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September 20, 2016

Israel: Palestinian killed after attempted stabbing

Israel's military said its troops shot and killed a knife-wielding Palestinian on Tuesday who tried to stab a soldier at the ...

September 19, 2016

Israeli police: 2 Palestinian attackers killed in West Bank

Two Palestinians were killed on Monday as they tried to stab Israeli police in the West Bank city of Hebron while a third ...

September 18, 2016

Palestinian stabs Israeli officer amid new surge in violence

A Palestinian stabbed an Israeli army officer in the chest near a West Bank settlement on Sunday, moderately wounding him ...

September 17, 2016

Israel military: Palestinian killed after a stabbing soldier

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian who stabbed a soldier in the West Bank, the military said Saturday, a day after ...

September 16, 2016

2 Palestinians, Jordanian killed after attacking Israelis

A Jordanian man was shot dead after he tried to stab police officers in Jerusalem on Friday, while in the West Bank, one ...

September 08, 2016

Russian Mideast push could hurt US influence, if talks occur

American influence over the Middle East could slip a notch after Israel and the Palestinians agreed in principle to ...

September 08, 2016

Russia: Israel, Palestinian leaders agree to meet for talks

Russia's Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday that the Israeli and the Palestinian leaders have agreed "in principle" to ...

September 08, 2016

Palestinian court postpones next month's municipal election

The Palestinian high court on Thursday postponed municipal elections that had been set for next month, putting on hold what ...

August 30, 2016

Israel says UN envoy's settlement remarks 'distort history'

Israel on Tuesday said remarks by the U.N. Mideast envoy "distort history" after he declared that Israel's ...

August 30, 2016

Human Rights Watch: Palestinians abuse media, activists

Palestinian authorities are silencing dissent by cracking down on free speech and abusing local journalists and activists ...

August 22, 2016

Israel takes steps toward new settlement in volatile city

Israeli authorities on Monday confirmed that they have begun the process of expanding an Israeli settlement in Hebron, a West ...

August 18, 2016

Israel punishes troops who appeared to attack Palestinians

The Israeli military said Thursday it has disciplined three soldiers after a video emerged that seemed to show them hurling ...

August 17, 2016

Israel-EU tension up over rise in West Bank home demolitions

The Palestinian government brought foreign diplomats to a school in a strategic area of the West Bank on Wednesday to seek ...

August 15, 2016

Israeli troops demolish home of Palestinian killer's family

The Israeli military says troops have demolished the home of the family of a Palestinian who stabbed an Israeli teenage girl ...

August 04, 2016

Israel demolishes West Bank homes of 2 Palestinian attackers

The Israeli military says forces have demolished the homes of two Palestinians behind a deadly attack in Tel Aviv in June.

July 31, 2016

Israel: Palestinian who tried to stab soldiers shot dead

Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian who tried to stab soldiers at a West Bank checkpoint on Sunday, the military said.

July 27, 2016

Israeli military says it killed suspect behind deadly ambush

Israeli forces tracked down a group of suspects behind the deadly ambush of a family car in the West Bank earlier this month ...

July 19, 2016

Palestinian boy killed during clashes with Israeli forces

A Palestinian hospital official says a 12-year-old boy was killed after clashes erupted between Israeli forces and protesters ...

July 13, 2016

Israel: Troops kill Palestinian in car speeding toward them

The Israeli military says security forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man who was in a car speeding toward them in the ...