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NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem reports Palestinians see little difference between the main contenders in Israel's election campaign. Leaders of the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza vow it will continue no matter what the outcome of the Israeli election, expected next Spring.

A three-part report follows the recovery of two Marines wounded in Fallujah. 1st Sgt. Brad Kasal and Lance Cpl. Alex Nicoll were seriously injured in one of the fiercest battles of the Iraq war.

The director of the hit film Inside Man tells Scott Simon about the movie, his long working relationship with Denzel Washington, and the upcoming 20th anniversary of She's Gotta Have It.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports it is too early to tell whether the latest Israeli-Palestinian agreement will put an end to the bloody clashes in the West Bank and Gaza. The two sides have sharply intensified their propaganda war over the past two-and-a-half weeks.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem reports Israel's Prime Minister Barak unveiled a new interim peace proposal today, but it was quickly rejected by the Palestinians. Barak offered the Palestinian statehood in parts of the West Bank and Gaza, but suggested putting off decisions on some of the key issues including the status of Jerusalem and the fate of the Palestinian refugees.

NPR's Michael Sullivan reports from the Egyptian resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, where the Israeli and Palestinian leaders are meeting with President Clinton and other world leaders in a bid to halt the continuing violence in the West Bank and Gaza.

When commentator Daniel Pinkwater goes for a meal at a neighborhood Chinese restaurant, the owner treats him like family. And when she brings an amazing dish, he devours it. But she cannot tell him anything about it: not its name, what it is called in Chinese or English; nothing.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Ramallah reports on a day of Israeli helicopter attacks on Palestinian targets in the West Bank and Gaza, in retaliation for the murder of Israeli soldiers by angry Palestinians. The soldiers apparently made a wrong turn into Israeli territory, and were attacked.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem reports there were sporadic incidents of violence in the West Bank and Gaza today. Two teenage Palestinians were killed. But the level of violence has clearly dropped, and diplomatic efforts are intensifying to revive the peace process.

This wasn't the strongest year for hip-hop, but 2007 still featured some excellent releases that pushed the genre's boundaries, as well as a few records that reveled, old-school style, in great beats and rhymes.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Reuven Hazan, a professor of political science at Jerusalem's Hebrew University about the violent clashes spreading from the troubled areas of Gaza and the West Bank into the Israeli cities of Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

In the first of a two-part series, NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports on the impact of the Palestinian uprising in the West Bank and Gaza on Israel's Palestinian citizens. Last month, Israeli Arabs demonstrated and rioted partly in solidarity with their brethren in the occupied territories, but also to protest years of discrimination and neglect by Israeli authorities.