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
Israel unlikely to extend current settlement curbs (AP)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, 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 - Israel's defense minister says a slowdown in West Bank settlement construction is unlikely to continue in its current form after it expires at the end of this month.
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.
Mideast talks to resume in Egyptian Red Sea resort (Reuters)

Palestinians Muslim women walk on their way to pray, during the Laylat AL Qadr of the Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. At the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan is Laylat Al Qadr, or the Night of Power, and it is commemorated as the night Prophet Muhammad received the first revelation of the Quran. Muslims traditionally spend the night in prayer and devotion. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)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.
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?
Israel: Explosions occurred at Hezbollah depot (AP)
AP - Israel's military said Saturday that surveillance footage from drones shows that the explosions that rocked a village in southern Lebanon this week occurred at a residential building used by Hezbollah as a weapons depot.
UN experts end Jordan probe of Israeli flotilla raid (AFP)

Turkish ship Mavi Marmara is seen docked at the port in Haifa in August 2010, as it waits to return to Turkey. UN rights officials investigating Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla wrapped up their hearings in Jordan on Saturday after interviewing a total of 30 witnesses, one of the flotilla organisers said.(AFP/File/Jack Guez)AFP - UN rights officials investigating Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla wrapped up their hearings in Jordan on Saturday after interviewing a total of 30 witnesses, one of the flotilla organisers said.
Gaza militants fire rocket into Israel (AFP)

Palestinian militants fired a rocket from Gaza into Israel on Saturday without causing any casualties or damage.(AFP/File/Mahmud Hams)AFP - Palestinian militants fired a rocket from Gaza into Israel on Saturday without causing any casualties or damage, an army spokesman said.
Clinton: Time is now for Mideast peace (AP)

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks with Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas looks on as she hosted the re-launch of direct negotiations, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement.
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