News Source: San Francisco Chronicle
| 2 months ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected a new U.N. report alleging that Israel committed war crimes during its Gaza offensive, warning world leaders that they and their forces could be targets for similar charges. Netanyahu...
News Source: Haaretz
| 2 months ago
One of the Hamas militant group's top political leaders in the West Bank was released from an Israeli prison on Thursday after spending six months behind bars. Prisons Service spokesman Yaron Zamir said Nasser al-Shaer was freed from a prison camp in...
News Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
| 2 months ago
Jordan's Abdullah meets Mitchell, calls for end to settlements King Abdullah II of Jordan on called for an end to Jewish settlement in the West Bank, saying it threatened hopes for an independent Palestinian state. "Efforts should focus on...
News Source: Press TV
| 2 months ago
The comment came as Barack Obama's point man in the Middle East, George Mitchell, is extending a peace mission in the region. Mitchell has been trying to work out a deal that would lead to a three-way meeting with President Obama, Israeli Prime...
News Source: United Press International
| 2 months ago
Israel has begun removing 100 dirt and stone roadblocks in the West Bank to accommodate Palestinians, diplomats say. The venture, expected to be completed by the weekend, followed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's statement that it was in...
News Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
| 2 months ago
The Israeli army began dismantling 100 roadblocks in the West Bank. The dirt mound obstacles that block the entrances to Palestinian villages throughout the West Bank were set up during the second intifada to make it impossible for Palestinians to...