LINDA STOUFFER, CNN ANCHOR: And we go overseas now. Israeli prime minister, Ehud Barak, finds himself fighting for his political life as the country's parliament reconvenes today. Meanwhile, Israeli forces and Palestinians still are fighting in the streets. With the latest on the situation in the Middle East, we go to Jerusalem, where CNN's Fionnuala Sweeney is standing by live. Good morning, Fionnuala.</s>FIONNUALA SWEENEY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Linda. Well, Ehud Barak may be trying to fight for his political life, but he's doing so against the backdrop of more clashes. An Israeli defense soldier reported to be lightly injured in a roadside bomb in Gaza at the border crossing at Rafan (ph) with the border with Egypt. Also Israeli radio today reporting that the body of an Israeli man has been found stabbed. The Palestinian authorities found that body near the outskirts of Jerusalem and have handed it over to the Israeli authorities. Meanwhile, the funerals are continuing for seven Palestinians who died in the West Bank and Gaza in clashes with Israeli troops yesterday, Sunday. One of those taking place of a 31-year-old Palestinian man in Gaza. Meanwhile, back to the political front and very much the focus here today in Jerusalem on Ehud Barak's continuing efforts to form a coalition government of national emergency. The Knesset, the Israeli parliament, is reconvening today for the first time in three months after its summer recess. Ehud Barak due to speak to the Knesset in about 3 1/2 hours from now. He's been courting the right-wing Likud party, whose leader is Ariel Sharon. And Ariel Sharon today talking to other opposition parties in a bid to update them on the ongoing negotiations with Ehud Barak. But as yet, no outcome, no coalition government of national emergency as we speak to you -- Linda.</s>STOUFFER: Fionnuala Sweeney, with the latest from Jerusalem. Thank you very much.
Crisis in the Middle East: Ehud Barak Working to Form Coalition Government