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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert denied rumors Monday that a deal was underway to trade Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Cpl. Gilad Shalit , an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants since June 25...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that he will establish two inquiry committees to investigate Israel's conduct during the latest crisis in the Middle East , one to examine "the functioning of...

Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz on Tuesday sent Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert a memo detailing the pros and cons of all possible legal methods the government may use to investigate the country's conduct in...

A plan devised by Egyptian mediators calls for Israel to release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for the return of an Israeli soldier held by Hamas , Reuters reported Tuesday, citing an anonymous...

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told the parents of two Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in a July 12 raid that Israel is willing to negotiate with Hezbollah for their release, Haaretz newspaper reported Sunday. Olmert...

The UN Security Council late Friday unanimously approved a resolution to end the current Middle East conflict , calling for Hezbollah to stop all attacks immediately and for Israel to cease “all...

JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law says that the Israeli air strike on Qana that killed over 60 Lebanese civilians has set the stage not only for possible war crimes prosecutions but also for a...

Arab leaders have denounced as criminal and a breach of international law an Israeli air strike on the Lebanese village of Qana Sunday that killed over 60 civilians - mostly women and children - as the Middle East conflict...

A Belgian ethnic Lebanese couple is preparing a legal complaint against Israel for alleged war crimes during the ongoing Mideast conflict after Ali Abdul-Sater and his wife had to flee Lebanon via Syria with their three...

JURIST Guest Columnist Anthony D'Amato of Northwestern University School of Law, a former defense counsel for war crimes suspects, says that both Hezbollah and Israel are guilty of committing war crimes in the latest Middle East conflict... The laws of...