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Israeli Minister Backs Annexing Settlements Into Jerusalem

Israel's intelligence minister proposed on Monday to annex five settlements into the Jerusalem municipality, while also...

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Israel Minister In Rare West Bank Visit For Electricity Deal

Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz made a rare appearance by a high-ranking Israeli official in the occupied West Bank on...

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Power Hit In Hamas-Run Gaza As Rivals ‘stop’ Payments

Power supplies haven taken a fresh hit in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, with authorities Saturday accusing the rival...

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US Reviews Ties With UNESCO Over Hebron Decision

The United States said on Friday it was reviewing ties with UNESCO after the UN cultural agency declared the Old City...

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UNESCO Puts Hebron On Endangered Heritage List, Outraging Israel

UNESCO on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron an endangered world heritage site, sparking outrage from Israel in a...

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Palestinians Hail UNESCO Hebron Vote Slammed By Israel

The Palestinians hailed a UNESCO decision Friday to label the heart of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron a...

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Palestinians, Israelis Square Off On UNESCO Vote On Hebron

The United Nations' cultural arm will decide whether to declare the Old City of Hebron a protected zone this week, the...

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Hamas Says Egypt Ready To Help Gaza

Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said Wednesday recent talks in Egypt could lead to improving the humanitarian suffering in...

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US Envoy Haley Leading Anti-Palestinian ‘crusade’

A senior Palestinian official on Wednesday blasted US President Donald Trump's United Nations envoy, accusing her of...

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From Promise To Prison

Ehud Olmert was once described as "probably the best" politician Israel ever produced, but the debonair ex-premier who...

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Stigma Keeps Drug Addicts Quiet In Gaza Strip

After Umm Mazen found her husband shivering in his bed and complaining of a migraine, he confessed he was addicted to...

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Hamas Building Gaza Buffer Zone As It Seeks Improved Egypt Ties

Gaza's rulers Hamas said they had begun building a new buffer zone along the southern border with Egypt on Wednesday,...

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Hamas Says PA, Israel Refusing Travel Documents For Sick Gazans

Hamas on Tuesday accused the Palestinian Authority and Israel of refusing to grant documents to Gazans in need of...

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Israel Strikes Hamas Bases In Gaza After Rocket

Israeli airstrikes hit a series of targets in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip overnight, officials said, hours after a rocket...

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Chants Against Saudi Arabia As Iran Marks Jerusalem Day

Chants against the Saudi royal family and the Islamic State group mingled with the traditional cries of "Death to...

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Gaza Restarts Power Station As Egypt Fuel Eases Crisis

The Gaza Strip's sole power station has been fired up again, the energy authority in the Palestinian enclave said...

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Defence Minister Accuses Abbas of Wanting Israel-Hamas War

Israel's defence minister on Thursday accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of trying to spark a fresh conflict...

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Egypt Delivers Fuel To Ease Gaza Electricity Crisis

Egypt began on Wednesday to deliver a million litres of fuel to Gaza, a Palestinian official said, in an attempt to...

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Palestinians Greatly Troubled By Gulf Crisis, Fear Consequences

Following the declaration of Gulf and Arab states to boycott Qatar, which broke out two weeks ago, and the decision to...