALEM)

A worker walks in the Kerem Shalom crossing, just outside the ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:01:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A worker walks in the Kerem Shalom crossing, just outside the southern Gaza Strip, August 26, 2008. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) meets Abie Nathan in Tunis ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:38:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) meets Abie Nathan in Tunis in this July 4, 1991 file photo. Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on August 27, 2008. He was 81. Picture taken July 4, 1991. REUTERS/Hami/Files (TUNISIA)

Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) greets Abie Nathan in Tunis ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:36:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat (R) greets Abie Nathan in Tunis in this July 4, 1991 file photo. Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on August 27, 2008. He was 81. Picture taken July 4, 1991. REUTERS/Hami/Files (TUNISIA)

Israeli Pacifist Abie Nathan and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat ...

(Reuters) — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:45:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israeli Pacifist Abie Nathan and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat during a meeting in Tunis July 4, 1991. REUTERS/Hami PN

Israeli Pacifist Abie Nathan and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:37:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israeli Pacifist Abie Nathan and PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat during a meeting in Tunis July 4, 1991. Abie Nathan, an Israeli peace activist who blazed trails to Egypt and the Palestinians that his country would eventually follow, died on Wednesday. He was 81. SCANNED FROM NEGATIVE. REUTERS/Hami PN

Simon Tanner (2nd L), a digital expert from Kings College London, ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:55:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Simon Tanner (2nd L), a digital expert from Kings College London, shows the difference in photographs taken of fragments of the Dead Sea scrolls at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem August 27, 2008. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

Israeli soldiers stand in front of a banner depicting soldier ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:12:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Israeli soldiers stand in front of a banner depicting soldier Gilad Shalit during a ceremony marking Shalit's birthday near Sufa army base, just outside the southern Gaza Strip August 27, 2008. Shalit was captured in a cross-border raid by Palestinian gunmen from Gaza in 2006. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)

A boy runs between an Israeli flag and a banner depicting Israeli ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:11:00 GMT

(Reuters) - A boy runs between an Israeli flag and a banner depicting Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit during a ceremony marking Shalit's birthday near Sufa army base, just outside the southern Gaza Strip August 27, 2008. Shalit was captured in a cross-border raid by Palestinian gunmen from Gaza in 2006. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)

Miki Goldwasser, the mother of slain Israeli reservist Ehud ...

(Reuters) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:06:00 GMT

(Reuters) - Miki Goldwasser, the mother of slain Israeli reservist Ehud Goldwasser returned in a prisoner swap with Hezbollah last month, delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the birthday of Gilad Shalit near Sufa army base, just outside the southern Gaza Strip August 27, 2008. Shalit was captured in a cross-border raid by Palestinian gunmen from Gaza in June 2006. REUTERS/Amir Cohen (ISRAEL)

US-born Jeff Halper flashes the for victory sign ...

(AFP) — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:20:00 GMT

(AFP) - US-born Jeff Halper flashes the for victory sign as he is detained at the court house in Ashkelon. Police have released Halper after detaining him overnight for joining international activists who sailed to the Gaza Strip in defiance of Israel's blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory. Photo:David Buimovitch/AFP