JERUSALEM, June 11 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Wednesday he has shelved plans to launch an invasion of the Gaza Strip and will give truce talks with Hamas more time.

JERUSALEM, June 8 (UPI) -- Negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians are unlikely to produce an agreement on the future of Jerusalem any time soon, an Israeli official said Sunday.

JERUSALEM, May 30 (UPI) -- The number of Israeli-ordered checkpoints in the West Bank has grown in past months, restricting Palestinian travel in the area, a United Nations report says.

JERUSALEM, March 9 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reportedly has approved a plan to build up to 750 new settlement homes in the West Bank, an official said.

JERUSALEM, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- A top Palestinian official, arguing that Israel is stalling peace negotiations, said the Palestinian Authority should declare independence as Kosovo did.

JERUSALEM, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed Tuesday to begin negotiations aimed at creating a Palestinian state.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- The issue of Iran's influence in the Middle East was on Israel's agenda in Israeli-Palestinian peace discussions in Washington Wednesday.

NABLUS, West Bank, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The Palestinian Authority deployed 300 police officers Friday in an effort to gain control in Nablus, a West Bank hotbed of sectarian violence.

JERUSALEM, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed to the Middle East Tuesday, where she plans to work on establishing a Palestinian state.