Israel is accusing the UN nuclear weapons watchdog of holding back incriminating evidence of Iran’s drive to obtain nuclear weapons, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Wednesday.
 

JERUSALEM — Israel’s premier agreed on Tuesday not to invite tenders for West Bank settlement building in the coming months so as to advance the peace process, but critics said this fell far short of US demands for a settlement freeze.

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah party is meeting for a second day in Bethlehem, in a conference seen by many as an opportunity to reform the party.