Israel puts demands on peacekeepers
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Sunday said Israel would not accept the presence of peacekeepers in Lebanon from countries that don't have diplomatic relations with the Jewish state, officials said.
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DEAD SEA, Jordan  - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi   Annan on Thursday renewed his calls on Israel to lift a   blockade on Lebanon swiftly and withdraw fully from the country   as soon as 5,000 U.N. peacekeepers are in the south.
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Many Israelis, including a large number of disgruntled reserve soldiers, have been demanding an inquiry since the fighting ended on Aug. 14.
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Some Israelis would like Egypt to take ongoing responsibility for the Palestinian territory.
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Israel must unleash massive air strikes against villages in south Lebanon to clear out Hezbollah gunmen, the justice minister said Thursday, as the Israeli government considered broadening the military offensive against the Lebanese guerrillas.
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Israel is expected to ask Egypt Wednesday to deploy troops deep in the Sinai to combat arms smuggling, and not to suffice with enhancing its patrols along its border with the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian security sources said Tuesday that the Israel Army forces escalated its military operation in the West Bank cities and towns.
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PARIS, Aug 29 (IPS) - Military experts are warning of dangers for the new  peacekeeping force in the south of Lebanon, sandwiched as it will  be between Israeli forces on one side and Hezbollah on the other.
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Israel is to deploy a specialist unit to take over  manning some West Bank and Gaza checkpoints.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli military authorities have launched a fierce counter-attack to calls by right-wing rabbis who have urged soldiers to disobey any orders to uproot settlers from the Gaza Strip.
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The United Nations and Britain urged the deployment of peacekeepers in Lebanon and Russia offered troops for any such force, as the U.N. sent an envoy to Israel on Monday in the first big swirl of diplomatic efforts to stem Middle East violence.
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JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has ordered the army to step up its war on Palestinian militants before a planned withdrawal from Gaza Strip.
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Arab nations demanded in a draft UN Security Council resolution yesterday that Israel immediately halt its incursion into the northern Gaza Strip, where fighting has left at least 65 Palestinians dead.
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Israeli officials hope to reach agreement with the Palestinians on a âdeclaration of principlesâ for peace by the end of the year, but not on a detailed peace treaty.
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Israel and an international   peacekeeping force have yet to agree on rules of engagement in   south Lebanon that would enable Israeli troops to complete a   planned pullout, Defense Minister Amir Peretz said on Tuesday.
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Israel threatened to use force to topple the Gaza Strip's Hamas leaders on Monday following a surge of cross-border rocket attacks by the Palestinian Islamist group.
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Move comes after weeks of clashes between Israeli forces and militants