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September 29, 2016

A look at some of Israel's prime ministers

Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday, was both a former president and prime minister, the only person in Israel to hold both jobs

September 29, 2016

The Latest: Bill Clinton, Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem

The Latest on funeral preparations and a nation in mourning at the death of Israel's ninth President, Shimon Peres (all times ...

September 28, 2016

Arabs greet Peres death with silence and animosity

Israel's Shimon Peres was widely admired around the world as a peacemaker and visionary, but the view in the Arab world was ...

September 28, 2016

Shimon Peres witnessed Israel's history, and shaped it

At every corner of Israel's tumultuous history, Shimon Peres was there. He was a young aide to the nation's founding fathers ...

September 22, 2016

Israel increases interrogations of Gazan travelers

For the past four years, Gaza hairdresser Safa al-Masri has obtained a travel permit from Israel to visit her relatives in ...

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

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 31, 2016

Israel approves plans for new homes in West Bank settlements

Israel on Wednesday approved plans for hundreds of new housing units for Jewish settlers in the West Bank, Israeli media ...

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 29, 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 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.