A Libyan ship attempting to break Israel's naval blockade of Gaza turned back. The ship, carrying an estimated 3,000 tons of food, medicine and other humanitarian aid, docked in an Egyptian port Monday instead. No force was used to turn back the ship,...
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Israeli and Palestinian officials say a Libyan ship carrying 3,000 tons of supplies for the Gaza Strip has turned back before reaching the coast. The change of course ended the highest-profile attempt yet to break the blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza by Israel...
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Many Palestinians believe the US routinely sides with Israel and thus is directly responsible for their hardships under Israeli occupation, such as the ubiquitous army roadblocks that disrupt movement in the West Bank...Ayman Yamak, an 18-year-old accounting...
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At least six Israeli soldiers have been wounded when mortars fired by Palestinian fighters from Gaza landed in a military base in southern Israel. Israel's rescue service said one of the soldiers was critically injured, and the others were slightly or...
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Only four soldiers were convicted in cases dealing with the death of Palestinian civilians throughout the second Intifada, a report released Wednesday by the Yesh Din human rights group reveals. Called "Exceptions", the report is the first time that...
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A Libyan ship set sail towards Gaza Strip on Wednesday, carrying aid to the residents of the besieged enclave, a Palestinian activist said. Jamal al-Khodary, chief of Popular Committee against Gaza Siege, said the ship started its voyage from the...
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert moved a significant step closer to going on trial Wednesday when the attorney general said he is considering indicting Olmert in a corruption case involving double billing Jewish groups for trips abroad. The formal declaration...
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Arab foreign ministers met in Cairo Wednesday to work out how to deal with Hamas after the militant group rejected reconciliation talks aimed at ending the division between the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The meeting comes three days after Palestinian President...
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The footage released by B'Tselem on Monday shows the helmeted policeman head-butting the woman during the demolition of her operation in Silwan, east Jerusalem (al-Quds) on November 5. Seconds later, the policeman could be seen head-butting another resident...
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An Israeli police spokesman said a rocket fired by militants towards Israel on Monday landed inside the Gaza Strip, failing to cross the border. Limited humanitarian aid was allowed into the coastal enclave for the second time in three weeks on Monday...
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