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Radiohead Hit Back At Israel Boycott Calls As ‘divisive’

Radiohead hit back Friday at a campaign urging the band to scrap a show in Israel, calling the boycott effort divisive,...

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Hundreds Join In Jerusalem ‘SlutWalk’

Hundreds of young Israelis, many wearing just bras and shorts, staged a "SlutWalk" through central Jerusalem on Friday...

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Radiohead Hit Back At Israel Boycott Calls As ‘divisive’

Radiohead hit back Friday at a campaign urging the band to scrap a show in Israel, calling the boycott campaign...

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Palestinians Pour Into Jerusalem For Ramadan Prayers

Thousands of Palestinians poured into Jerusalem to attend the first Friday prayers of the Muslim fasting month of...

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Bill Cosby Latest In Litany of Famous Sexual Assault Cases

Megastar turned pariah Bill Cosby, who goes on trial Monday for allegedly drugging and assaulting a woman in 2004,...

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In Hebron, ‘miracle’ For Settlers Ended ‘golden Age’ For Palestinians

Its Old City is in constant lockdown, its holy site where the biblical Abraham may have been buried guarded by Israeli...

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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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Trump Will Not Move US Embassy To Jerusalem For Now

President Donald Trump postponed moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Thursday, avoiding what would be a...

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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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Israeli Minister In Rare Meeting With Palestinian PM

Israel's finance minister has met the Palestinian premier to discuss measures aimed at improving the Palestinian...

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Israel Minister Says State Won’t Fund Shows With Nudity

Israel's outspoken culture minister is threatening to withhold funding from two productions showing at a top festival...

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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...

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Palestinian Refugees’ Dreams of Returning Home Fade

Fifty years ago, Sobhi Awwad left the ancient West Bank city of Jericho with his parents, running to dodge the...

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For Jerusalem Palestinians, A Dilemma To Seek Israeli Citizenship

It's a dilemma many Palestinians from Jerusalem confront: Resign yourself to becoming an Israeli citizen or press ahead...

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Definitive Israeli 1967 War Photo Still Stirs Emotions

Fifty years after the 1967 Six-Day War, a photograph of three awestruck Israeli paratroopers at the freshly captured...

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Trump Reviews Option To Move US Embassy To Jerusalem

US President Donald Trump will decide on Thursday whether to renew a legal waiver that delays an eventual move of the...

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Five Questions On Trump’s Potential Move of US Israel Embassy

US President Donald Trump faces a Thursday deadline to decide whether to move the US embassy in Israel to the disputed...

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Israeli Rule ‘key Cause’ of Palestinian Hardship

Fifty years after Israel occupied the Palestinian territories, its policies in the West Bank and Gaza are at the root...