Israelis ushered in the Jewish New Year on Wednesday evening amid new fears of war, following fresh rocket attacks from Gaza and reports of an Israeli airstrike in Syria.
At the same time, there has been a "flurry of diplomacy with the Palestinians", according to the Associated Press. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (pictured) and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pledged to set up high-level working groups to outline a final peace deal before a proposed international conference in November.
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