| Netanyahu supports Gaza blockade ease ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was in favor of easing the three-year naval blockage imposed on the Gaza strip, but would not approve lifting the block completely, Haaretz reported. news.com.au |
Israeli police, Palestinian youths clash ISRAELI police and some 200 Palestinian youths clashed overnight in a part of occupied east Jerusalem where a controversial Israeli archaeological project is under way, an AFP photographer reported. news.com.au |
3000-year-old temple uncovered JORDANIAN and US archaeologists have discovered what they say is a 3000-year-old Iron Age temple dating from the country's biblical Moabite kingdom, the antiquities department said today. news.com.au |
In Sign of Discord, Iran Blocks Web Sites of Some Clerics The sites of two senior clerics were blocked by government censors in a possible sign of a hardening political divide. nytimes.com |
Saudis Warned U.S. of Attack Before Parcel Bomb Plot Saudi intelligence officials warned that an Al Qaeda affiliate was planning an attack using aircraft three weeks before a plot to send parcel bombs was foiled, officials said. nytimes.com |