Quartet of Middle East peace negotiators expected to announce resumption of direct Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, call for Palestinian state within two years.
The Palestinian Authority is very close to agreeing to direct talks with Israel and is likely to give a definitive go-ahead perhaps as early as Sunday, according to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.
Obama tells Turkish prime minister that Ankara's position on Israel and Iran could lower its chances of obtaining U.S. weapons, the Financial Times reports.
Ashkenazi tells Turkel Committee that circumstances were unprecedented, and claimed soldiers did not use excessive force in operation that killed nine civilians.
Nasrallah's speech Monday, baseless and devoid of content as it was, was enough to turn some Lebanese into mindless Hezbollah fans clamoring for an autograph.
