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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian public figures have drawn up a new proposal for a two-state confederation that they hope will offer a way forward after a decade-long stalemate in Mideast peace efforts.

The plan includes several controversial proposals, and it’s unclear if it has any support among leaders on either side. But it could help shape the debate over the conflict and will be presented to a senior U.S. official and the U.N. secretary general this week.

JERUSALEM, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Israel said on Sunday that it could halt Israeli airlines' flights to Dubai in the next few days due to a dispute over security arrangements, but is looking at rerouting them to Abu Dhabi instead.

An Israeli official said current security arrangements for three Israeli airlines that fly into Dubai International Airport - El Al , Israir and Arkia - were due to expire on Tuesday, leaving negotiators 48 hours to find a solution.

03 Feb 2022; MEMO: Israel police hacked the phone of one of the central suspects in the corruption case filed against former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, local media reported yesterday.

Channel 13 said that the disclosure of the hacking had come as part of the "investigations carried out by the Israeli justice minister about the police's misuse of cyber security programmes built by the Israeli company, NSO Group.

04 Feb 2022; MEMO: Fourteen Israeli NGOs and human rights groups has signed a statement in support of Amnesty International, condemning the "vicious" attack on the rights group sparked by the recent publication of a report which labelled Israel an apartheid state.

04 Feb 2022; MEMO: Fourteen Israeli NGOs and human rights groups has signed a statement in support of Amnesty International, condemning the "vicious" attack on the rights group sparked by the recent publication of a report which labelled Israel an apartheid state.

05 Feb 2022; MEMO: The Israeli occupation state exploits security and sectarian tensions among Gulf states to achieve its own interests, Israeli analyst for Hebrew newspaper Maariv, Tal Lev-Ram, revealed on Friday.

According to Lev-Ram, Israel mainly takes advantage of security tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran and the Sunni-Shia tension predominantly in Yemen and Bahrain.

04 Feb 2022; MEMO: Israel's top general told the US ambassador on Friday that he regrets the death of an elderly Palestinian-American detained by Israeli troops and that a military police investigation was underway, an Israeli statement said, and Reuters reports.

04 Feb 2022; MEMO: Another Israeli-based spyware firm used vulnerability in Apple's security to hack into iPhones, Reuters reports.

QuaDream, according to five people familiar with the issue, is a smaller and lower profile Israeli firm that develops Smartphone hacking tools intended for government clients.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s defense minister on Thursday visited the headquarters of the U.S. 5th Fleet in Bahrain, in a show of cooperation aimed at sending a message toward archenemy Iran.

Benny Gantz toured the U.S. naval base on the second day of his official visit to Bahrain — a strategically located Arab country in the heart of the Persian Gulf. Israel and Bahrain, which share a deep animosity toward Iran, established official relations in 2020.

03 Feb 2022; MEMO: Senior Israeli army commanders warned yesterday that continuous attacks by Jewish settlers on Palestinian property would trigger a new intifada in the occupied West Bank, Quds Press reported.

According to the news site, Israel's Walla news website reported that Israeli commanders criticised Israeli police officers due to their refusal to take part in the fight against settler crimes against Palestinians.