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Israeli Minister Backs Closing Al-Jazeera Bureau

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday that he was in favour of closing the offices of Qatari...

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Israeli Minister Backs Closing Al-Jazeera Bureau

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Wednesday that he was in favour of closing the offices of Qatari...

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Israeli and International Groups Warn of Looming Gaza Disaster

Israeli and international NGOS joined the UN on Wednesday in warning of a "total collapse" in Gaza if Israel goes ahead...

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Israeli and International Groups Warn of Looming Gaza Disaster

Israeli and international NGOS joined the UN on Wednesday in warning of a "total collapse" in Gaza if Israel goes ahead...

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Netanyahu Says Does Not Want ‘escalation’ In Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he was not seeking an "escalation" in the Gaza Strip after his...

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Gaza Strip In Peril As Hamas Marks Decade In Power

Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing...

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Israel To Reduce Gaza Power, Feeding Fears of Unrest

Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after funding cuts by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, an...

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Gaza Power Shortage To Worsen As Israel Reduces Supply

Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after funding cuts by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, a...

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Netanyahu Urges UN To Dismantle Its Palestinian Aid Agency

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Sunday for the United Nations to shut down its Palestinian refugee aid...

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Hamas Denies It Built Tunnel Under UN Schools In Gaza

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has denied that it or any other militant group built a tunnel under two UN schools...

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UN Agency Blasts Hamas After Tunnel Found Under Schools

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Friday said it has protested to the Islamist movement Hamas after finding a...

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Palestinian Violinist Brings Music To Young Refugees

As a boy, Ramzi Aburedwan found himself caught up in the first Palestinian uprising, a well-known photo at the time...

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Israel ‘not Ready’ For Peace

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's office on Tuesday slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge to...

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Netanyahu Insists Israel Retain Jordan Valley Military Control

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday pledged that he would not cede military control of the West Bank's...

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Billions Spent On Settlers Since Israel Captured West Bank

Successive Israeli governments have invested billions of dollars over the past 50 years on settlements in the occupied...

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For Egypt, 1967 War Marked End of Pan-Arab Dream

Its vaunted air force destroyed, its army humbled -- the Six-Day War of 1967 dealt Egypt a shock it has yet to overcome...

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Jerusalem, So Close, Still Out of Reach For Many Palestinians

He lives only a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem but for Palestinian Abu Bashir the city and its sacred sites might as...

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For Ai Weiwei, Trump A ‘brand’ For Global Trend Toward Hate

Ai Weiwei said Thursday he sees US President Donald Trump as the "brand" for a global trend toward hatred and division,...

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Lebanon Bans Wonder Woman Film Over Israeli Actress

Lebanon has banned the screening of Hollywood blockbuster "Wonder Woman" because of its lead actress Gal Gadot, who...