Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement....

Israel disputes French TV claim on boy's death
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel on Sunday completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel....

AP PHOTOS: Palestinians in Egypt exiled, forgotten
GEZIRAT AL-FADEL, Egypt (AP) -- In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles, crossing the Sinai Peninsula before settling in an area around 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Cairo....

CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel....

Coptic cleric says he will sue Israeli police
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue....

Israel: Mortar shells from Syria hit Mt. Hermon
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's military says stray mortar shells from the fighting in Syria have struck a popular tourist site, Mt. Hermon in the Golan Heights....

Critics assail Israeli silence on Arab peace plan
JERUSALEM (AP) -- On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of - normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land....

War crimes prosecutor receives Israel complaint
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands - says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and she will open a preliminary investigation....

Attacks against Lebanese Alawites deepen fears
TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) -- Lebanese members of the Syrian leader's Alawite sect fear their tiny community will be a casualty of the civil war raging in the neighboring country....

Israeli leader under fire for costly lifestyle
JERUSALEM (AP) -- For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been saddled with an image of a cigar-smoking, cognac-drinking socialite. Now a new disclosure about his soaring spending on housekeeping, furniture, clothing and other expenses is increasing pressure on him in a country whose leaders once were known for washing their own dishes and taking out the garbage....