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Israel moves to build 3,000 new settlement homes
Israel responded swiftly Friday to U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state, revealing it will build 3,000 more homes for Jews on Israeli-occupied ...
Israel okays new West Bank settlement construction
Israel on Friday approved the construction of 3,000 homes in Jewish settlements on Israeli-occupied lands, a government official said, drawing swift ...
Palestinians euphoric over UN recognition
Euphoric Palestinians erupted in cheers, honked car horns and chanted "God is great" after the United Nations endorsed an independent state of ...
Israel's Netanyahu to visit Germany
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and members of his Cabinet will travel to Germany next week — a visit that comes after Berlin abstained in ...
Palestinians celebrate UN statehood vote
Palestinians erupted in wild cheers Thursday, hugging each other, setting off fireworks and chanting "God is great" after the United Nations granted ...
UN vote is a boost to Palestinian statehood hopes
The admission of Palestine as a nonmember state in the United Nations is far more than a symbolic vote. For the Palestinians, the move gives them an ...
Palestinians hope to gain leverage from UN bid
The expected U.N. vote Thursday to recognize a state of Palestine will be far more than symbolic — it could give the Palestinians leverage in future ...
Poll shows Israel's Netanyahu romping in election
A new poll shows Israeli prime minister's hardline Likud Party handily winning the Jan. 22 elections despite the entry of a dovish new party into the ...
Israeli PM Netanyahu suddenly seems vulnerable
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who appeared to be cruising to re-election a few weeks ago, suddenly appears vulnerable as the country ...
Arafat grave dug up for probe of poison suspicion
Eight years after Yasser Arafat's mysterious death, his political heirs opened his grave Tuesday and let forensics experts take samples from his ...
Ehud Barak says he's quitting Israeli politics
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak abruptly quit politics Monday, potentially robbing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a key ally who enabled his ...
AP Interview: Hamas No. 2 rejects Gaza arms halt
Gaza's ruling Hamas will not stop arming itself because only a strong arsenal, not negotiations, can extract concessions from Israel, the No. 2 in the ...
Gaza crowds surge at Israel border fence, 1 dead
Israeli troops fired on Gazans surging toward Israel's border fence Friday, killing one person but leaving intact the fragile two-day-old cease-fire ...