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Senior Hamas officials said Monday that the Islamic militant group is still wrangling with Israel over the names of 50 prisoners it wants released in exchange for a captive Israeli soldier, signaling significant gaps in the way of an anticipated deal.
Nov. 30 (Bloomberg) -- The Islamic Hamas movement banned girls last month from riding behind men on motor scooters and forbade women from dancing at the opening of a folk museum. Girls in some schools must wear Islamic headscarves and cloaks.
A German mediator is to give Israel's response to Hamas on a prisoner swap as the two sides edge closer to a deal, a Palestinian official said on Monday.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said there isn't a "damn thing" Israel can do to stop its nuclear program, Reuters reported.
Typically, explanations for the lack of progress in the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians revolve around disagreements over the "core issues," insufficient diplomatic activism and pressure on Israel from the United States, and Israeli intransigence.
TEL AVIV (JTA) -- 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 - The Israeli government Wednesday authorized the construction of another 84 new homes in West Bank settlements, despite the building moratorium it announced last week, Israel Radio reported. Last week, Israel okay-ed the construction of 28...
Iran's leaders continue to reject compromises over their nuclear program and are rebuffing the IAEA. The West is likely to respond with tighter sanctions, but that is unlikely to satisfy Israel, which has attack plans already drawn up.
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...
Senior Hamas officials said Monday that the Islamic militant group is still wrangling with Israel over the names of 50 prisoners it wants released in exchange for a captive Israeli soldier, signaling significant gaps in the way of a deal.
The Islamist Hamas-run government ruling Gaza has approved a legal change that will allow for the execution of convicted drug dealers, its attorney general said on Monday.
WASHINGTON -- His demeanor was not that of a young and inexperienced president, but that of an elder statesman. There was none of the boyish, fun-loving, "isn't-this-all-amazing?" charm that has exemplified so much of his public life. He smiled not once.
Israel could release 980 Palestinian prisoners in a possible deal to win the freedom of an Israeli soldier held captive by Hamas for three years, prosecutors disclosed Sunday.
A senior Hamas official says the Islamic militant group is still sparring with Israel over the names of 50 prisoners it wants released in exchange for a captive Israeli soldier.
BEIRUT | Lebanon's new government Wednesday endorsed Hezbollah's right to keep its weapons, the latest sign that the group has no intention of meeting a U.N. resolution calling for it to disarm. Lebanon's government is a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the militant group Hezbollah, which has virtual veto power over the government. The group is thought to have thousands of rockets ...
A bombing in Jerusalem. A troubled foreign country tried in absentia in U.S. courts. Priceless archeological artifacts threatened. It sounds like it could be the...
How man-made phenomena along the borderline have made Israeli rodents more cautious than their Jordanian neighbors.
WASHINGTON -- National Security Adviser James Jones told Fox News on Wednesday that "the window is closing" for Iran to reverse course on its nuclear program and the White House will push for tough new sanctions if no progress is achieved by year's end.
TEHRAN, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Iran will fuel its defiance of world powers by producing high-grade uranium for its nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.
While President Obama’s speech seemed to reassure many Americans about the direction of the war, Afghans were alarmed at the prospect of a timetable.
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.
