News, March 16, 2010

	US-Israel Relations at Lowest Level Since 1975
	US-Israeli Tensions Escalating Quickly

Settlements Scandal

US Wants Israel to Cancel Jerusalem Building Plan US Waiting for 'Formal' Israeli Response US Criticism of Israel Ignites Firestorm Rep. Cantor Slams 'Irresponsible' Criticism of Israel Washington Stands Firm as Relations With Israel Hit 'Crisis of Historic Proportions' Palestinians Say No Peace Talks Amid Israel Settlement Growth Netanyahu: Israel Will Keep Building in Jerusalem Mitchell Mideast Travel in Flux Amid US-Israel Row

Israel/Palestine

Israel: Hamas Used Civilians as Human Shields in Gaza War UN Sappers Detonate Leftover Shells From Gaza War Israel Orders Demolition of Nablus Mosque Chief Rabbi: Talk About New Temple a Lie Rightists Vow Revenge if Jerusalem Arabs Riot Rebuilt Synagogue Is Caught in Disputes Over Jerusalem

Middle East

Yemen Kills 'al-Qaeda Chief' in Fresh Air Strikes Saudi Arabia-Syria Ties Improve

News, March 15 2010

	US-Israel Relations Continue to Plummet
	Netanyahu Offers an Apology, but No Shift in Settlement Policy   Questions Abound After Biden's Israel Visit   Israel Captures Senior Hamas Militant in West Bank   How Dubai Unraveled a Homicide, Frame by Frame

Israel/Palestine

Israel's Netanyahu Urges Calm as US Tensions Boil Over Israeli Apology Gets Cool Reception in Washington Barak: East Jerusalem Announcement Was Unnecessary, Damaging AIPAC: White House Statements on Israel 'A Matter of Serious Concern' Police: We Must Ease Up on Comments Leading to East Jerusalem Riots Israel Phasing Out Contentious Tank Shell in Wake of Gaza War

Egypt

Egypt Nixes Synagogue Ceremony, Citing 'Israeli Aggression' Political Levers Lock Into Gear Early in Egyptian Election Year

Yemen

Yemen Launches Airstrike on al-Qaeda Hideout Yemen Says Raid Kills Two Top al-Qaeda Militants

Middle East

Turkey's Army Chief Denies Mass Resignations: Report Jumblatt Says His Criticism of Syria Was Improper

News, March 14 2010

	Report: US Vows to Halt Israeli Building in E. Jerusalem
	Israel Arrests Senior Hamas Commander   Israeli Warplanes Bomb Southern Gaza

Palestine/Israel

West Bank Closure Extended Israeli Troops, Palestinians Clash Near Jerusalem Arab, Israeli Parliamentarians Clash at Conference in Amman 1000th Day of Israeli Blockade on Gaza Strip Marked Jail Ordeal of Hundreds of Palestinian Children Arrested for Throwing Stones 'People Are Laughing at You': UK Expert on Israel's PR Effort Children of Gaza: Scarred, Trapped, Vengeful Gaza's Male Hairdressers: Time to Cut and Run? Fatah Official Foresees More Clashes Next Week in Jerusalem

Egypt

Thirty Hurt in Muslim-Christian Clashes in Northern Egypt At Least 27 Arrested in Egypt Christian-Muslim Clash 'Israel Asks Egypt to Renew Shalit Swap Talks'

Lebanon

Lebanon Forces and Hezbollah Debate Over National Defense Strategy Lebanese Druze Leader Makes Syrian Overture Rafik Hariri Tribunal Appoints New Chief of Investigation

Middle East

Grilling of Yemeni Minister Sought Over Seizure of TV Gear Some Palestinian Jordanians Lose Citizenship Syria Has No Decision to Develop Peaceful Nuclear Energy: Syrian Official