By: Etgar Lefkovits – The Jerusalem Post

Any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will require the establishment of a Palestinian state with its capital in all of east Jerusalem, Palestinian Authority Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Adnan Husseini told The Jerusalem Post Monday.

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* ‘We must control all of east Jerusalem’ Any solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will require the establishment of a Palestinian state with its capital in all of east Jerusalem.

* Barak: Israel soon to be able to block 90% of missile launches Within a few years Israel will be able to defend itself against 90 percent of missiles fired against it.

* Turkey and the Kurds on the Brink The simmering conflict between Turkey and Kurdish guerrillas headquartered in neighboring Iraq may be getting close to a boil.

* Olmert pledges quest for peace Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will devote the next year to pursuing peace with the Palestinians, he has told Israeli MPs.

* EU’s Mideast envoy warns against failure of Annapolis conference The price of failure at the Annapolis conference in November could be greater than that of the Camp David conference in 2000.

* EU treaty ‘same as Constitution’ The EU treaty is “substantially equivalent” to the EU Constitution thrown out by Dutch and French voters in 2005, MPs have said.

* Most Israelis say no to sharing Jerusalem Most Israelis oppose sharing Jerusalem with the Palestinians as part of a final peace deal.

* Iran president faces rare protest A rare anti-government demonstration has been held in the Iranian capital during a speech at Tehran University by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

* Eurozone ministers call for stronger Chinese currency Eurozone ministers are pressing China for a more freely floating yuan.

* God’s army? ‘A soldier’s uniform is like the holy garments worn by the priests in the Temple when they brought animal sacrifices before God Almighty,” says Rabbi Eli Sadan.

By: Hillel Fendel – Arutz Sheva

MK Benny Elon presents a peace plan that emphasizes the closing of refugee camps and Jordanian citizenship for the Arabs of Judea and Samaria

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* Jordan Replaces P.A. in MK Elon’s Peace Plan MK Benny Elon presents a peace plan that emphasizes the closing of refugee camps and Jordanian citizenship for the Arabs of Judea and Samaria.

* PMO denies report that Jordan will have custody of Temple Mt. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s office on Monday morning denied the report in Al-Quds al-Arabi that he and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas had agreed to transfer the Temple Mount’s holy sites to Jordanian custody.

* Bush moves ahead with plans to attack Iran US President George W. Bush is moving ahead with plans to attack Iran.

* Telegraph: ‘Brown will support strike on Iran’ British Premier Gordon Brown has agreed to support US air strikes against Iran if Iran were to carry out large-scale attacks by militant proxies against British or American forces in Iraq.

* West Papua Delegation Donates Gold For Holy Temple On Wednesday, the last day of the Sukkot festival, a 34-person delegation from West Papua presented a large amount of gold to be used in the building of the Holy Temple.

* Official Saudi website for fatwas Saudi Arabia has launched an official website to publish Islamic legal rulings, or fatwas.

* Petraeus: ‘Show me’ if Iran has stopped supplying Iraqi insurgents Although America’s top general in Iraq called al Qaeda “the wolf closest to the sled,” he said sectarian fighting among militias fueled by Iran could be the biggest long-term challenge for Iraq.

* Palestinian Christian found dead in Gaza The body of a Christian official who was kidnapped over the weekend was discovered in Gaza City early Sunday.

* Poland to be wooed by Germany and France over EU treaty France and Germany will this week try and persuade Poland to support the EU’s new treaty amid reports that Warsaw is not happy with the latest draft.

* Turkish cabinet in urgent talks after Kurdish attacks The Turkish cabinet met today amid heightened pressure to hit back at Kurdish fighters in Iraq after 13 soldiers were killed in an ambush yesterday, and two more today.

* ‘Syria won’t hesitate to a start war with Israel to regain Golan’ Syria will not hesitate to start a war with Israel in order to restore its control over the Golan Heights.

* Musharraf wins presidential vote Gen Pervez Musharraf has easily won a vote to be re-elected Pakistan’s president, even though it is unclear if his candidacy was legal.

* ‘Israel wants to drag the ME into war’ Israel wants to take control of the Middle East and drag the region into war.

* Iraq Shia leaders sign truce deal Two of Iraq’s most influential Shia leaders have signed a deal to try to end violence between their groups.

* Qureia: PA may not attend ME parley Head of the Palestinian negotiating team, Ahmed Qureia, said Saturday that if a joint Israeli-Palestinian statement is not drafted before the upcoming Middle East peace conference, the Palestinian Authority may not participate in it.

* Abbas: J’lem key to peace The Israeli and Palestinian teams asked to draft a joint statement ahead of a Mideast peace conference will hold their first meeting Monday.

* ‘Iran won’t negotiate over nuke rights’ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Friday that Iran will not negotiate over its “nuclear rights”.

* Egypt uncovers smuggling tunnel leading to Gaza Strip Egyptian authorities discovered a freshly dug tunnel leading under the border to the Gaza Strip and arrested an Egyptian man inside it.

* Bush ‘optimistic’ about Mideast peace In a rare interview with an Arabic satellite news station, US President George W. Bush addressed the Arab world Friday to bolster America’s image.

* Ahmadinejad wants ‘all Palestine liberated’ President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Friday that Iran would work until “all of Palestine is liberated” from Israel’s hands, and repeated his deeply-controversial questioning of the Holocaust.

* Ahmadinejad: Let Jews move their country to Europe or Alaska Millions of Iranians attended nationwide rallies Friday in support of the Palestinians, while the country’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Israel’s continued existence was an “insult to human dignity.”

* Israel Shakes Iran’s Confidence in Stopping IAF Despite its usual posturing about its military excellence and that of its terrorist allies, Iran appears to be increasingly concerned about Syria’s ability to detect infiltration by Israeli aircraft.

* Bush: Terrorists don’t represent Islam The United States has a proud history of standing with Muslims and “mainstream citizens across the broader Middle East.”

* EU split on sanctioning Iran Divisions are emerging within the 27-nation EU over how to deal with Iran’s reluctance to freeze its uranium enrichment program.

* Bush says he is ‘very optimistic’ about Palestinian statehood U.S. President George W. Bush said in comments aired on Friday he was “very optimistic” a Palestinian state could be set up alongside Israel.

* Moslems Descend on Jerusalem for Last Ramadan Friday Some 3,000 policemen, including Border Guardsmen and special forces, are on hand throughout Jerusalem.

* Reveal the truth of al-Dura affair Last month, a French court heard an appeals case whose forthcoming verdict will have far-reaching ramifications for all who value truth and accuracy in Middle East news reporting.

* Kosovo: Separation Anxiety It took 77 days for NATO bombs to drive Serbian forces out of the small Balkan province of Kosovo during the 1999 war.

* PA demands all prisoners freed within few months Ashraf al-Ajrami, the Palestinian Authority minister for prisoners affairs, met this week with Public Security Minister Avi Dichter.

* Bush to Syria: Stay out of Lebanon President George W. Bush warned Syria Thursday against interfering in Lebanon’s presidential elections.

* Iraqis to Pay China $100 Million for Weapons for Police Iraq has ordered $100 million worth of light military equipment from China for its police force.

* Abbas sees six-month timeframe for peace talks Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s government said on Thursday formal negotiations to create a Palestinian state could be completed six months after a U.S.-sponsored Middle East conference.

* Abbas ‘disappointed’ by Olmert’s stance ahead of Mideast parley Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is disappointed by the stance taken by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ahead of the upcoming US-sponsored Middle East conference.

* Ex-US officials: Divide Jerusalem Five former State Department and Pentagon officials are proposing Israeli and Palestinian capitals in Jerusalem and excluding Arab refugees from returning to Israel as part of an Middle East accord.

* Hizbullah getting stronger in Lebanon When 30,000 UN troops and Lebanese army soldiers were deployed across southern Lebanon at the end of last year’s Israel-Hizbullah war, Hizbullah’s presence shrank in the villages and hills.

* EU treaty talks leave several political loose ends Although the legal experts have given their blessing to the EU’s new draft treaty, there are plenty of political issues that may have to be dealt with by EU leaders.

* Senators slam lack of Arab support for ME conference Close to 80 senators – including all those running for president -signed a letter calling for greater Arab support for the peace process.

* Russia marks 50 years of Sputnik Ceremonies are being held in Russia to mark the 50th anniversary of the start of the space age – the launch of the first satellite, Sputnik.

* Most Americans want tougher action on Iran About 80 percent of Americans believe Iran’s contested nuclear program is aimed at producing nuclear weapons.

* Korean leaders issue peace call The leaders of North and South Korea have signed a joint declaration calling for a permanent peace deal on the Korean Peninsula.

By: Ann Goldberg – The Jerusalem Post

When Rabbi Yehuda Hanassi moved his Sanhedrin ecclesiastical court from Beit She’arim to nearby Zippori (Sepphoris), quite a few eyebrows were raised. In Beit She’arim he had his yeshiva and was surrounded by religious Jews of his own ilk. In Zippori – the capital of the Galilee – lived many secular Jews who had little or no interest in Judaism. Zippori was also home to a large number of Romans, and many Jews were enjoying their newly-adopted pagan lifestyle.

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* ‘Summit failure may ignite new intifada’ A failure in the upcoming US-sponsored Middle East peace conference would have more dangerous repercussions than the botched Camp David summit in 2000, Fatah officials warned.

* Iraq’s Kurdish region approves four new oil deals Iraq’s Kurdish regional government (KRG) has approved four new oil and gas deals that will attract around $500 million of investment in exploration.

* PM, Abbas meet despite report of possible Abbas-Hamas talks Prime Minister Ehud Olmert hosted Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in his succa Wednesday afternoon.

* Russia warns of arms war in space: report Russia’s military space commander vowed to retaliate with an arms race if any country started putting weapon systems into orbit.

* Jerusalem March draws 80,000 A wave of blue and white, accompanied by colorful flags from across the globe, swept through Jerusalem on Tuesday afternoon, as tens of thousands of Jews and Christians walked side by side in the annual Feast of Tabernacles Jerusalem March.

* EU lawyers agree on treaty text Legal experts from the 27 countries of the European Union have agreed on a draft reform treaty.

* How the capital of the Galilee housed the Sanhedrin When Rabbi Yehuda Hanassi moved his Sanhedrin ecclesiastical court from Beit She’arim to nearby Zippori (Sepphoris), quite a few eyebrows were raised.

* Iraq blast wounds Polish ambassador Poland’s ambassador to Iraq has been wounded in an apparent assassination attempt after a roadside bomb exploded in central Baghdad, killing two people.

* Pentagon observes Muslim holy month Navy imam Chaplain Abuhena M. Saifulislam lifted his voice to God as he called to prayer more than 100 Department of Defense employees Monday at a celebration of Ramadan at the Pentagon.

* Korean leaders close summit talks The leaders of North and South Korea have closed summit talks in Pyongyang.

* Censorship lifted on September 6 IAF strike inside Syria Israel on Tuesday began to lift its strict veil of secrecy on an air strike in Syria last month, allowing the media to report on the raid without attributing such reports to foreign sources.

* Korean leaders in historic talks North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong-il has welcomed South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun to Pyongyang for a historic summit.

* Report: Russia sent technicians to Syria Russia has sent technicians to upgrade Syria’s air defense system.

* Putin eyes prime minister’s job Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised the possibility of becoming a future prime minister by agreeing to enter the December parliamentary polls.

* Iran threatens to attack 170 US targets Iran threatened Monday to attack some 170 American targets in the Middle East and around the world if it is attacked by Israel or the US.

* US ‘biggest global arms dealer’ The US has reaffirmed its domination of global weapons trading, cornering nearly 42 per cent of the arms market.

* ‘USAF preparing Arab allies for Iran’ The United States Air Force (USAF) is working with military leaders from Persian Gulf states to train and prepare Arab air forces for a possible war with Iran.

* Syria Says No to Summit – Unless Golan is on the Agenda Preparations for the US-sponsored Middle East summit in Washington six weeks from now are underway.

* World church urges pullout from Iraq Christianity’s largest ecumenical movement said Monday that the US and its allies must settle their dispute over Iran’s nuclear program through negotiation.

* Slovenian EU presidency to push for further Balkan integration Slovenia has sent a letter to EU leaders and the European commission calling for “brave decisions” regarding the region.