Diplomats Plea for Mideast Talk Progress

Tuesday Mideast peacemakers appealed for urgent, significant progress in Israeli-Palestinian negotiations as conditions on the ground deteriorated and the two sides bickered at an international conference. With time running out for an agreement on at least the outlines of a settlement by a year-end target, diplomats from the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia, said rapid action was now critical to meeting the deadline. They said there is an urgent need for tangible progress towards the shared goal of an agreement by the end of 2008. You know this fight has been going on for nearly 2000 years and it all began way back when Ismael (Palestinian) and Isaac (Israel) were born. They became opposing nations, even though they were half brothers with the same father. Anyone who knows their Bible will know that this will not be settled until Jesus returns. And when Jesus returns, there are an awful lot of people who will be shocked out of their shoes because they haven't studied the Bible and Revelations so they haven't read the end of the book and don't know how it ends. I hope I have peaked your interest enough to look into it.

Olmert Hosts Abbas in Fresh Talks

The Israeli and Palestinian leaders have held talks in Jerusalem, the latest in a series to bolster Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian government. The leaders did not issue statements after the talks, meant to pave the way for an international peace conference. Israel has backed Mr. Abbas since his Islamist rivals Hamas seized control of Gaza in June, but made few concessions.