Pink Floyd’s co-founder says in West Bank he will give concert if Israel wall comes down

September 23rd, 2009 Israeli FM: US meeting proof firm stand paid offJERUSALEM — Israel's foreign minister says a meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Palestinian and American leaders was a victory for Israel because it took place even though Israel refused demands to freeze settlement in the West Bank. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Israel Radio Wednesday that the government "kept its promises to the voter" and showed it is not necessary to "surrender and give in." Israel agreed only to slow settlement construction in the Palestinian territory for a limited time.

September 7th, 2009 Israel approves 366 new West Bank apartmentsJERUSALEM — Israel has officially approved construction of 366 new apartments in the West Bank. Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Monday that he intends to soon approve about 84 more.

September 3rd, 2009 Building of new West Bank housing dropsJERUSALEM — Israeli government statistics show that construction of new homes in the Israel's West Bank settlements fell by one-third in the first half of 2009 from a year earlier. The numbers bolster settlers' claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has partially frozen settlement construction under U.S.

September 3rd, 2009 Aide: Netanyahu considering settlement freezeJERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would be willing to consider suspending construction in the West Bank for several months — but first plans to authorize hundreds of new apartments there, an aide said Friday. The U.S. has been pressing Israel to agree to a settlement freeze, and the Palestinians have said they would not resume peace talks unless Israel suspends construction on lands they want for a future state.

September 2nd, 2009 Israel releases 9 Hamas lawmakers from prisonRAMALLAH, West Bank — A Hamas legislator in the West Bank says Israel has released nine other Hamas lawmakers from Israeli prisons. The legislator, Mahmoud Ramahi, says the men had all completed 40-month prison terms and their release Wednesday did not appear to be a gesture from Israel.

August 2nd, 2009 Leonard Cohen's Israel concert sells out in a dayJERUSALEM — Tickets for a Leonard Cohen concert to benefit Palestinian and Israeli peace groups sold out in less than a day, an Israeli ticket agent said Sunday. The 47,000 tickets for the Sept.

July 27th, 2009 Report: Israeli settler population crosses 300,000JERUSALEM — An Israeli paper is reporting that the number of Jewish settlers in the West Bank is now over 300,000. The daily Haaretz says the number of West Bank settlers is 304,569 — a 2.3 percent increase since January.

July 8th, 2009 UN: Israel must tear down West Bank barrierJERUSALEM — Israel must tear down its West Bank separation barrier, a senior U.N. official said Wednesday, marking five years since the International Court of Justice declared the barrier illegal and a violation of Palestinian rights.

June 9th, 2009 Itinerary announced for Carter's Middle East tripATLANTA — Former President Jimmy Carter's latest Mideast peacemaking trip will include a visit with the father of a captive Israeli soldier and a tour of a West Bank settlement. Carter is visiting Syria, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza in his effort to help resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

June 2nd, 2009 Pink Floyd's Waters: West Bank wall must come downAIDA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Pink Floyd's former frontman Roger Waters said Tuesday he'll take to the stage the minute Israel tears down its West Bank separation wall, just as he did in Berlin two decades ago when another wall came down. Visiting a Palestinian refugee camp in the shadows of the towering concrete structure, the British rocker who co-wrote the iconic 1970s album "The Wall" said he hopes "this awful thing is destroyed soon." Waters, 65, said the West Bank wall has been on his mind since he first saw it up close in what he described as an eye-opening visit in 2006, following a concert in Israel.

May 13th, 2009 AIDA REFUGEE CAMP - Pope Benedict XVI called Israel's West Bank security wall 'tragic' Wednesday, as he paid a solidarity visit to a Palestinian refugee camp isolated by the barrier. 'Towering over us, as we gather here this afternoon, is a stark reminder of the stalemate that relations between Israelis and Palestinians seem to have reached - the wall,' the pontiff told the inhabitants of the Aida refugee camp near Bethlehem.

April 27th, 2009 Abbas demands Israel halt building settlementsRAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has delivered a tough speech on peace-making with Israel, saying there's no way he'll resume negotiations without an Israeli settlement freeze. Abbas also said Monday that Israel is defined by the borders it had before the 1967 Mideast War and "not one centimeter more." In 1967, Israel captured the West Bank, Gaza and east Jerusalem — territories the Palestinians seek for their state.

April 27th, 2009 Palestinians build stage for pope next to barrierAIDA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — Palestinians in a refugee camp near Bethlehem want to receive Pope Benedict XVI in what they say is the most fitting setting — next to the towering cement wall that is part of Israel's West Bank separation barrier and borders the camp on two sides. They are building an outdoor theater next to the wall for the pope's visit to Aida camp May 13.

April 21st, 2009 LONDON - Rockers Pink Floyd are planning to take legal action against their record label EMI over pending royalty payments. The 'Another Brick In The Wall' hitmaker band will be suing the label because it miscalculated royalties owed to them from their back catalogue, reports The Daily Star.

April 9th, 2009 LONDON - Pop star Pink seems to be reconsidering her relationship with former husband Carey Hart, with reports suggesting that the two of them have been spotted dating. Pink, who released the no 1 hit 'So What About the Split' after her divorce from Hart, has remained pals with him.