(1) Peres Eyes Italy as Potential Site for Mid East Peace Conference 
(italy-news )
(2) Israeli Protesters Stage Largest Rally in 20 Months (LA Times)
(3) More than 100,000 March from Perugia to Assisi for Mid East Peace 
(italy-news)
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(1) PERES EYES ITALY AS POTENTIAL SITE/MIDEAST PEACE CONFERENCE

Italy could be a good candidate for a Middle East peace conference, said 
Israel's Prime Minister Shimon Peres during a recent visit to Rome. 

The prime minister also stated that Israel has no intention of occupying the 
Gaza Strip and that its only goal is to search out the main hideouts of 
terrorists.

 "The Bethlehem agreement was a political move. The government of Israel 
reserves the right to ask for the extradition of the 13 Palestinians that 
walked out of the Basilica and that are now waiting in Cyprus." 
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ISRAELI PROTESTORS STAGE LARGEST RALLY IN 20 MONTHS

...Israeli leftists, meanwhile, staged their biggest rally in almost 20 
months of intense Israeli-Palestinian violence. Police estimates put the 
number of demonstrators at about 50,000. Peace Now, the group that organized 
the event, said there were more than 100,000.

Gathering in Tel Aviv's Rabin Square, named for Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 
who was assassinated there in 1995, the crowd demanded complete Israeli 
withdrawal from the West Bank and Gaza and the evacuation of Jewish 
settlements.

"Leave the territories, for the sake of Israel," banners read. The Israeli 
left has been all but silenced in recent months by the fighting and the sense 
shared by many Israelis that the Palestinians cannot be partners for peace. 
Saturday night's rally represented an attempt at a comeback, with a shift of 
focus to ending occupation and dismantling settlements...
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MORE THAN 100,000 MARCH FROM PERUGIA TO ASSISI FOR MIDEAST PEACE

Carrying banners inscribed with pleas for peace in the Middle East, "We want 
peace for Jerusalem" and "We ask for Europe's help against this unending 
war", school groups, local authorities, and associations marched together on 
the roads between Perugia and Assisi. 

The unscheduled Perugia to Assisi march was organized by "Tavola della pace" 
(Peace Platform.)  Flavio Lotti, the event coordinator, announced the 
participation of 146 national organizations and 378 local organizations.  

More than 100,000 people took part in the march that started at 9 a.m. from 
Giardini del Frontone in Perugia and made its way to Rocca Maggiore in 
Assisi. Delegations of Palestinians and Israelis gathered at at the tomb of 
St. Francis at 2 p.m. and lit candles from the lamp at the Sacro Convento.