1-30 - Israel to pull out from West Bank towns within days Despite the general air of optimism, there was further bloodshed when a 55-year-old Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli troops in a closed zone by the border between Gaza and Egypt
1-30 - New fence route to be presented ahead of Sharon-Abbas summit The route of the fence in Gush Etzion is expected to upset the PNA because it intends to include 10 settlements and the town of Efrat into an Israeli pocket between the West Bank cities of Bethlehem and Hebron
1-30 - PA: Israel provoking Palestinians The Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of seeking to frustrate Palestinian efforts to achieve a ceasefire ahead of the possible resumption of the Middle East peace process.
1-30 - Paper: Israel Report Shows Illegal Funds A government-sponsored report shows Israeli settlers at more than 120 unauthorized hilltop outposts in the West Bank have received illegal state funding and services for 10 years, an Israeli newspaper said Sunday.
1-30 - Palestinians given control of cities in West Bank Palestinians maintain - and some Israeli officials at least partly acknowledge in private - that one factor behind the collapse of the 51-day truce brokered by Mr Abbas when he was prime minister in 2003 was the continued pursuit and in some cases assassinations of militants
1-30 - U.S. Official: Iran Nuclear Aims a Threat Bolton stressed that the United States advocated a Middle East free of nuclear weapons and dismissed the possibility of nuclear threats from Israel.
1-30 - Israelis rally against Gaza plan More than 130,000 people have gathered outside the Israeli parliament to protest against plans to withdraw Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip.
