* Saudi FM: If Israel refuses Arab offer, it means it doesn’t want peace If Israel rejects the Arab peace initiative, it means it is not interested in reaching a peaceful solution with its neighbors, Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said.

* UK reveals Iran dispute evidence Satellite data proves 15 navy personnel being held in Iran were 1.7 nautical miles inside Iraqi waters when they were seized, UK defence officials say.

* First synagogue facing Temple Mount to be built The only synagogue in the world overlooking the Temple Mount will be built in the High Commissioner’s Residence neighborhood in the southern part of Jerusalem.

* A-Zahar Reiterates Hamas Goal: World Domination Addressing a mass rally in memory of the founder of the Hamas terrorist organization, Ahmed Yassin, senior Hamas leader and former Palestinian Authority official Mahmoud A-Zahar reiterated a fundamental position espoused by Hamas.

* Saudi king slams ‘illegitimate occupation’ of Iraq Saudi King Abdullah, whose country is a close US ally, on Wednesday slammed the “illegitimate foreign occupation” of Iraq in an opening speech to the annual Arab summit in Riyadh.

* Pope says hell and damnation are real and eternal HELL is a place where sinners really do burn in an everlasting fire, and not just a religious symbol designed to galvanise the faithful, Pope Benedict XVI has said.

* ‘Marriage to an Arab is national treason’ Over half of the Jewish population in Israel believes the marriage of a Jewish woman to an Arab man is equal to national treason.

* Homesh Once Again Empty of Jews At 7:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, police began expelling the some 300 Jews who had stayed since Monday at the site of the destroyed northern Samarian hilltop community of Homesh.

* Oil and gold jump on Iran tensions Gold and oil were higher on Wednesday after spiking on rumors and heightened rhetoric in the West’s standoff with Iran, which left markets on a razor’s edge.

* Livni: No Final Settlement on the ‘Political Horizon’ Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told party members at a ceremony opening a new Kadima office in Netanya that a final settlement with the Palestinian Authority is simply not in the cards.