Read more Israel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/91/israel.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:18:13 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74598/israel-hamas-near-deal-for-soldiers-release.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsraeli and Hamas officials have confirmed that substantial progress has been made in negotiations for the release of an Israeli soldier captured during the 2006 Gaza war. Israel reportedly approved the release of at least 70 prisoners among the 450 Hamas is seeking for the return of the young staff-sergeant...http://www.newser.com/story/74598/israel-hamas-near-deal-for-soldiers-release.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Nov 2009 1:18:16 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74180/time-to-talk-mideast-truce-not-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPresident Obama's early efforts have failed, and a peace deal between the Israelis and the Palestinians now looks as distant as ever, writes Roger Cohen. It was a mistake to think the land-for-peace talks of 2000 could simply be revived despite the violence, expansion of settlements, and Israel's construction of...http://www.newser.com/story/74180/time-to-talk-mideast-truce-not-peace.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 17 Nov 2009 1:19:34 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73306/israel-captures-alleged-iranian-arms-ship.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael has seized a cargo ship it says was being used to smuggle hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran to Hezbollah in Lebanon. Though the ship has been sequestered, Israel tells the BBC it does not believe the crew was aware of the operation, and that the weapons were...http://www.newser.com/story/73306/israel-captures-alleged-iranian-arms-ship.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Nov 2009 10:58:11 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73144/russian-sports-concert-tycoon-gunned-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA former KGB agent turned sports- and concert-promoter was gunned down today in Moscow, with the submachine gun-toting assailants pulling alongside Shabtai von Kalmanovic’s Mercedes and killing him nearly instantly in a hail of bullets. Kalmanovic, 60, brought stars of the WNBA to Russia during its off-season to play for...http://www.newser.com/story/73144/russian-sports-concert-tycoon-gunned-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Nov 2009 19:00:48 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73024/clintons-mideast-push-hits-brick-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHillary Clinton's day of diplomacy in the Mideast yielded little progress. She met separately with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu but did not secure a deal to restart peace talks. The main sticking point: Abbas rebuffed an offer from Netanyahu—and relayed by Clinton—to slow...http://www.newser.com/story/73024/clintons-mideast-push-hits-brick-wall.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 31 Oct 2009 23:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72623/amnesty-israel-is-denying-palestinians-water.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsrael is guzzling the region's water supply to keep its farmland lush and its lawns green while many Palestinians struggle to get the bare minimum for life, according to an Amnesty International report. The report accuses Israel of using its "total control" over water supplies to discriminate against Palestinians in...http://www.newser.com/story/72623/amnesty-israel-is-denying-palestinians-water.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Oct 2009 3:58:47 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72501/israelis-palestinians-clash-at-jerusalems-holiest-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIsraeli forces stormed Jerusalem's holiest shrine today, firing stun grenades to disperse hundreds of stone-throwing Palestinian protesters in a fresh eruption of violence in the country's most volatile spot. A wall of Israeli riot police behind plexiglass shields sent many protesters—overwhelmingly young men—running for cover into the black-domed...http://www.newser.com/story/72501/israelis-palestinians-clash-at-jerusalems-holiest-site.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Oct 2009 11:36:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71874/mideast-peace-would-justify-obamas-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith his Nobel Prize, President Obama has once again been celebrated and rewarded for who he’s not (George W. Bush) and who he might be. Although Obama’s preferred foreign policy MO—patient diplomacy on many fronts—doesn’t “lend itself to high drama,” that's exactly what he needs to actually earn...http://www.newser.com/story/71874/mideast-peace-would-justify-obamas-nobel.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 16 Oct 2009 12:13:32 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71660/palestine-says-hope-in-obama-evaporated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Palestinian president's political party says all hopes in the Obama administration have "evaporated," accusing the White House of caving to pressure from the pro-Israel lobby and backing off a demand to freeze Jewish settlement. Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party also accused the US of failing to set a clear agenda...http://www.newser.com/story/71660/palestine-says-hope-in-obama-evaporated.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Oct 2009 8:36:16 CDT