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Trump Stays On Script — But A Few Episodes Raise Eyebrows

US President Donald Trump's trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories saw the unpredictable leader tightly...

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Trump Tells Israel Iran Will Never Have Nuclear Weapons

Trump tells Israel Iran will never have nuclear weapons Mr Trump (C) met both Mr Netanyahu (R) and Israeli President...

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Netanyahu May Cancel Talks With German Minister Over NGO Meetings

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened to cancel talks set for Tuesday with German Foreign Minister...

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Israel President Accuses Le Pen of New Form of Holocaust Denial

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday accused French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of a new,...

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UN Vote On Israeli Settlements Has Changed Little

Three months after a landmark UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements, the measure has changed little on the...

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White House Cautions Israel On ‘unrestrained’ Settlement Building

The White House on Friday cautioned Israel on large-scale settlement building, refraining from criticism of a major...

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Israel-Lebanon Maritime Dispute Explained

Earlier this month, the new Lebanese government, led by President Michel Aoun, published a tender to explore untapped...

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Israel Blasted For Approving Emek Shilo Settlement

Israel's government has approved the building of the first new settlement in 20 years in the occupied West Bank - a...

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Palestinian, UN Alarm After Israel Backs New Settlement

The Palestinians and the United Nations on Friday condemned the Israeli cabinet's approval of the first officially...

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Netanyahu Vows To Move Ahead On New Settlement Plan

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Thursday to move ahead on a plan to create Israel's first new settlement in the...

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Israel Minister Swims Against Tide With Gaza Island Plan

An Israeli minister has gone against the tide in proposing a way he says would alleviate conditions in the Gaza Strip...

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Israel Arrests Jewish Teen Over Anti-Semitic Threats In US, Elsewhere

Israel arrested on Thursday a Jewish teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the United...

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Jewish Youth Arrested In Israel Over Anti-Semitic Threats Abroad

A Jewish youth was arrested in Israel on Thursday on suspicion of making dozens of anti-Semitic threats in countries...

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UN Official Resigns Over Israel Apartheid Report

The head of the United Nations' West Asia commission, Rima Khalaf, has resigned over what she described as the pressure...

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Trump Envoy Meets Israeli Settlers In Unusual Move

A top adviser to US President Donald Trump met Israeli settler leaders Thursday in an unusual move that may raise fresh...

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Netanyahu Seeks Deal With Trump On Settlement Construction

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday he was in discussions with Donald Trump's administration on...

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Israel Closes Palestinian Map Bureau, Arrests Head

Israeli police on Tuesday closed a Palestinian research centre in Jerusalem and briefly arrested its director, a...

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Bereaved Palestinians, Israelis March Against Occupation

Hundreds of bereaved Palestinian and Israeli women marched through the West Bank on Friday against the Israeli...

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US Warned Israel Against Annexing West Bank

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday that the United States has warned that annexing the West Bank...