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International court’s prosecutor warns Israel on Gaza violence, expresses “grave concern”

May 16th, 20180 AMSTERDAM - The office of the prosecutor of the world’s permanent war crimes court on Wednesday expressed “grave concern” about escalating violence in Gaza against...

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France says Middle East is ‘explosive,’ criticizes U.S. policy and unjustified Israeli violence

May 15th, 20180 PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday described the situation in the Middle East as “explosive” and criticized the United States for...

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Palestinians hold protest in Cannes against Israeli killing in Gaza

May 15th, 20180 CANNES, France - Hollywood actor Benicio del Toro joined Palestinians at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday in a demonstration against the Israeli army’s killing of...

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Pro-Trump pastor who claims Islam is a “cult” picked to lead prayer at opening of U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem

May 14th, 20180 WASHINGTON - An anti-gay, pro-Trump pastor from Dallas will give the opening prayer Monday night at the introduction ceremony of the new US embassy in Jerusalem. Pastor...

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Israeli occupation forces kill dozens, injure hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza

May 14th, 20180 GAZA - Israeli occupation forces killed dozens of Palestinians taking part in mass protests on the Gaza border on Monday as the United States opened its embassy to...

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian near Gaza border

March 3rd, 20180 GAZA - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian officials said. An Israeli military...

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State Department: U.S. ready to open Jerusalem embassy in May

February 25th, 20180 WASHINGTON - The United States said on Friday it will open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in May, a move from Tel Aviv that reverses decades of U.S. policy and is...

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U.S. State Department designates Hamas leader as “terrorist”

January 31st, 20180 WASHINGTON - The State Department said on Wednesday it had designated Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Hamas Movement, as a "terrorist". The State Department said in a...

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Frustrated Palestinians snub Pence, tell Trump Jerusalem is not for sale

January 26th, 20180 DAVOS, Switzerland — President Trump threatened on Thursday to withhold aid to the Palestinians if they did not pursue peace with Israel, saying they had snubbed the...

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Amena Khan loses her L’Oreal gig after 2014 tweet calling Israel a “child killers” unearthed

January 24th, 20180 LONDON - Just days into her role, a British Muslim model has quit a major beauty brand's campaign after right-wing media outlets published her tweets from 2014, in which...

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Trump administration to provide $60 million in Palestinian aid, withhold $65 million

January 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON - The United States will give a U.N. agency $60 million in aid for Palestinians but will withhold a further $65 million “for future consideration,” a U.S....

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Hamas: Palestinian unity deal is collapsing

December 24th, 20170 GAZA —Hamas’ leader in Gaza said on Thursday a reconciliation deal with President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction was collapsing, just 10 weeks after the agreement...

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Trump tells Arab leaders he will move embassy to Jerusalem, breaking with U.S. policy

December 5th, 20170 WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM - President Donald Trump told Israeli and Arab leaders on Tuesday that he intends to move the U.S. embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, a decision that...

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Kushner: Trump still considering whether to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

December 3rd, 20170 WASHINGTON – President Trump has not yet made a decision on whether to formally recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, his adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner...

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Interpol approves membership for State of Palestine over Israeli objections

September 29th, 20170 JERUSALEM ― Interpol voted on Wednesday to admit the State of Palestine as a member over Israeli objections at the international police organization’s general...

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Six dead in clashes in Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon

August 24th, 20170 SIDON, Lebanon ― Two members of the Palestinian group Fatah were killed in clashes with Islamist groups in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon on Wednesday, medical...

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Netanyahu climbdown in Al-Aqsa standoff, thousands of worshipers surge into holy site

July 27th, 20170 JERUSALEM - Thousands of Muslim worshippers surged into Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday and at least 113 were hurt in scuffles with police after Israel lifted...

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Israel replaces Al-Aqsa mosques metal detectors with surveillance cameras, Palestinians reject new measures

July 25th, 20170 JERUSALEM - Palestinians have vowed to continue protests and confrontations with Israeli forces in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, in rejection of new...

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U.N.: Solution is needed by this Friday to curb escalating violence in Jerusalem

July 24th, 20170 NEW YORK - United Nations Middle East envoy Nickolay Mladenov warned on Monday that a solution was needed by Friday to the Jerusalem mosque crisis, which he said...

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Al-Aqsa standoff: Palestinian anger mounts over holy site restrictions

July 21st, 20170 JERUSALEM — For the first time in decades, Israel closed the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City to worshipers on Friday, July 14. The closure followed...

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Palestinian driver shot dead after ramming car into Israeli soldiers

July 18th, 20170 JERUSALEM - A Palestinian driver rammed his vehicle into a group of Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday and was shot dead by the troops, the Israeli...

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Israeli ‘counter-terrorism boot camp’ a tourist attraction in occupied West Bank

July 17th, 20170 GUSH ETZION SETTLEMENT, WEST BANK – Taking in the scene of a simulated fruit market in an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank, a group of tourists ponders...

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50 years later, the 1967 Naksa continues to shape policies and inflict misery

June 10th, 20171 DEARBORN — The 1967 Six Day War was one of the most salient events of the Arab-Israeli conflict, its effect evident through its shaping of Israeli and Arab political...

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Trump delays moving U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem by six months

June 1st, 20170 WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an order on Thursday to keep the U.S. Embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv temporarily instead of relocating it to Jerusalem, despite his...

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Jewish nation-state bill: Israel’s precarious identity is Palestine’s nightmare

May 19th, 20170 The Israeli Knesset (parliament) has hurriedly passed a new bill that defines Israel as the "national home of the Jewish people." Although the association between...

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Palestinian killed as settler opens fire during clashes

May 19th, 20170 WEST BANK — A Palestinian man was killed in the occupied West Bank on Thursday when an Israeli settler opened fire as protesters crowded around his car and pelted it...

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Trump visit seen as long shot to revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking

May 19th, 20170 JERUSALEM — Just four months after taking office, Donald Trump will make the earliest foray into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking by any U.S. president next week. But...

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Israel’s premature celebration: Gazans have crossed the fear barrier