By Robert Berger Jerusalem 06 September 2006 Israel says it will lift its blockade of Lebanon's air and seaports on Thursday. It is a boost to the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Islamic militant group Hezbollah. A Lebanese soldier paints c...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 04 September 2006 Israel's government says it intends to build 690 new homes in two West Bank settlements. Palestinian officials say the plan is a violation of the U.S.-backed road map peace plan. ----- The settlement constru...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 03 September 2006 Israeli PM Ehud Olmert pauses in front of a painting of a peace dove during a visit to a school, Sunday September 3, 2006 Three weeks after the end of the war in Lebanon, Israel is extending an olive bran...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 30 August 2006 U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has held talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders and urged Israel to lift its blockade of Lebanon and ease restrictions in the Palestinian territories. Israel says Hezbollah...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 30 August 2006 United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appealed to Israel to lift its air and sea blockade of Lebanon. Israeli officials say the blockade can only be lifted when full implementation of the U.N.-mediate...
By Barry Newhouse Seoul 22 August 2006 North Korea has condemned the annual military exercises between the United States and South Korea in harsh terms, calling them a wartime activity that violates the ceasefire that ended the Korean War in 1953. A...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 17 August 2006 Lebanese soldiers atop armoured personnel carriers ride in convoy to be deployed at the port in Tyre, Lebanon, August 17, 2006 Israel says it has begun handing over control of some areas of southern Lebanon to...
By Deborah Block Washington, DC 16 August 2006 watch Lebanon Withdrawal report Soldiers pulled out of Marjayoun Israel has begun pulling its forces out from southern Lebanon. It also has made plans to hand over territory as the ceasefire with Hezbol...
By VOA News 15 August 2006 watch report on Ceasefire Hold A Hezbollah supporter carries the group's flag as he walks through the rubble from Israeli bombardments in the southern suburbs of Beirut A cease-fire between Israeli forces and Hezbollah gue...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 13 August 2006 An Israeli artillery piece fires to targets in southern Lebanon from a position along the border in northern Israel, Sunday Aug. 13, 2006 Israel's Cabinet has agreed to a U.N.-mediated cease-fire, aimed at endi...