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Israel orders 14-day self-quarantine for anyone entering country
Middle East
March 10, 2020
Israel orders 14-day self-quarantine for anyone entering country
JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel will require anyone arriving from overseas to self-quarantine for 14 days as a precaution against the…
Heavy police raids leave east Jerusalem neighborhood on edge
Middle East
March 9, 2020
Heavy police raids leave east Jerusalem neighborhood on edge
JERUSALEM (AP) — Murad Mahmoud’s 14-year-old son has been detained by Israeli police in his east Jerusalem neighborhood three times…
Virus hits 100,000 cases as it upends lives, livelihoods
World
March 6, 2020
Virus hits 100,000 cases as it upends lives, livelihoods
BANGKOK (AP) — Crossing more borders, the new coronavirus hit a milestone Friday, infecting more than 100,000 people worldwide as…
Palestinians protest as Israeli bulldozers clear land
Middle East
March 5, 2020
Palestinians protest as Israeli bulldozers clear land
QUSRA, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians have launched protests in the occupied West Bank after Israeli bulldozers began clearing land…
Weary and divided, Israel goes back to the polls
Middle East
March 1, 2020
Weary and divided, Israel goes back to the polls
JERUSALEM (AP) — For the third time in under a year, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seeks re-election, and once again…
Israel’s Netanyahu seeks settlers’ votes with annexation pledge
Middle East
February 26, 2020
Israel’s Netanyahu seeks settlers’ votes with annexation pledge
HAR HEMED, West Bank (Reuters) — An election in Israel next week could bring many settlers in the occupied West…
Netanyahu banks on Trump plan to drive up pro-settler votes
Middle East
February 24, 2020
Netanyahu banks on Trump plan to drive up pro-settler votes
ATERET, West Bank (AP) — With Israel’s prime minister eager to court the votes of the country’s influential West Bank…
Israel leader vows thousands of new homes in east Jerusalem
Middle East
February 20, 2020
Israel leader vows thousands of new homes in east Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Thursday he was pushing ahead with the construction of 5,000 new…
China’s closed: Palestinian traders fear losing a good deal
Middle East
February 18, 2020
China’s closed: Palestinian traders fear losing a good deal
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) — The West Bank city of Hebron is separated from the epicenter of China’s virus outbreak…
UN list targets firms linked to Israeli settlements
Middle East
February 13, 2020
UN list targets firms linked to Israeli settlements
JERUSALEM (AP) — The U.N. human rights office on Wednesday released a list of more than 100 companies it said…