Israel stops suspected gunrunners in Dead Sea, Posted by Meosha Eaton

July 25, 2011 (Reuters) - Israeli security forces on Monday stopped a small motor boat in the Dead Sea carrying assault rifles and ammunition from Jordan and arrested two Palestinians suspected of smuggling, police said.

The salty desert lake also abuts the occupied West Bank but is generally quiet due to long-standing Israeli-Jordan security cooperation.

Israeli forces kill six protesters- Syrian TV, Posted by Meosha Eaton

* Netanyahu says Israel won't allow border to be breached

* Protests follow killings at May border demonstrations

(Updates death toll)

By Allyn Fisher-Ilan

MAJDAL SHAMS, Golan Heights, June 5 (Reuters) - Israeli troops opened fire on Sunday at Palestinian protesters in Syria who rushed towards a border fence and Syrian state television said six demonstrators were killed.

"Anyone who tries to cross the border will be killed," Israeli soldiers shouted at the crowd of several hundred through loudspeakers on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

French minister bids to revive Middle East talks, Posted by Meosha Eaton

* French minister wants talks based on U.S. proposals

* Warns of tough days ahead if negotiations remain blocked

By Crispian Balmer

RAMALLAH, West Bank, June 2 (Reuters) - French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe made a last ditch effort on Thursday to revive peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians before a likely showdown at the United Nations in September.

U.S.-brokered talks collapsed last year in a dispute over Jewish settlement building, and the Palestinians say

Obama set for outreach to skeptical Arab world, Posted by Meosha Eaton

* "Arab spring" speech seeks to reset relations

* Arab disappointment likely on Israel-Palestinian issue

By Matt Spetalnick

WASHINGTON, May 19 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will lay out a new U.S. strategy toward a skeptical Arab world on Thursday, offering fresh aid to promote democratic change as he seeks to shape the outcome of popular uprisings threatening both friends and foes.

In his much-anticipated "Arab spring" speech, Obama will try to reset relations with the Middle East, but his outreach could falter amid Arab frustration over an uneven U.S. response to the region's revolts and his failure to advance Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking.