AP - Israeli Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in an interview published Thursday that any Israeli political parties that refuse to accept his plan of withdrawing from parts of the West Bank would not be able to join his coalition government.

AP - Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday he will not wait years for Hamas to recognize Israel, a precondition for peace talks, and he is prepared to take unilateral steps in the meantime.

AP - Past a faded green door, under washing flapping from a line, stands a dilapidated house that represents the beginning of a Jewish odyssey. The house on the Darb al-Kadareen alley in this town's Jewish quarter was once the home of a toddler named Armand Perez who would take the Hebrew name Amir Peretz and become the Israeli Labor Party's candidate for prime minister in Tuesday's election.

AP - With sirens wailing and blue lights flashing, Israeli police chased a van with explosives on a main highway Tuesday and captured a group of Palestinians who defense officials say planned a major bombing ahead of national elections.

AP - Israel indicted two West Bank Palestinians on Tuesday on charges of belonging to al-Qaida and plotting to carry out a double bombing for the group in Jerusalem — the first time Palestinians have been formally linked to the terror network.