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Israel court orders expulsion of Human Rights Watch 'boycott activist' director
An Israeli court ordered the deportation of Human Rights Watch's local director on Tuesday and ordered him to leave the country within two weeks. The Jerusalem District Court rejected an appeal by Omar Shakir to remain in the country, citing his ongoing support of boycotts ...
Israelis are being given choice between war and more war, between occupation and more occupation, even if the candidates avoid using those terms.
Dozens of neglected animals were evacuated from a ramshackle Gaza zoo on Sunday in the fourth and largest such rescue mission in the blockaded Palestinian enclave. Vets and volunteers from Four Paws International transported some 40 animals into Israel from the neglected zoo in the ...
Netanyahu plays pre-election Trump card, vowing to annex settlements
Palestinians voiced alarm while Israelis weighed the gravity on Sunday of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's sudden election promise to annex Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank. Some Israeli commentators saw the right-wing leader's pledge on Saturday, as Tuesday's national ballot approaches, as mainly a ...
President Donald Trump warned on Saturday that a Democratic victory in 2020 could "leave Israel out there" as he highlighted his pro-Israel actions in an effort to make the case for Jewish voters to back his re-election. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Republican ...
Israel and Hamas take tenuous first steps toward Gaza cease-fire deal
A cease-fire deal appeared to take hold between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers on Sunday, with Israel expanding the permitted fishing zone and easing some tight restrictions on movement through its two main crossings with the Palestinian enclave. Egyptian mediators have worked in recent days ...
Four killed as thousands protest at Gaza-Israel border, but truce holds
Five rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel, prompting Israeli tanks to respond by firing on Hamas military posts early Sunday, hours after a massive Palestinian protest along the border between Israel and Gaza. The rocket attack and Israeli response did not cause ...
Israel bombs targets in Gaza as rocket fire resumes, breaking short-lived truce with Hamas
The Israeli army on Tuesday bombed several targets in the Gaza Strip and bolstered its forces along the volatile frontier as a truce with the territory's Hamas rulers showed signs of unraveling. Palestinian militants responded with a new barrage of late-night rocket fire, setting the ...
Trump tweets U.S. recognizes Israel sovereignty of Golan Heights
President Donald Trump abruptly declared Thursday the U.S. will recognize Israel's sovereignty over the disputed Golan Heights, a major shift in American policy that gives Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a political boost a month before what is expected to be a close election. The ...
Rockets fired from Gaza at Tel Aviv for first time since 2014, Israeli military says
Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at the Tel Aviv area on Thursday, setting off sirens, the Israeli military said, and several explosions were heard. TV footage showed what looked like Israeli interceptor missiles streaking into the sky above Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial ...
Erdogan meets with Trump adviser Jared Kushner to discuss Mideast peace
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday met with U.S. President Donald Trump's adviser and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, during the American official's regional tour to discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Erdogan regards himself as a champion of the Palestinians and Turkey has often been vocal in ...
At Jesus's birthplace in little town of Bethlehem, an app is born to ease crowds
Bethlehem is buzzing, with more tourists expected this Christmas than have visited the biblical city in years, causing the kind of problem that modern technology was almost born to deal with. Such are the crowds at the church built on the site where Jesus is ...
