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• Israeli prize honors foreign scientists, architect

  Israel's prestigious Wolf Prize this year will honor American, German and Austrian scientists as well as an architect from Portugal. Wolf winners are ... 

• FIFA wants VIP status for Palestinian sports chief

  FIFA is asking Israel to return VIP status to Palestinian football union President Jibril Rajoub, allowing him to enter Israel without security checks 

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  Israel orders Bedouins to leave West Bank area

  The Israeli military on Wednesday ordered dozens of Palestinian Bedouins to leave their communities so it could conduct military exercises in a remote ... 

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  Israeli-Palestinian clashes erupt in West Bank

  An arrest raid by undercover Israeli soldiers disguised as vegetable vendors ignited rare clashes in the northern West Bank on Tuesday, residents ... 

• Palestinians will outnumber Israeli Jews by 2020

  The Palestinian statistics bureau estimates that Arabs will outnumber Jews in the Holy Land by the end of the decade, a scenario that could have grave ... 

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  Egypt orders 15-day detention for Israeli

  Egyptian security officials say a former sergeant in the Israeli army has been ordered detained for 15 days for investigation into his illegal entry ... 

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  Ahoy! Israeli pirates lead surge of quirky parties

  Shiver me timbers! Israel's newest political party has more than a platform — it's got a plank. The Israel Pirate Party is one of 34 lists competing ... 

• Egypt arrests former Israeli soldier in Sinai

  Egyptian security officials say they have arrested a former sergeant in the Israeli army after he illegally entered from Israel into the Egyptian ... 

• Court reduces Israeli whistleblower's sentence

  Israel's Supreme Court has reduced the sentence of a former Israeli soldier who passed hundreds of classified military documents to a newspaper ... 

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  AP photo essay: Ex-Soviet immigrants change Israel

  In parts of Israel, it's hard to find a single Hebrew sign in a sea of Cyrillic. Shopkeepers address customers in Russian, and groceries are amply ... 

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  Israeli leader's party criticizes president

  Israel's president and prime minister are trading charges over making peace with the Palestinians. President Shimon Peres told a summit of ... 

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  Israel indicts ex-minister Lieberman

  Israel's Justice Ministry filed its indictment against former Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman in a Jerusalem court on Sunday, charging him with ... 

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  Arab League chief says Palestinians to petition UN

  Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby said Saturday that two decades of talks with Israel have been "a waste of time" and that Palestinians will soon take ... 

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  Egypt transfers tons of building materials to Gaza

  Thousands of tons of building materials such as cement and steel began crossing into the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Egyptian and Palestinian officials ... 

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  At Israel school, anyone can learn to be a prophet

  Instead of long beards and robes, they wear track suits and T-shirts. Their tablets are electronic, not hewn of stone, and they hold smartphones, not ... 

• Abbas: Israel reduced security cooperation

  The Palestinian president has claimed Israel has reduced its security cooperation with Palestinians in the West Bank to protest the successful bid for ... 

• Israeli leader slips in new elections poll

  New polls show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu still poised to win the Jan. 22 elections, but one poll shows him slipping. The Dahaf survey ... 

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  Unprecedented east Jerusalem building in pipeline

  Israel is planning its biggest construction surge in east Jerusalem in decades in a move that critics argue would cement its grip on the contested ... 

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  New Israeli right-wing leader worries Netanyahu

  The charismatic new leader of Israel's Jewish religious right is siphoning a large chunk of votes from the prime minister's party, according to polls ... 

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  Pope's Christmas message focuses on Mideast, China

  In his Christmas message to the world Tuesday, Pope Benedict XVI called for an end to the slaughter in Syria and for more meaningful negotiations ... 

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  Syrian rebels make more gains in north

  Syrian rebels fully captured a northern town near the Turkish border on Tuesday after weeks of heavy fighting and attacked a regime air base in a ... 

• Israel revisits ban on female prayer at holy site

  Israel's prime minister has instructed a quasi-governmental Jewish organization to find a solution for non-Orthodox Jewish female groups wishing to ... 

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  Israel to build 942 more homes in east Jerusalem

  Israel has advanced the process of building 942 more settler homes in east Jerusalem under a new fast-track plan to tighten its grip on the territory, ... 

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  New poll shows Israel's leader losing altitude

  A new poll shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu poised for an election victory but losing support to a rival who opposes Palestinian statehood. 

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  Thousands enjoy merry Christmas in Bethlehem

  Thousands of Christians from the world over packed Manger Square in Bethlehem Monday to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West Bank town ...