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Ahmed Qureia, top Palestinian negotiator with Israel, dies
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Ahmed Qureia, a former Palestinian prime minister and one of the architects of interim peace…
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Israel’s rightward shift is straining its ties with US Jews
An array of U.S. Jewish leaders are sounding alarms about what they see as a threat to Israel’s democracy posed…
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Israel: Oman to allow Israeli planes through its airspace
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s foreign minister said Thursday that the Gulf Arab state of Oman has decided to…
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Israel’s outpost approvals boost settlers, deepen conflict
GIVAT HAREL, West Bank (AP) — One day in the fall of 1998, Shivi Drori, a young farmer fresh out…
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Iraqi president says country now peaceful, life is returning
BAGHDAD (AP) — Nearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by U.S.-led forces, Iraqi President Abdul Latif Rashid…
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US says IS commander killed, troops wounded in NE Syria raid
BEIRUT (AP) — The U.S. military said Friday a helicopter raid led by its forces in northeast Syria left a…
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Iran International moves shows to Washington, citing threats
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Farsi-language satellite news channel based in London long critical of Iran’s theocractic government…
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Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, enters hospice care at home
ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter, who at 98 years old is the longest-lived American president, has entered home…
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UN Council OKs watered-down statement on Israel settlements
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a watered-down statement strongly opposing Israel’s continued construction and expansion…
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Israeli government advances judicial overhaul despite uproar
JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Tuesday for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the…
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