VIENNA, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - A tram called Israel has begun touring Vienna's city centre with films, photos and food, in a bid to paint a different picture of the small country than what is regularly seen on the news.

BERLIN, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Germany on Wednesday called on companies to show 'sensitivity' if they choose to do business in Iran after a German-Iranian gas deal drew sharp criticism from Israel.

JERUSALEM, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Israel freed five Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday as part of a UN-brokered prisoner exchange with the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, the prisons administration said.

JERUSALEM, August 6, 2008 (AFP) - Israel on Wednesday freed five Palestinian prisoners as part of a UN-brokered prisoner exchange with the Lebanese Hezbollah militia, the prisons administration said.

'Five Palestinian prisoners were released from the Hasharon prison,' said prisons spokeswoman Yarona Linhar, adding that they would be taken to the West Bank.

ANKARA, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad arrived in Turkey Tuesday for a brief holiday and to discuss the indirect negotiations taking place in Turkey between his country and Israel, local media reported.

JERUSALEM, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is to be questioned on Friday over allegations of graft, for the second time since he announced his resignation last week, police said.

The interview at Olmert's official residence in Jerusalem will be the fifth in three months.

JERUSALEM, August 5, 2008 (AFP) - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Israel will go back to carrying out military strikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip despite a month-old truce, army radio reported on Tuesday.

'Those who miss the operations in the Gaza Strip, don't worry, they will come,' Barak told a Labour party event in Jerusalem, without elaborating.

JERICHO, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Israel sent dozens of Fatah members who had fled clashes in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank on Monday amid concern that others who returned to the Hamas-ruled territory were in mortal danger.

JERUSALEM, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Israel said on Monday it will transfer to the West Bank Fatah members who had fled the Gaza Strip amid concern that those who had already returned to the Hamas-ruled territory were in mortal danger.

JERUSALEM, August 4, 2008 (AFP) - Israeli authorities fear that the Lebanese Hezbollah movement is planning an attack against its nationals in west Africa to avenge the death of one of its leaders, an official said on Monday.