WASHINGTON, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Israel’s negotiating strategy with the Palestinians has quietly undergone a major change. The Likud-led government decided any further concessions in the West Bank at this juncture would reinforce jihadis and radicals throughout the region. Iran, not a future Palestinian state, is the regional priority, say Jerusalem’s hard-liners. They also claim the Middle East’s “moderate” pro-Western leaders now agree Iran’s nuclear ambitions -- and how to rein them in -- are the region’s top priority.

JERUSALEM, Oct. 11 (UPI) -- Talks Sunday between a top U.S. Middle East envoy and Israel's prime minister yielded no sign of a breakthrough on Israeli-Palestinian issues, officials said.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama will meet Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, the White House said.

CAIRO, Sept. 19 (UPI) -- Israel's intransigence on West Bank settlement expansion torpedoed a U.S. attempt to restart peace negotiations, a Palestinian leader said Saturday.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 17 (UPI) -- Israel has begun removing 100 dirt and stone roadblocks in the West Bank to accommodate Palestinians, diplomats say.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Palestinian officials, after meeting with U.S. diplomats in Ramallah, West Bank, said the United States committed to striking a peace accord within two years.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A top U.S. Middle East diplomat met with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Tuesday, expressing hope of moving regional peace talks to the next phase.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The defamation suit Roger Clemens filed against former trainer Brian McNamee has been dismissed by a federal judge in Texas.

JERUSALEM, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has reportedly agreed to exclude east Jerusalem from any future settlement freeze, Israeli and western officials said.