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Car rams into bus stop in occupied West Bank

One Israeli man in his twenties is killed, and a 19-year old is injured in the attack.

06/04/2017

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Israel: Teenage attacker killed

Israeli paramilitary police shot a 17 year-old Palestinian dead on Saturday after he stabbed three Israelis in Jerusalem’s Old City.

01/04/2017

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Palestinians demand sanctions against Israel over new settlement

Palestinians demanded international sanctions against Israel on Friday over its approval of the first officially authorised new settlement in the occupied West Bank for over two…

31/03/2017

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Outrage as Israel approves first new West Bank settlement in 20 years

The Israeli government backed the construction despite talks with Washington on possibly curbing settlement activity.

31/03/2017

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Israel / Palestine: new settlements in occupied West Bank

Israel's security cabinet on Thursday approved the building of the first new settlement in the occupied West Bank in two decades, even as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu negotiates with Washington o

31/03/2017

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19-year-old Israeli-US citizen arrested over hoax bomb threats

A 19-year-old man has appeared in court in Israel accused of making dozens of hoax bomb threats against Jewish community centres in the US, Australia and New…

23/03/2017

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Israeli police arrest 19 year old suspect linked to bomb threats targeting Jewish community centers in the US and abroad

23/03/2017

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"Jesus's tomb" reopens in Jerusalem after months of restoration

An official ceremony has been held in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City

22/03/2017

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Room at the Inn: Banksy's Walled Off Hotel welcomes its first guests

When is a hotel opening simultaneously a political statement and a work of art?

20/03/2017

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UN buries report accusing Israel of 'apartheid'

UN withdraws report accusing Israel of 'apartheid'

18/03/2017

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Trump float stars at Israel Purim celebration

Israelis across the country took to the streets on Sunday, dressed up in costumes to celebrate Purim, a holiday that commemorates the Jews’ salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in t

13/03/2017

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Purim festival celebrated in Israel and the West Bank

Carnival-like parades have taken place in Israel and the West Bank for the Jewish holiday of Purim.

12/03/2017

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Israeli and Palestinian women march together for peace

In part of the world where barriers are all too real, Israeli and Palestinian women are breaking them down.

10/03/2017

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Israel: outrage over move to "silence mosques' call to prayer"

There was uproar in the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, on Wednesday – where initial approval was given to a bill which, if it becomes law, would have the effect of silencing the Muslim call to…

08/03/2017

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International Women's Day: combat training with the Israeli armed forces

The Israeli armed forces are among the most advanced in the world in terms of opportunities for female combatants.

08/03/2017

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Banksy's 'Walled Off Hotel' causes a stir in the West Bank

The Walled Off Hotel used to be a pottery workshop.

03/03/2017

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Israeli PM is slammed over conduct in 2014 Gaza war

"Israel needs to fix flaws" revealed in a scathing report on the conduct of the PM and that of former defence officials during the 2014 Gaza war

01/03/2017

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Palestinian protesters throw shoes "at Trump's face"

Protesters unfurled a banner with the image of US President Donald Trump and threw shoes at it, condemning his perceived closeness with Israel.

25/02/2017

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Israeli soldier sentence triggers Palestinian anger

Palestinians have reacted with outrage to the 18-month prison sentence handed down to an Israeli soldier who killed a wounded and incapacitated Palestinian assailant.

21/02/2017

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Israeli soldier jailed for killing prone Palestinian attacker

A young Israeli soldier who shot dead an incapacitated Palestinian assailant has been jailed for 18 months.

21/02/2017

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Netanyahu looks to reboot relations with the US

Israel's prime minister meets Donald Trump for the first time since he became US President, and hopes for a friendlier relationship than with his predecessor.

13/02/2017

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Palestinian wounds four in attack at Israeli market, police

At least four people have been injured after a Palestinian man opened fire at an Israeli market, authorities said.

09/02/2017

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Tensions flare on Israel-Gaza border

A group affiliated with the so-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for firing rockets towards Israel from Egypt.

09/02/2017

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Rights groups challenge controversial new Israeli settler law

Rights groups in Israel have petitioned the country’s Supreme Court against a new law which legalises settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West…

08/02/2017

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Abbas says Israel is building a single, apartheid state

Abbas pours scorn on Israeli settlement vote

07/02/2017

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Israeli Knesset votes in favour of legalising 4,000 settler homes

The Israeli parliament has approved a controversial bill to “legalise” some 4,000 settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West…

06/02/2017