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Netanyahu claims Israel election win despite corruption charges
Monday’s election left the veteran right-winger in prime position to form a government and end a year of political deadlock, after similar votes in April and September proved…
After Airbnb, calls for Booking.com to remove West Bank listings
Airbnb listed at least 139 properties in West Bank settlements between March and July
Palestinians denounce Israel move to punish payments to prisoner families
Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the PLO, said the move threatened the existence of the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority
Palestinian state ‘may have to be abandoned’
It may be time for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to ”tell his people the truth”, chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday.
Israel defiant as Gaza toll rises
Israel was facing widespread international condemnation on Sunday for its onslaught in Gaza, as the United Nations and European Union demanded an end to a ”disproportionate”…
UN slams Israel after bloody day in Gaza
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned Israel for using ”excessive” force in the Gaza Strip and demanded a halt to its offensive after troops killed 61 people on…
Israel kills 52 in Gaza, two soldiers killed
Israel killed 52 Palestinians on Saturday in its deadliest and deepest incursion into the Gaza Strip since pulling out in 2005, stoking fears of a broader conflict that could…
Israel and Palestine fail to agree before conference
A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders has failed to produce a joint declaration for a Middle East summit due next week in the United States, after they could not…
Gruelling road ahead for Rice on Middle East peace
The battle over the agenda of a conference on Palestinian statehood offers United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice a glimpse of the gruelling process that awaits if and…
Gaza children ‘were playing next to rocket launcher’
The Israeli military said on Friday that three Gaza children killed this week were playing next to a rocket launcher when the army mistook them for militants and opened fire. The…