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The population of the Gaza Strip is facing an acute cooking gas shortage this winter, after a unilateral Israeli decision in October to permanently close the sole oil and gas terminal between the coastal Palestinian territory and the Jewish state.
TRANSCENDING the bitterness of the confrontation between their nations and faiths, Israeli and Palestinian scholars have come together for an unprecedented joint history of th
An international aid convoy is scheduled to take humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip from London, marking the first year anniversary of Israel's three week war against Gazans.
In promos for an upcoming Israeli television special on Gilad Shalit’s family, the captive soldier’s parents are seen viewing the Hamas-made video of their son for the first time.
Israel has closed the Nahal Oz crossing into Gaza for security reasons. Host to the sole oil and gas terminal serving Gaza, it's also the site of several recent militant attacks.
EL BIREH, West Bank (CNS) -- Muppet Haneen and her friend, Kareem the rooster, are learning how to dress themselves and have fun with their letters. They are discovering how to overcome their fears and accept differences in others.
On Thursday, federal regulators approved a request to add Al Jazeera English to the list of satellite services eligible to be distributed in Canada.
Richard Goldstone, the South African jurist and author of a controversial UN report which accused Israel and Hamas of committing war crimes during the Israel Defense Forces' military offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter, will receive the Stockholm Human Rights Award, it was announced on Thursday.
Israel Defense Forces officers in the West Bank have expressed concerned that settlers may escalate their acts of opposition to the freeze on settlement construction by targeting the Palestinian population.
RAMALLAH: Israeli forces operating in West Bank cities arrested 15 Palestinians early Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian security sources said.
UMM AL-FAHM, Israel (JTA) -- It's time for noon prayers in this Israeli Arab city, and a jumble of sneakers piles up outside the doors of a mosque on the top floor of a private high school for the sciences.
KIRYAT ARBA, WEST BANK -- Mayor Malachi Levinger does not consider himself a lawbreaker, but when Israeli building inspectors arrived in his West Bank town Tuesday to check for compliance with a newly imposed moratorium on construction in Jewish settlements, he and several dozen local residents b...
Tens of handicapped Palestinians have demonstrated Thursday in front of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights' office in Gaza City to mark the international day of the disabled. The demonstrators called for jobs, protection and integration in the working Palestinian society which is crippling due to Israeli blockade and a military offensive that took place last winter. "The Palestinian ...
SCOTLAND has become a centre for anti-Israeli sentiment in the UK, the Israeli ambassador to Britain said last night.
Faith Attaguile and Larry Hampshire are traveling to Gaza this month, bringing aid with a Viva Palestina convoy. For their Christmas vacation one Del Mar couple will be working to make a difference in a country far from home. Faith Attaguile, 63, and Larry Hampshire, 78, will join a Viva Palestina convoy of 250 vehicles to deliver medical, humanitarian and educational supplies to the residents ...
Many Israelis have rallied around a Gilad Shalit release deal, but critics say an exchange of the captured soldier for Palestinian prisoners could cause new wave of violence.
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