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An Israeli newspaper has claimed that most of the Palestinian prisoners freed in the exchange deal between Hamas and Israel refused to pledge never to return to the resistance...
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A member of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to rethink the country's relationship with Hamas. Speaking to Israel Radio on Wednesday, MK Nachman...
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The governments of Israel and Greece have held discussions about the implications of Turkey's decision to increase its military presence in the Eastern Mediterranean to ensure free passage for...
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Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni has launched a scathing attack against her country's Prime Minister. Benjamin Netanyahu, claims Livni, is responsible for the unprecedented isolation that the Zionist state...
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The biggest demonstration seen by Tel Aviv for many years has called for Israel's Finance Minister to step down. More than 20,000 people took to the streets to demand...
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Israeli sources have reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has assured his party ministers and Knesset members about the future of settlement activity in the West Bank. He emphasised...
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An Israeli minister has called for the prosecution of the former head of the country's intelligence service, Mossad. Science and Technology Minister Daniel Hershkowitz made his call following recent...
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A senior member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization and Chairman of the Palestinian delegation for the negotiations, has said that the Israeli government is neither...
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Yesterday morning , Hebrew Radio revealed that the Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is currently in communication with political entities in Turkey that oppose the ruling...
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed his government's willingness to adopt a number of measures suggested by Israel's Ministry of Finance to cut the general budget. These include a...
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The Israeli government has backed the proposal to turn Ariel College into a university. The college is located in an illegal settlement built on occupied Palestinian territory. Supporting the...
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A recent referendum conducted in Israel has revealed a sharp increase in racism by Jews against Palestinians. The referendum was conducted in the run up to the new academic...
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Former Israeli Air Force chief Eitan Ben Eliyahu has urged caution on the possibility of a successful unilateral attack against Iran's nuclear facilities. A report in Israeli newspaper Yedioth...
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Reports in the Israeli media claim that the Israeli government intends to legalise the majority of the so-called outposts established across the occupied West Bank and encourage Jewish settlers...
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A senior member of the executive committee of the PLO has called a statement made by Israel's first Deputy Prime Minister Shaul Mofaz an "unfounded red herring". Saeb Erekat...
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Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper has reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is threatening to "act independently" if negotiations between the West and Iran fail. The newspaper quoted Netanyahu as...
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Israel's Knesset (parliament) is due to hold a special session on Wednesday to discuss a bill which would authorise Jewish settlers to build on private Palestinian land, especially in...
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Media sources in Israel have revealed that the Israeli Transport Minister and Railway Authority have prepared a blueprint for the extension of the country's railway network to service the...
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The Speaker of Israel's parliament, the Knesset has issued a warning about the growth of what he described as "Jewish terrorism" in the occupied Palestinian territory. Reuven Rivlin regards...
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The right-wing electoral coalition of Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu is predicted to lose 10 seats in the forthcoming Israeli election, a television poll suggests. The results of the poll...
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The latest opinion poll in Israel suggests that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party will lose five seats to new party "Jewish Home", Haaretz newspaper said on Wednesday. The...
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The Israeli government has been plunged into unprecedented panic by claims that the number of African migrants entering the country via Egypt is increasingly out of control. Prime Minister...
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The Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has said that peace cannot be achieved in either Palestine or the region without the involvement of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas....
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Israel's President Shimon Peres and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are visiting a number of European countries to hold talks with political leaders about Freedom Flotilla 2, which will sail...
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The Turkish government has declined an offer of help from Israel following the devastating earthquake in the east of the country. Israel made its offer of help on Sunday...
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January 28, 2014
Mike Gravel
My concern for the Israeli-Arab conflict is a personal one. I was raised in a Jewish neighborhood — three synagogues within three blocks of our home in Springfield, Mass....
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January 25, 2014
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Abdel Bari Atwan
There are many attitudes and ideologies which divide the Egyptians; nationals, leftists, the Muslim Brotherhood, the Salafis, Muslims and Copts, moderate and extreme. However, the common uniting factor is...
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January 25, 2014
Omar Radwan
The Israeli government has adopted a new plan to "resettle" the Bedouin residents of unrecognised villages in the Negev Desert into larger recognised settlements. This plan will affect tens...
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January 25, 2014
Mohamed Krishan
"It is not possible to terminate negotiations without starting them." This precious piece of wisdom was uttered by Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in an interview with BBC Arabic...
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January 25, 2014
Abdul Hussein Shaaban
Three basic issues have been worrying Israel since its creation in May 1948; they are inseparable. The first relates to the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their...