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Israeli police evicted settlers from homes in a West Bank outpost on Tuesday ahead of a court deadline to leave structures built on Palestinian territory, an AFP correspondent reported. Boys in tears were followed by a young woman holding a baby, as they were escorted ...
Hamas militants in Gaza fire barrage at Israel, drawing wave of retaliatory airstrikes
Palestinian militants bombarded southern Israel with dozens of rockets and mortar shells Tuesday, while Israeli warplanes struck targets throughout the Gaza Strip in the largest flare-up of violence between the sides since a 2014 war. The Israeli military said most of the projectiles were intercepted, ...
Israeli forces kill 55 protesters on Gaza border as U.S. Embassy opens in Jerusalem
Israeli troops shot dead dozens of Palestinian protesters on the Gaza border on Monday when the high-profile opening of the U.S. embassy to Israel in Jerusalem raised tension to boiling point after weeks of demonstrations. In the bloodiest single day for Palestinians since 2014, Palestinian ...
Restraint urged after Israel retaliates against alleged Iranian fire from positions in Syria
Israel carried out widespread deadly raids against what it said were Iranian targets in Syria on Thursday after rocket fire toward its forces it blamed on Iran, drawing global calls to avoid any further escalation. The exchange of fire came after weeks of rising tensions ...
Trump all but decided to exit Iran nuclear deal in 'not a full pullout' manner: sources
U.S. President Donald Trump has all but decided to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear accord by May 12 but exactly how he will do so remains unclear, two White House officials and a source familiar with the administration's internal debate said on Wednesday. There ...
Palestinian president widely slammed for alleged anti-Semitic remarks on Jewish banking role
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas drew widespread condemnation Wednesday, including from the European Union and the United States, over alleged anti-Semitic comments suggesting the "social function" of Jews in banking had led to past massacres. The 82-year-old Abbas made the comments during a free-wheeling speech that ...
Japan, Israel PMs hold talks on Mideast peace, cybersecurity,
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, met Wednesday to discuss ways to promote bilateral cooperation in the fields of economy and cybersecurity. During their meeting in Jerusalem, Abe was set to talk about Middle East peace and relay Japan's commitment to ...
Netanyahu's claims regarding Iran nukes fails to convince deal proponents
Israel began sharing an intelligence trove on Iran's alleged nuclear ambitions Tuesday, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced accusations his televised unveiling lacked evidence a 2015 accord had been violated. The IAEA, the United Nations' atomic watchdog, said it would evaluate any new relevant information, ...
Israel's prime minister Monday unveiled what he said was a "half ton" of Iranian nuclear documents collected by Israeli intelligence, claiming it proved that Iranian leaders covered up a nuclear weapons program before signing a deal with world powers in 2015. In a speech delivered ...
'Start-up nation' Israel marks 70 years amid political and security challenges
Israel celebrated 70 years since the country's foundation on Wednesday, lauding its improbable economic success and military prowess, but facing a range of political and security challenges. The anniversary of the proclamation of the state of Israel by founding father David Ben-Gurion began at sundown ...
Bowing to right-wing pressure, Netanyahu scraps African migrant relocation deal with UNHCR
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday he was cancelling an agreement with the U.N. refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants, bowing to right-wing pressure to scrap the deal. The agency, the UNHCR, said it hoped Israel would reconsider the decision soon ...
