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Aid groups: Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes at five-year high
World
February 7, 2014
Aid groups: Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes at five-year high
Aid agencies working in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem expressed alarm on Friday at a spike in Israeli…
Israel announces plans for building 1,400 settlement homes
World
January 10, 2014
Israel announces plans for building 1,400 settlement homes
Israel on Friday announced plans to build 1,400 new homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, days after…
Israeli troops shoot dead wanted Palestinian in West Bank arrest raid
Egypt
December 19, 2013
Israeli troops shoot dead wanted Palestinian in West Bank arrest raid
Israeli troops shot and killed a member of the Palestinian security forces they wanted to arrest in the central West…
Israel soldier dies after Palestinian stabbing: police
World
November 13, 2013
Israel soldier dies after Palestinian stabbing: police
An Israeli soldier died on Wednesday after a Palestinian youth stabbed him on board a bus in the north of…
Israeli troops arrest senior Hamas members in West Bank
World
October 31, 2013
Israeli troops arrest senior Hamas members in West Bank
Israel's army arrested three senior members of the Islamist Hamas movement overnight, Palestinian security sources said on Thursday, in the…
Palestinian rams digger into Israel army base, shot dead: military
World
October 17, 2013
Palestinian rams digger into Israel army base, shot dead: military
Israeli troops shot and killed a Palestinian after he rammed a mechanical digger through the gate of an army base…
Israeli soldier killed in Hebron shooting
World
September 23, 2013
Israeli soldier killed in Hebron shooting
An Israeli soldier died after being shot by a suspected Palestinian gunman in the southern West Bank city of Hebron,…
Israel media question Netanyahu motives for talks
Egypt
July 30, 2013
Israel media question Netanyahu motives for talks
As senior Israeli and Palestinian envoys resumed long-stalled peace talks in Washington, Israeli media questioned the motives of Prime Minister…
New Palestinian prime minister offers resignation: official
Egypt
June 20, 2013
New Palestinian prime minister offers resignation: official
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has offered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas just 2 weeks after taking office, an…
Israel presses ahead with settlement expansion plans
World
June 13, 2013
Israel presses ahead with settlement expansion plans
Israel is pressing on with plans for more than 1,000 new homes in 2 West Bank settlements, officials said on…