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Israel braces for more expulsions in passport row

Israel had hoped a row over the use of forged passports in the killing of a top Hamas militant in Dubai was over.

Netanyahu pressured to keep mum on ‘Palestinian state’

The heat is on Benjamin Netanyahu from within his own party to resist US pressure and not utter the words ”Palestinian state” in his policy speech.

Israel keeps Gaza crossings shut after rocket attacks

Israel kept three border crossings with the Gaza Strip closed on Wednesday following rocket attacks that breached a truce with Hamas rulers.

Israel weighs possible Gaza offensive

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert meets top ministers on Tuesday to weigh up a possible large-scale military offensive against the Gaza Strip to stop rocket fire from the…

Israeli army chief resigns over Lebanon offensive

Israel’s military chief quit on Wednesday over the failures of the Lebanon war in a second blow to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s unpopular government after a graft probe was…

Israel keeps silent on nuclear capacity

Israel will continue to keep mum on whether it has atomic weapons, officials said on Thursday after the incoming United States defence secretary described the Jewish state as a…

Israel lashes out at UN over Gaza

Israel lashed out Sunday against a United Nations resolution calling for a probe into a botched Gaza shelling as ministers convened to discuss the ongoing battle against…

Israel threatens massive Gaza ground assault

Israel on Tuesday ratcheted up threats of a massive ground offensive in the Gaza Strip, amid an ongoing war of words with the ruling Hamas movement, which has vowed to teach the…

Israeli air strikes to continue despite global outcry

Israel vowed on Thursday to continue air attacks in the Gaza Strip, despite global outcry over the killing of civilians in botched raids, as the Israeli and Palestinian leaders…

Olmert: Unilateral border plan is unstoppable

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert warned on Wednesday that his contested plan to set Israel’s borders on the West Bank with or without agreement from the Palestinians was…

Israeli coalition talks take a bitter turn

Israel’s ruling Kadima party on Thursday threatened to exclude the centre-left Labour from the new government as coalition talks took an increasingly bitter turn after the…

Israel vows no let-up in strikes on militants

Israel on Tuesday vowed to continue its policy of targeting Palestinian militants after the air force conducted a third deadly strike on the Gaza Strip in less than three days.…

Israel vows to press campaign against militants

Israel vowed on Monday to carry on its offensive against militants after the army shot dead three Palestinian gunmen in the West Bank, sparking condemnation from the Palestinian…

Israeli troops to leave Gaza within weeks

Israel said on Wednesday all its soldiers will be out of the Gaza Strip within a month, ending four decades of occupation after the historic pull-out of Jewish settlers from the…

Israel threatens tougher military action

Israel on Thursday threatened tougher military action against militants in the occupied Gaza Strip should Palestinians continue to open fire against Jewish settlements and…

Israeli police move to counter hardline Gaza opponents

Israeli police sought to counter the increasingly virulent tactics of extremists opposed to the Gaza Strip pullout on Thursday by beefing up intelligence and banning a protest…

Sharon works to save Budget, government

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Thursday stepped up pressure on opposition MPs to back his 2005 Budget, which Parliament must pass within two weeks or the government will…

Sharon tries to muster support

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was trying on Tuesday to rally support for a reshaped coalition to implement his planned pull-out from Gaza, where two Palestinians and an…

Sharon orders continuation of deadly offensive

Israel was pushing on with its deadly offensive in Gaza on Monday despite reservations of army chiefs. Senior officers reportedly told Sharon that Operation Days of Penitence had…

‘We will strike Hamas everywhere’

Israel sensed the chance of a knockout victory in its fight against Hamas on Tuesday after a stunning air strike claimed the lives of an unprecedented number of the group’s foot…