Arsonists torch mosque in West Bank village (AP)
AP - Arsonists torched a mosque in a West Bank village Monday, scrawling "revenge" on a wall in Hebrew and charring copies of the Muslim holy book in an attack that threatened to stoke tensions over deadlocked Mideast peacemaking.
Study shows Israelis and Palestinians both retaliate (Reuters)
Reuters - An unusual attempt to quantify the conflicts between Israelis and Palestinians shows that both act in retaliation for violent attacks, researchers reported on Monday.
Court upholds deportation of Nobel laureate (AP)
AP - Israel's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a deportation order against an Irish Nobel peace laureate who has taken up the Palestinian cause, clearing the way for her expulsion, a court official said.
Clinton, Netanyahu speak amid efforts to save peace process (AFP)
AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke at the weekend with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, her spokesman said Monday, amid US efforts to save new Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Hardline Israeli ministers oppose fresh moratorium (AFP)
AFP - Attempts by Washington to entice Israel into extending a settlement moratorium look set to meet fierce opposition from coalition hardliners, a newspaper poll of cabinet ministers showed on Monday.
Israel orders pro-Palestinian Nobel laureate deported (Reuters)
Reuters - A pro-Palestinian Nobel peace laureate has lost an appeal in the Israeli Supreme Court against her deportation after describing Israel as an apartheid state engaged in ethnic cleansing.
Behind the Crisis in Obama's Middle East Peace Effort (Time.com)
Time.com - The settlement standoff reflects a deeper problem: getting Israeli and Palestinian leaders talking face to face doesn't appear to be generating self-sustaining momentum
Israeli settlements undermine peace process: Saudi (AFP)
AFP - The Saudi government said on Monday that Israel's policy of building settlements in occupied Palestinian territories undermined the US-brokered Middle East peace process.
Deadline extended in bid to keep Israel-Palestinian talks alive (The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - Sputtering Israeli-Palestinian peace talks received another reprieve over the weekend when a key Arab League meeting was postponed until Friday. It was the second delay for the meeting, which Palestinians said could mark their withdrawal from negotiations if Israeli settlement expansion continued.
West Bank mosque torched in attack blamed on settlers (AFP)
AFP - Vandals spray-painted and torched a mosque in the southern West Bank early on Monday in an attack Palestinian witnesses and officials blamed on Israeli settlers.
Korans burnt in West Bank mosque attack (Reuters)
Reuters - Jewish settlers opposed to a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians were accused of setting fire to a mosque in the West Bank on Monday, burning the Koran and scrawling threats in Hebrew on its walls.
Half of Israel cabinet opposes settlement curbs: poll (AFP)
AFP - Half of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightwing government opposes the extension of a settlement moratorium seen as key to US-led peace efforts, a poll showed on Monday.
Ex-British MP Galloway in Canada a year after entry ban flap (AFP)
AFP - Firebrand British former lawmaker George Galloway was in Canada after being declared persona non grata a year ago over his support for Hamas, The Toronto Star reported Sunday.
No talks until Israel halts settlements: PLO (Reuters)
Reuters - Direct talks with Israel will not resume unless it halts the building of Jewish settlements on occupied land, the Palestinian leadership said on Saturday.
Palestinians want to keep peace talks alive: US envoy (AFP)
AFP - The Palestinians want peace talks with Israel to continue, US envoy George Mitchell insisted on Sunday, as he visited Egypt and Jordan in a last-ditch effort to salvage fledgling direct negotiations.