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Israel blames Hamas for keeping shut Gaza crossing
An Israeli military spokesman says the militant Islamic group Hamas has pressured a Palestinian contractor into keeping closed the Gaza side of the ...
First Gaza rocket in 3 months rattles cease-fire
Gaza militants on Tuesday fired a rocket into Israel for the first time in three months, rattling a cross-border truce that has held since Israel's ...
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 ...
Hamas accuses Egypt of flooding Gaza tunnels
The Hamas rulers of Gaza and local smugglers on Tuesday accused Egypt of flooding cross-border tunnels with sewage water in order to halt a thriving ...
Budget fight creating diplomatic headaches for US
From Syria to Somalia and across the Mideast down to Mali, looming U.S. budget cuts are creating potentially tough choices for American diplomacy.
Rights group: Israel violated laws of war in Gaza
A U.S.-based rights group said Israel violated laws of war in a series of airstrikes it conducted during an eight-day military operation last November ...
Palestinian panel starts updating voter registers
The Palestinian election commission began updating voter registration lists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Monday, paving the way for new ...
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 ...
Israel may feel need to strike Syria again
An Israeli air attack staged in Syria this week may be a sign of things to come. Israeli military officials appear to have concluded that the risks ...
Hamas says next inter-Palestinian talks in Egypt
Reconciliation talks between Palestinian militant group Hamas and its rival Fatah are on track and will resume in Egypt on Feb. 9, Hamas' political ...
Iran official: Attack on Syria is attack on us
Iran considers any attack against Syria an attack on itself, an advisor to the Islamic Republic's supreme leader was quoted as saying Saturday, the ...
Gaza teens graduate from Hamas military school
More than 3,000 Palestinian teenagers on Thursday graduated from the ruling Hamas militant group's first high school military training program in the ...
Gaza's Hamas rulers arrest 6 local reporters
A Palestinian rights group says Gaza's Hamas rulers have detained six journalists suspected of affiliation to a rival group, Fatah. The Palestinian ...
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 ...
Israel: Netanyahu's style marked by caution
Israel's hardline prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has emerged as the country's top politician with a cautious approach to peace making, saying ...
Egypt's Morsi opposes French intervention in Mali
Egypt's Islamist president on Monday stated his opposition to France's military intervention in Mali, saying its actions there would create a "new ...
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 ...
Egypt's Morsi tries to defuse flap over Jews slur
Egypt's Islamist president sought Wednesday to defuse Washington's anger over his past remarks urging hatred of Jews and calling Zionists "pigs" and ...
Palestinians: Israel soldiers shoot, kill teen
The Israeli military shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian near the West Bank separation barrier on Tuesday, Palestinians said. The Israeli military ...
Palestinian premier urges Arabs to pay pledged aid
The Palestinian prime minister warned Sunday that his government could fail to meet its obligations to its people because of a cash crunch, and urged ...
Hamas flagship university grooms Hebrew teachers
Hamas' flagship university in Gaza has a new diploma on offer — Hebrew, the official language of its arch-foe Israel. Gaza's Hamas rulers say they ...
State of Palestine name change shows limitations
With U.N. recognition of a Palestinian state in his pocket, President Mahmoud Abbas wants official documents to carry a new emblem: "State of ...
Hagel nomination unnerves some in Israel
President Barack Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel as the next U.S. secretary of defense is causing jitters in Israel, where some circles view the ...
AP Interview: Palestinian PM warns of cash crisis
The Palestinian self-rule government is in "extreme jeopardy" because of an unprecedented financial crisis, largely because Arab countries have failed ...
Fatah rally in Gaza looks toward unity with Hamas
Tens of thousands of Fatah supporters rallied in the Hamas stronghold of Gaza on Friday for the first time since they were routed from power in the ...