Report in The Atlantic quotes two officials who question the PM's ability to act on either the peace process or the Iranian nuclear issue.

The Hashemite kingdom, which holds a non-permanent seat on the Security Council until next year, made the request on behalf of the Palestinian Authority.

''Can there be a situation in which the Palestinian prime minister visits the Temple Mount and we disconnect from Jerusalem? That is not possible or logical,'' Likud Minister Shalom says.

Police: Situation in capital is still tense, but less rioting reported after Netanyahu orders 1,000 police reinforcements.

Reports Monday citing an unnamed official in Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's office said the Israeli government had approved plans for another 1,000 new homes in Har Homa and in Ramat Shlomo.

Sources believe Putin's comments may signify a desire and readiness in Moscow to become an active presence in the efforts to renew the Middle East peace process.

Stop threatening elections, Bennett tells counterparts.

Ukraine's foreign minister Pavlo Klimkin talks to the 'Post' about cooperation in the fields of medicine, military technology, high-tech and agriculture.

King Abdullah of Jordan made similar remarks a week ago equating ''Zionist extremism'' with Islamic extremism.

Netanyahu challenged the US by saying that Israel would continue to build in all parts of Jerusalem.