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Cinema

The life of Layla a Bedouin girl revealed in the movie 'Sandstorm'

‘Sandstorm’ the movie focuses on Layla, a young Bedouin who left her village to study in a nearby town.

30/01/2017

Israel

Israel: rally ahead of vote on legalising West Bank settlements

Israel is set to vote on a bill to retroactively legalise thousands of unauthorised settlements on Palestinian land in the West Bank.

30/01/2017

Israel

Netanyahu in hot water over US embassy and wall

The Israeli prime minister has voiced support for Donald Trump's plan to move the embassy to Jerusalem. He has also sent a tweet in support of President Donald Trump's plan to build a wall along the U

29/01/2017

Israel

Police probe Israeli PM Netanyahu again over alleged corruption

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again been questioned by police as part of an on-going corruption inquiry.

27/01/2017

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Israel views Trump as "supportive of settlement building"

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told senior ministers he is lifting restrictions on settlement building in East Jerusalem.

23/01/2017

Israel

White House looks at moving US embassy to Jerusalem

The White House says it is in the early stages of talks to carry out President Donald Trump’s pledge to move the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

23/01/2017

Israel

Green light for hundreds of housing units in East Jerusalem settlements

The approval for permits from the Jerusalem municipality comes just two days after the inauguration of President Trump

22/01/2017

Israel

Palestinians protest against Trump plan to move US embassy to Jerusalem

Angry Palestinians says there will be 'no peace' if Trump's moves the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

20/01/2017

Israel

Israel: two dead in Bedouin village confrontation

Two people have died in a confrontation between police and Bedouin villagers in Umm al-Hiran, southern Israel.

18/01/2017

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Palestinian President Abbas says U.S. Embassy move would hurt peace

15/01/2017

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Israel buries four soldiers killed in deadly truck attack

Funerals have been held for four Israeli soldiers killed in Jerusalem after a Palestinian driver ploughed his truck into them.

09/01/2017

Israel

Israeli special forces dismantle funeral tent of truck attacker

Israeli special forces have dismantled the funeral tent of Fadi Qunbar, the man accused of being behind Sunday’s deadly truck attack in which four Israeli soldiers were…

09/01/2017

Israel

Jerusalem truck attack 'likely inspired by ISIL'

It was the deadliest attack in Jerusalem in months.

08/01/2017

Israel

Jerusalem truck attack - the latest

four dead, (three women, one man), 13 wounded driver shot dead truck slammed into soldiers near Armon Hanatziv Promenade a deliberate attack, say police attacker identified as a 28-year-old from

08/01/2017

Israel

Israel: truck 'rams soldiers' in Jerusalem, casualties reported

At least four Israeli soldiers have been killed, and thirteen wounded when a truck ploughed into a crowd in Jerusalem.

08/01/2017

Israel

Two arrested for making threats against Israeli judges in manslaughter trial

Over 8,000 online threats have been made following the conviction of Elor Azaria for the manslaughter of Abdul Fatah al-Sharif last March

05/01/2017

Israel

Dismay in Israel at guilty verdict for soldier

Israelis have been expressing their reactions to the manslaughter verdict given to an Israeli soldier for killing an disarmed Palestinian after a knife attack on a colleague.

04/01/2017

Israel

Army court finds Israeli medical sergeant guilty of manslaughter

The Israeli public is split following a guilty verdict in the Elor Azaria manslaughter case.

04/01/2017

Israel

Israeli PM denies corruption charges

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been questioned in a preliminary criminal investigation by the anti-fraud unit of the Israeli police.

03/01/2017

Israel

Police question Israeli PM in corruption probe

Israeli police have questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under caution at his official residence in Jerusalem as part of an inquiry into corruption.

03/01/2017

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Palestinian child caught in IDF stakeout

A group of Israeli Defence Force soldiers apprehended 7-year-old Palestinian boy, Muamen Murad Mahmoud Shteiwi on Friday, December 23, during the weekly protest in the West Bank village of Kafr…

29/12/2016

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Israel's PM slams US Secretary of State's speech

Israel's prime minister has denounced a speech by US Secretary of State John Kerry which said settlement building is holding back peace.

28/12/2016

Israel

Jerusalem council axes new building permits after Netanyahu intervention

Plans for hundreds of new homes for Jews in mainly Arab East Jerusalem have been dropped by the city council on the personal request of the Israeli prime minister.

28/12/2016

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Israel's Netanyahu summons diplomats over UN Resolution

Israel summoned diplomats of 10 of the 14 nations which voted for last week’s UN Resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

26/12/2016

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Israeli PM Netanyahu to re-assess UN ties

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu has reacted angrily to the US abstention on a UN resolution condeming settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

24/12/2016

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Israel's ex-president freed from jail after serving five years for rape

Israel’s former president Moshe Katsav has walked free from prison, winning early release, five years after being jailed for rape.

21/12/2016