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  AP PHOTOS: Obama stance setback for Palestinians

  In eight years on the job, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has seen his share of ups and downs. Thursday's appearance with visiting U.S. 

• Cyprus court convicts Hezbollah member

  A Cyprus criminal court found a Hezbollah member on Thursday guilty of helping to plan attacks on Israelis on the east Mediterranean Island in a ... 

• Obama to Israel: Reverse 'undertow of isolation

  President Barack Obama is calling on Israel to reverse what he says is an "undertow of isolation." In a speech Thursday in Jerusalem to scores of ... 

• Iran vows to level Tel Aviv if Israel attacks

  Iran says if it's attacked by Israel, it will annihilate Tel Aviv and Haifa. Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has final say on all ... 

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  Gaza militants fire at Israel during Obama visit

  Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets on Thursday at southern Israel, on the second day of President Barack Obama's visit to the region, ... 

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  AP INTERVIEW: Jordan's king warns of Syrian unrest

  Jordan is struggling under the burden of a half-million refugees from the Syrian civil war — a conflict that King Abdullah II fears could create a ... 

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  Syria regime, rebels want probe of chemical attack

  Syria's government and rebels on Wednesday both demanded an international investigation into an alleged chemical weapons attack, as the country's ... 

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  Obama: US will do 'what is necessary' to stop Iran

  President Barack Obama is warning Iran that the U.S. will "do what is necessary" to prevent the Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Obama spoke ... 

• Israeli president: We trust US policy on Iran

  Israeli President Shimon Peres (shee-MOHN' PEHR'-ehs) says his nation trusts the U.S. policy to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. 

• Hate graffiti sprayed on Jewish homes in Tel Aviv

  Israeli police say vandals have spray painted hate graffiti on several Jewish houses in Jaffa, a mixed Israeli and Arab neighborhood of Tel Aviv. 

• Israeli premier invited to Russia

  An Israeli official says the country's prime minister has been formally invited to Russia. He says Benjamin Netanyahu received a letter Wednesday from ... 

• Hungarian journalist asked to return state award

  Hungary's Minister of Human Resources has asked a journalist to return a state award he received Friday after Israel and the United States complained ... 

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  Israeli government sends mixed signals on peace

  Ahead of the arrival of President Barack Obama on a high-profile Mideast mission, Israel's new government on Monday sent mixed messages about pursuing ... 

• Report: Israel fires flares over Lebanon

  Lebanon's state-run news agency says Israeli warplanes have violated Lebanese airspace. Lebanon's National News Agency says Israeli warplanes dropped ... 

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  Palestinians vandalize Obama banner ahead of visit

  Palestinians have vandalized a banner bearing President Barack Obama's image just days before his visit. The Palestinians tore down the banner, hurled ... 

• Palestinian attackers wound Israeli in West Bank

  Israeli police say Palestinian attackers have shot and wounded an Israeli man in a drive-by shooting at a West Bank bus stop. Spokesman Micky ... 

• Palestinian ends hunger strike in deal

  A freed Palestinian prisoner was given a hero's welcome in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening after ending his hunger strike in an Israeli jail and ... 

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  Palestinians unenthusiastic about Obama visit

  President Barack Obama will find a disillusioned Palestinian public, skeptical about his commitment to promoting Mideast peace, when he visits the ... 

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  Palestinian lawmaker, mother of militants, dies

  A Palestinian lawmaker known as the "mother of martyrs" who praised and supported three of her sons who were killed while carrying out deadly attacks ... 

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  Israeli premier names new defense minister

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed on Sunday a hard-line former military chief as the country's new defense minister. Moshe Yaalon, ... 

• Israeli president handed lineup for government

  Israel's prime minister has notified the country's president that he has succeeded in forming a government. Benjamin Netanyahu presented the lineup ... 

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  Netanyahu faces rocky future in new coalition

  Forced to rely on the support of two fast-rising rivals in his new governing coalition, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu now faces a reshaped and ... 

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  Pope Francis reaches out to Jews

  Like his predecessor, Pope Francis reached out to Rome's Jewish community at the very start of his pontificate, pledging to continue to strengthen the ...