Palestinian and Jewish residents of Hebron were hurling rocks at each other in a flare-up of tensions in the West Bank town on Saturday. The IDF said that the fighting took place next to a house of disputed ownership where settlers are staying. Medics...
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Israel has re-imposed its blockade of the Gaza Strip following a rocket attack from the region. Crossings were due to open temporarily at 9am GMT on Thursday but Israeli officials said they would remain closed after two rockets were fired...Trucks were...
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A Palestinian woman died of heart attack Wednesday morning when Israeli forces stormed her house near Jerusalem and arrested two of her sons, Palestinian medical sources said. According to the medical sources, the 49-year-old Hekmat Khalil, whose...
Hezbollah Rockets Can Reach Tel Aviv, Ashkelon, Dimona – Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned that Hezbollah has tripled its capabilities from 14,000 rockets before the 2006 war to 42,000 rockets today, some of which can reach Dimona, where the...
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Israel opened border crossings with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip yesterday, allowing in limited amounts of food and fuel for the second time in three weeks after the United Nations warned of a looming humanitarian crisis...Some 15 truckloads of grain and...
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We are making great efforts to put an end to recent events and I hope we will succeed," Noam Arnon, spokesperson for the Jewish settlement in Hebron said on Friday ahead of the reading of the 'Chayei Sarah' weekly portion (lit. 'The Life of Sarah,' Genesis...
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Israeli police have pulled down a protest tent set up by a Palestinian family evicted from their home of 52 years in East Jerusalem. They also arrested three international activists and one Palestinian. Fawzia al-Kurd, 57, had been sleeping in the tent...
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President-elect Barack Obama has called the Palestinian president and told him that peace is a vital interest for Israelis and Palestinians. Negotiator Saeb Erekat says the phone call took place Tuesday. Erekat says Obama told President Mahmoud Abbas...
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The UK has been trying to get Brussels to take a tougher approach to Israel as it believes the Jewish settlements are the core issue in resolving the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday promised to release 250 Palestinian prisoners next month, making a goodwill gesture to the moderate Palestinian leadership in the West Bank even as Israel battles militants in the Gaza Strip. Olmert informed...
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