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Israeli forces kill Palestinian trying to ram them with vehicle

Israeli forces kill Palestinian trying to ram them with vehicle Jerusalem  - Israeli border policemen shot and fatally wounded an East Jerusalem Palestinian who tried to run them over during the demolition of a house in the village of Sur Bakher Tuesday afternoon.

The incident happened as border police and soldiers from the army's Home Front Command were destroying the home of a Sur Bakher resident who intentionally ran amok with a bulldozer and killed three people in West Jerusalem last July.

Israel not taking orders from Obama, says Minister

Israel not taking orders from Obama, says MinisterJerusalem, Apr. 7 : Israel's Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan has said that his country is not taking orders from US President Barack Obama or officials of his administration.

Responding to an earlier statement by Obama in which he reaffirmed his administration''s commitment to all previous understandings between Israel and the Palestinians, including the process launched at Annapolis, Maryland, in 2007, Erdan said: "Israel does not take orders from [Barack] Obama,".

Former Israeli premier Olmert faces indictment for corruption

Israeli Attorney-General Menahem MazuzJerusalem  - Israeli Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz told former prime minister Ehud Olmert Sunday that he is considering indicting him on corruption charges, pending a hearing in which the ex-premier will be able to state his version of events, local media reported.

According to the allegations, when serving as trade and industry minister before he assumed the premiership, Olmert participated in an application before the ministry's Investment Centre to award a government grant to a factory endorsed by his former law partner.

One dead, one wounded in axe assault in Israeli settlement

One dead, one wounded in axe assault in Israeli settlement

3RD ROUNDUP: Lieberman: Israel not bound by Annapolis process

Lieberman: Israel not bound by Annapolis processJerusalem - Setting the stage for a possible showdown with the United States and the European Union, new Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday that Israel was not bound by the internationally-endorsed Annapolis peace process.

Instead, Lieberman said in a speech at the foreign ministry as he assumed his ministerial duties that Israel would be bound by the 2003, performance-based "road map" of the quartet of the US, EU, Russia and United Nations.

2ND ROUNDUP: Netanyahu takes over amid calls to keep to peace process

Netanyahu takes over amid calls to keep to peace processJerusalem  - New Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally took office Wednesday, with his predecessor and the country's president urging him to continue the peace process with the Palestinians.

But Netanyahu's controversial choice for foreign minister , Avigdor Lieberman, later said Israel was not bound by the so-called Annapolis process which paved the way for the Israel-Palestinian peace talks that entered a hiatus when Israel headed for elections late last year.

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