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Netanyahu statue toppled

A golden statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been given a mixed reception by onlookers as it made a brief appearance in Tel Aviv.

07/12/2016

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Israel 'strikes ISIL target' on Syrian side of Golan Heights

The Israeli military says it has struck an ISIL target on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights.

28/11/2016

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As wildfires rage Israeli police arrest 13 suspected arsonists

Israeli police arrest 13 suspected arsonists while Netanyahu claims fires are "terrorism"

25/11/2016

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Israel's wildfires spread as homes and woods in Haifa are burnt down

Wildfires tore across central and northern Israel on November 25 forcing thousands of residents to flee the city of Haifa, as leaders blamed arsonists for some of the blazes and branded them…

25/11/2016

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Arrests made as Israel fires rage for third consecutive day

Israeli police make arrests in connection with raging forest fires in Haifa and the West Bank.

24/11/2016

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Israel police to probe Netanyahu lawyer's role in German submarine deal

The attorney-general has ordered an inquiry into a contract for three submarines over a possible conflict of interest.

23/11/2016

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Living with occupation, a look at everyday life for East Jerusalem's Palestinians

Five years after the Palestinian Territories applied to be considered the UN's 194th member state, conditions in East Jerusalem are getting worse.

20/11/2016

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Israel backs draft bill to legalise settlements

Israel’s parliament has approved a draft bill to legalise thousands of Jewish settlements on privately-owned Palestinian land in the West Bank.

16/11/2016

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Israel muffles the muezzin

An Israeli ministerial committee has voted to support a bill enforcing lowering the volume of loudspeakers calling worshippers to prayer in mosques.

14/11/2016

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Tel Aviv hosts alternative fuel summit

Air quality in cities is getting worse according to a recent UN report which says pollution leads to the deaths of more children every year than malaria and HIV/AIDS…

08/11/2016

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Israel jails a 14-year-old Palestinian for 12 years for double stabbing attack

Israel has jailed a 14-year-old Palestinian for 12 years for the 2015 stabbing of two people in a settlement north of Jerusalem.

07/11/2016

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Holocaust survivors strut their stuff at beauty pageant

To the strains of the Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”, 14 elderly women strutted their stuff down the catwalk cautiously, hindered only slightly by the odd dodgy hip.

01/11/2016

Israel

Original rock of tomb of Jesus revealed

In the innermost chamber of the site said to be the tomb of Jesus, a restoration team has peeled away a marble layer for the first time in centuries in an effort to reach what it believes is the origi

30/10/2016

Israel

The Palestinian Territories' 'delicious' one and only brewery faces constant adversity

Milk and honey are not the only things that flow from the olive tree-peppered hills of Ramallah. There is also beer.

30/10/2016

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UNESCO passes controversial Jerusalem resolution

The UN’s cultural body UNESCO has adopted a contentious resolution heavily criticising Israel’s activities at holy sites in East Jerusalem.

18/10/2016

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UNESCO moves to calm tensions with Israel

The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO has moved to try to calm tensions with Israel after the country’s cut cooperation with it on Friday.

14/10/2016

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Israel suspends cooperation with UNESCO

Israel has suspended cooperation with UNESCO.

14/10/2016

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Israel angered by UNESCO decision on holy site

UNESCO has renewed a resolution criticising Israel for restricting Muslim access to a holy site in east Jerusalem, a move which has angered Israel.

14/10/2016

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Jerusalem: Yom Kippur observed under heightened security

Yom Kippur is being observed under heightened security in Jerusalem.

11/10/2016

Israel

Palestinian gunman kills two in Jerusalem

A Palestinian gunman who fired from a car has killed a pedestrian and a police officer in Jerusalem, Israeli police said.

09/10/2016

Sci-Tech

Piece of coal deciphered as ancient biblical text

A team of scientists at the University of Kentucky working with biblical scholars in Jerusalem have succeeded in revealing the contents of what looks like a lump of…

05/10/2016

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Israel and the world say goodbye to Shimon Peres

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres is laid to rest in Jerusalem as a host of world leaders gather in his memory.

30/09/2016

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Shimon Peres is laid to rest in Jerusalem

Mourners in Israel have been paying their final respects to former president and Nobel Peace Prize winner Shimon Peres.

29/09/2016

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Israel's leaders' tribute to Shimon Peres

Israel’s leaders paid their respects at the coffin of one of the country’s founding fathers, Shimon Peres, on Thursday (September 29) outside the Knesset in…

29/09/2016

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Israelis adjust to the loss of Shimon Peres

Israelis are adjusting to the loss of one of their elder statesmen as preparations began for the funeral of former president Shimon Peres.

29/09/2016

Israel

Shimon Peres and the Oslo Accord

Twenty three years ago, on 13 September in Washington DC there was widespread euphoria.

28/09/2016