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Settlers have vowed to non-violently thwart the inspectors and in many communities have shut the gates and or physically blocked the path of police and civil administration personnel. While security personnel in most cases succeeded in entering the settlements and...

The Israel Defense Forces and Defense Ministry security officials shot and killed an Israeli civilian before dawn Monday as he tried to cross the border into Gaza at the Erez border crossing. The man, in his 30s, arrived at the...

Sunday in a ceremony at the School of Coordination of Government Operations in the Territories at the Tzrifin army base. The ceremony was attended by Defense Minister Ehud Barak and the Deputy Chief of General Staff Maj.-Gen...Palestinian Authority, to shape...

Netanyahu last week announced that Israel had agreed to freeze all settlement activities, except in Jerusalem Al-Quds, for 10 months in a bid to re-launch stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The move was not welcomed by the Palestinians and the international...

Speaking at the Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs on Friday, Martin said no substantive reason had been given for the refusal. "I just wanted to go in myself and see Gaza," he said according to the Irish Times newspaper. Similar...

The Viva Palestina convoy of 250 vehicles will deliver medical, humanitarian and educational aid to Palestinians who are suffering a long-running Israeli blockade on their territory since Hamas took control of the region in June 2007. The convoys will depart...

A senior Hamas official said Thursday that progress has been made in secret negotiations to reach a prisoner exchange agreement with Israel for the release of captive soldier Gilad Schalit. This was the first time in the past week that...

Some 150 protesters threw stones at security forces in Naalin. The security forces used crowd dispersal methods against the group. In Bilin, some 80 protesters caused disturbances.   No damage or injuries were reported in either case. (Efrat Weiss)  ...

The IDF neutralized two roadside bombs planted on a road near the central West Bank settlement of Bet El on Thursday, thwarting a bomb attack aimed at military vehicles that frequently patrol the area. The two explosive devices were planted...

The EU must put real pressure on Israel to halt settlement growth in East Jerusalem or risk seeing a new phase in the Middle East conflict that could spill into Europe, a Jewish politician on the front line of the...