News: Middle East

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivers a stinging rebuke to Israel over new settlements in East Jerusalem.

Sharif Mobley, who is being held in Yemen as a suspect militant with an Al Qaeda-affiliated group, reportedly worked at the Salem and Hope Creek nuclear reactors in New Jersey.

A human rights organisation in Egypt accuses the interior ministry of manipulating the legal system to target a blogger.

On Friday, Israeli police prevented young Palestinian men from praying at a holy site in Jerusalem, and Israel's military imposed a general ban on travel by Palestinians from the West Bank into Israel.

Israel has sealed off the West Bank for 48 hours, preventing Palestinians from entering Israel, in reaction to clashes following Friday prayers that have taken place in the past few weeks.

Israel charges two of soldiers over the use of a Palestinian boy as a human shield during its offensive against Hamas in Gaza.

Legal battle in Israel over Franz Kafka manuscripts

The UN's top humanitarian official strongly criticises Israel's Gaza blockade and its expanding settlements.

Israel is starting an experiment in organ donation: sign a donor card, and you and your family move up in line for a transplant if one is needed.

Uncertainty over talks with the Palestinians seems to have grown during the vice president’s visit.

A 26-year-old from suburban New Jersey is in custody in Yemen, after he was arrested in a sweep of suspected militants and reportedly killed a security guard in a failed escape attempt.

Palestinian students dedicated a public square to the memory of Dalal Mughrabi, who in 1978 helped carry out the deadliest terrorist attack in Israel’s history.

Two Israeli soldiers were charged with instructing a Palestinian boy to open several bags they suspected were booby-trapped during Israel’s 2009 military campaign in Gaza.

To illustrate the slogan "We offer killer prices," an Israeli supermarket chain's new commercial will feature surveillance camera footage of actors dressed like the suspects accused of assassinating a Hamas official in Dubai in January.

US and Israel dodge settlement confrontation

British officials took Paul Martin, a freelance filmmaker, to Israel after Hamas officials ended his 25-day detention.

First results from Iraq's election show PM Nouri Maliki's grouping leading in two southern provinces, the electoral body says.

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates was set to meet the Emirati leader over military defenses and growing fears in the Persian Gulf over possible missile attacks by Iran.

Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called for no delay in resuming peace talks, after Palestinians said Israel must cancel a settlement project before negotiations can begin.

US Vice-President Joe Biden says Middle East peace talks must resume, despite a row over Israeli settlement plans.