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Israeli soliders kill 12-year-old boy at Gaza protest

Israeli soliders kill 12-year-old boy at Gaza protest

World

Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Iran of having secret nuclear facility in address to UN General Assembly

The UN General Assembly got a little show and tell from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday. He made his address to the UN — and he used his time to point the finger directly at Iran.

West Bank

Israel orders Bedouin villagers to clear homes

Israel has ordered residents of a Bedouin village in the West Bank to clear their houses by October 1 or face demolition.

World

Leaders of Russia and Israel try to defuse tension after the downing of Russian military plane

The leaders of Russia and Israel have made efforts to defuse tension following the downing of a Russian military plane.

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Living

Underwater crystal art

Israeli artist Sigalit Landau has created a collection of "frozen" sculptures using the high salinity of the Dead Sea.

Syria

Moscow blames Israel after Syria downs Russian plane

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told his Israeli counterpart Avigdor Lieberman the blame "fully rests with Israel", adding that Russia "reserves the right to take further steps in response."

World News

Palestinian stabs Israeli to death

A Palestinian man who stabbed an Israeli man to death in the West Bank was subsequently shot and wounded by a civilian

Gaza

Oslo Accords: 25 year anniversary

The Oslo Accords were signed to bring about peace in the Middle East. Some Palestinian people believe that it's unfair, and diminishes Palestinian rights, settlements have expanded and the borders have no Palestinian authority

United Kingdom

Pictures claiming 'Israel is a racist endeavour' spring up in London

London's Met Police said it was investigating posters that sprung up across the city

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Ballerina tutu emerges as dazzling art from Dead Sea

A ballerina's tutu, submerged in the Dead Sea and "frozen" by accumulated layers of salt into a 200 kg (440 lb) crystal-like sculpture, will soon go on international display, part of a unique artistic project at the lowest point on the planet.

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Monica Lewinsky walks out of Jerusalem interview after Clinton question

Monica Lewinsky stormed offstage at a speaking event in Jerusalem after being asked a question about former US President Bill Clinton.

West Bank

Norwegian woman 'shot twice by Israeli soldiers during protests'

The Israeli Defense Forces said the activist "stood among the rioters whilst they carried out violence against the security forces", adding that they would investigate the incident.

Israel

Israel gun law change ‘will help thwart lone-wolf terror attacks’

Israel has changed its gun laws — opening the door to hundreds of thousands of citizens to apply for licences.

West Bank

Israel delays West Bank post for eight years

Ten tonnes of mail have arrived in the West Bank after Israel delayed it for eight years over security checks

Gaza

Israeli airstrikes flatten cultural centre in Gaza strip as Hamas seeks truce | The Cube

The Cube team works to verify videos showing moment of airstrike on cultural centre in the Gaza strip

Gaza

Militants fire 36 rockets into Israel

Israel responded with airstrikes on Wednesday claiming they were in response to 36 rockets fired by militants in Gaza

Israel

Critics say new nationality law will make Israel an apartheid state

Thousands of Israel's minority Druze community held a rally in Tel Aviv to protest against a new nationality law that they say will sideline non-Jewish Israelis

Gaza

Fire balloons prompt Israel to stop Gaza fuel supplies

Israel has halted fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip because of incendiary balloons and kites being launched from the enclave

Israel

Israel says Syrian civil war is effectively over

Shortly after carrying out air strikes on the Syrian-held Golan Heights Israel's defence minister said the civil war in Syria is effectively over

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Watch: stone falls from Western Wall in Jerusalem onto prayer area

No one was hurt in dramatic incident.

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