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Extremist Israel Cabinet minister visits sensitive Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM (AP) — An extremist Israeli Cabinet minister visited a sensitive Jerusalem holy site on Sunday at a time of…
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Israelis protest government’s plans to weaken Supreme Court amid talks for compromise
TEL AVIV (AP) — Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against contentious plans by their hard-line government to overhaul the…
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Israel deploys heavy police presence ahead of contentious Jerusalem march
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel deployed over 2,000 police on Thursday for a march by flag-waving Jewish nationalists through the main…
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Jordanian lawmaker is charged with smuggling guns into occupied West Bank
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A Jordanian lawmaker has been indicted on charges that he illegally smuggled scores of rifles and…
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Israeli foreign minister makes first visit to Sweden in two decades
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister on Monday paid a visit to Sweden in a new sign of warming ties…
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Cyprus, Israel working on deal for natural gas pipeline, processing plant in Cyprus
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus and Israel are working on a deal to build a pipeline that will convey natural…
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Israeli forces shoot, kill Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials say
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank on Monday,…
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UN to commemorate Palestinians’ 1948 flight from Israel for the first time
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands…
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Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza trade fire; 2 Palestinians killed in West Bank raid
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Palestinian militants unleashed salvos of fire for a fourth day on Saturday,…
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Israeli airstrikes, Palestinian rockets continue even as hopes for a cease-fire grow
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The most violent confrontation in months between Israel and Palestinian militants continued for a…
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