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Israel: Haifa mayor orders closure of refineries amid cancer scare

Plants run by Israel’s biggest refining and petrochemicals group have been ordered closed by the mayor of Haifa after a report said increased cancer

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Chomsky says US is world's biggest terrorist

Noam Chomsky is one of the superstars of the intellectual world; a prolific author and self-proclaimed anarchist, who, at the age of 86 still doesn’t

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Israel marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

Israel came to a two minute standstill on Thursday to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day. To the sound of a siren people stood in solemn silence in

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Holy Fire ceremony

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Gaza

Palestinian shot dead after stabbing two Israeli soldiers in West Bank

A Palestinian man has stabbed and wounded two Israeli soldiers outside a settlement in the West Bank, before being shot dead, according to the

Iran

Netanyahu says Iran must recognise Israel in nuclear deal

Israel has demanded that any final nuclear deal with Iran must include a commitment from Tehran recognising Israel’s right to exist. It follows the

Iran

Iran nuclear deal outline - is the marathon finally over?

Cinema

"The Trial of Viviane Amsalem": an Israeli woman's battle to get a divorce

Israeli filmmakers, siblings Ronit and Shlomi Elkabetz, describe the difficulties faced by women in Israeli society with simplicity and intelligence.

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Israel: Netanyahu warns nuclear deal would leave Iran able to make a bomb in under a year

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the framework Iranian nuclear deal being sought by international negotiators will leave Iran with the

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Angry scenes as Israeli Arabs and Palestinians mark 'Land Day'

There have been angry scenes as Israel’s Arab minority and Palestinians staged annual ‘Land Day’ demonstrations. The March 30 event commemorates the

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Israel's former prime minister Ehud Olmert faces jail again over fresh fraud claims

The former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert has been found guilty of fraud and breach of trust by a court in Jerusalem. He is said to have accepted

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Ex-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert guilty over illegal payments from US businessman

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Artist shocks Tel Aviv with 'floating in mid-air' stunt

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Netanyahu apologises to Israeli-Arabs over 'offensive' election rhetoric

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apologised to Israeli Arabs for election rhetoric that offended members of the community and drew

USA

US to 'reassess' relations with Israel after Netanyahu comments

US President Barack Obama has told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Washington would “reassess” US-Israeli diplomatic relations after

World

Israel election result 'continues deadlock in Middle East'

Likud, in spite of predictions, came out of Israel’s elections ecstatic. What a party! Campaign headquarters went wild as its gains mounted. This

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Palestinian statehood buried in the Israeli ballot box

After Benjamin Netanyahu’s surprise election victory the prospect of a peace deal with the Palestinians, elusive at best, looks to buried in the

Israel

Israel election winner Netanyahu seeks Knesset majority

Confounding his critics and the opinion polls, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is celebrating a surprise victory in Israel’s general election. His

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Israel elections: reactions from Washington DC

The Israeli election result has been greeted with neither surprise nor irritation in Washington. The White House had said that President Obama

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Arab-Israeli 'Joint List' emerges as third power in Knesset

While the Likud party may have made a stronger than expected showing in the tightly fought Israeli election, a bigger surprise has been the

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