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A Palestinian attacker wounded seven Israelis near a Tel Aviv nightclub early Monday, hitting a police checkpoint with a stolen taxi and then stabbing others, police said. The attacker was a Palestinian in his twenties from the city of Nablus, according to Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri. Just before 2 a.m., the attacker stole a taxi in south Tel Aviv and then drove into a police checkpoint securing the street near a popular nightclub, she said.

The computer giant Apple Inc. agreed Wednesday to remove an application called the "The 3rd Intifada" from its popular App Store for iPads and iPhones.

George J. Mitchell Jr. is leaving after two mostly futile years pressing Israelis and Palestinians to make peace, officials said Friday.

Ehud Olmert says Mahmoud Abbas’s hesitation, his own legal troubles and the Israeli war in Gaza scotched a potential deal two years ago.

Documents said to have come from peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians indicate that the Palestinians were prepared to compromise on Jerusalem and refugees.

The Palestinian president warned on Sunday that he would not accept a U.S. proposal for resuming peace talks unless Israel stops building homes for Jews in disputed east Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel presented to his cabinet a a plan to freeze West Bank settlement construction with the hope of luring the Palestinians back to talks.

The Palestinian leadership called for the suspension of negotiations until Israel halts building in Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

U.S. special envoy George Mitchell is extending his stay in the Middle East as he works to avert a collapse of the month-old Middle East peace talks.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday there will be no peace deal with Israel unless the Jewish state stops settlement construction ...