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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.
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...
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.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Zinedine Zidane, a retired international soccer player, says he will visit the Gaza Strip in March to promote peace in the Middle East.
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.
JERUSALEM, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Zinedine Zidane, a retired international soccer player, says he will visit the Gaza Strip in March to promote regional peace in the Middle East.
A proposal before the European Union to endorse the division of Jerusalem would risk closing off half the city to non-Muslims, according to a think tank close to the Israeli government.
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.
Jewish settlers pressed on Thursday with their refusal to abide by a government-ordered freeze on building in West Bank settlements, and blocked inspectors from entering one such community to enforce the edict.
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.
RAMALLAH: Israeli forces operating in West Bank cities arrested 15 Palestinians early Thursday, Israeli and Palestinian security sources said.
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 ...
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.
SCOTLAND has become a centre for anti-Israeli sentiment in the UK, the Israeli ambassador to Britain said last night.
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.
