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Jewish settlers, Palestinians clash in West Bank
Clashes erupted Saturday in the West Bank where Jewish settlers shot two Palestinian demonstrators in the northern village of Kusra, an Israeli ...
Analysis: Netanyahu gambit appears to backfire
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to bring a dovish rival into his Cabinet appears to be backfiring, drawing heavy criticism both in Israel ...
Palestinians protest in West Bank, holy site
Palestinians rallying in support of four hunger striking prisoners have clashed with Israeli forces in the West Bank and at a holy site in Jerusalem.
Palestinian protesters clash with Israeli troops
Hundreds of Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli security forces Thursday, hurling rocks and burning tires at a West Bank demonstration to show ...
Israeli leader brings dovish rival into coalition
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday added his first coalition partner as he works to build a new government, agreeing to bring in a ...
Palestinians, Israelis clash at solidarity strike
Palestinian protesters clashed with Israeli soldiers at a pair of rallies in the West Bank on Tuesday in support of four imprisoned countrymen on ...
Palestinians rally for prisoners held in Israel
Palestinians blocked roads and held marches across the West Bank on Monday to protest the fate of thousands of their countrymen held in Israeli jails ...
Palestinian rally for hunger striker turns violent
Palestinians clashed with Israeli soldiers on Friday at several demonstrations in the West Bank held to support a prisoner observing an intermittent ...
Israel advances plan to build in Jewish settlement
An Israeli official says the government has given final approval for construction of 90 new homes in a West Bank settlement, a move that could cause ...
Israeli forces break up Palestinian encampment
Israeli troops on Saturday drove some 100 Palestinian activists out of an illegal tent camp they had set up near the city of Hebron in the southern ...
THE RESET: Kerry may push new Mideast peace effort
Nearly all American presidents since the 1970s have tried to broker peace deals in the Middle East. With John Kerry now at the State Department helm, ...
Israel arrests 20 Hamas members in West Bank
Israeli forces arrested 20 members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, including three lawmakers, in a raid early Monday in the West Bank, Hamas ...
Israeli forces dismantle Palestinian encampment
Israeli troops fired tear gas and stun grenades at rock-throwing Palestinian protesters Saturday as soldiers tried to dismantle an encampment that ...
UN panel finds Israeli settlements violate rights
The United Nations' first report on Israel's overall settlement policy describes it as a "creeping annexation" of territory that clearly violates the ...
Palestinian fighter, rebel dies in Damascus
A hard-line Palestinian military commander who rebelled against leader Yasser Arafat to form his own rival party died in Damascus on Tuesday, ...
Group says Israel abused crowd-control methods
An Israeli human rights group on Monday accused the military of "extensively and systematically" violating its own rules of engagement in suppressing ...
Palestinian leader reaches out to Israel centrists
The Palestinian president wants to meet with newly elected Israeli parliament members to lay out his views on peace, hoping a political surge of ...
Rise of Israeli centrist raises hopes for peace
The unexpectedly strong showing by a new centrist party in Israel's parliamentary election has raised hopes of a revival of peace talks with ...
Israeli election casts ex-TV anchor as kingmaker
Israel's election has put a suave former TV news anchor and political novice in the role of kingmaker, and he has signaled he will use his power to ...
Palestinian surprise, skepticism after Israel vote
Palestinian officials said Wednesday they were pleasantly surprised by the unexpected surge of moderate parties in Israel's election, but doubt it's ...
Netanyahu narrowly wins Israeli election
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his hard-line allies fared far worse than expected in a parliamentary election Tuesday, likely forcing him to ...
Israel vote presents diplomatic, domestic choices
—WHO IS RUNNING? Polls indicate about a dozen of 32 parties competing in Tuesday's election have a chance of winning seats in the 120-member ...
As Israelis vote, peace seems distant
Benjamin Netanyahu seems poised for re-election as Israel's prime minister in Tuesday's voting, the result of the failure of his opponents to unite ...
Israel leader says Iran key issue, not settlements
Two days before national elections, Israel's prime minister on Sunday shrugged off international criticism of Israeli settlement construction, ...
Israeli PM faces tough choice if re-elected
After a lackluster three-month campaign, few doubt that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to re-election. But the makeup of Netanyahu's ...