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Israel appoints interior minister who served time for corruption
Middle East
January 10, 2016
Israel appoints interior minister who served time for corruption
Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved the controversial appointment of the country's new interior minister, an ultra-Orthodox party head who had…
Two Palestinians shot dead in knife attack on Israeli soldiers
Middle East
January 9, 2016
Two Palestinians shot dead in knife attack on Israeli soldiers
Two Palestinians attacked Israeli soldiers manning a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank before being shot dead on Saturday, an…
Defiance among rogue settlers as Israel accuses Jewish youth of murder
Middle East
January 7, 2016
Defiance among rogue settlers as Israel accuses Jewish youth of murder
The caves around this windy settler outpost, whose name is Hebrew for "Of Sound Mind", have served as places of…
Palestinian who stabbed Israeli soldier shot dead in West Bank: army
Middle East
January 5, 2016
Palestinian who stabbed Israeli soldier shot dead in West Bank: army
Israeli security forces on Tuesday shot and killed a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, the…
Lebanon’s Hezbollah TV reports attack on Israeli forces
Middle East
January 4, 2016
Lebanon’s Hezbollah TV reports attack on Israeli forces
A Lebanese pro-Hezbollah television station is reporting that Israeli troops were struck by a bomb along the border with south…
UN monitor on Palestinian territories quits over lack of access
Middle East
January 4, 2016
UN monitor on Palestinian territories quits over lack of access
The United Nations expert on the human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories resigned Monday, complaining that Israel had…
Israel destroys east Jerusalem assailant homes
Middle East
January 4, 2016
Israel destroys east Jerusalem assailant homes
Israeli forces on Monday destroyed the east Jerusalem homes of two Palestinians who killed four Israelis in one of the…
Turkey needs Israel: Erdogan
Middle East
January 3, 2016
Turkey needs Israel: Erdogan
Turkey must accept that it needs Israel, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Saturday, as the two countries seek to thrash…
Israeli Arab named as suspect in Tel Aviv bar shooting
Middle East
January 3, 2016
Israeli Arab named as suspect in Tel Aviv bar shooting
Police in Israel were hunting on Saturday for an Israeli Arab identified as the suspect in Friday's deadly shooting attack…
Four Israelis to be charged with anti-Arab ‘terror’: justice
Middle East
January 3, 2016
Four Israelis to be charged with anti-Arab ‘terror’: justice
Israeli prosecutors will file charges Sunday against four Jews for their involvement in "severe terror against Arabs and their property",…