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Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in north Gaza
GAZA CITY - A Gazan man was killed by Israeli fire in northern Gaza on Tuesday, medical sources said, as Palestinian factions met to discuss tensions with Israel along the border.
"A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli tank shell near Erez," said Adham Abu Selmiya, identifying him as 21-year-old Mohammed Ziyad Shalha.
Earlier, witnesses reported seeing Israeli troops firing at two men in the same area who were said to be collecting gravel, in what was understood to be the
"A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli tank shell near Erez," said Adham Abu Selmiya, identifying him as 21-year-old Mohammed Ziyad Shalha.
Earlier, witnesses reported seeing Israeli troops firing at two men in the same area who were said to be collecting gravel, in what was understood to be the
Former Israeli president Katsav gets 7 yrs for rape
TEL AVIV - Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was sentenced to seven years in jail for rape on Tuesday in a case that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said showed "that no person is above the law". Katsav had denied charges he twice raped an aide when he was a cabinet minister in the late 1990s, and molested or sexually harassed two other women who worked for him during his 2000-2007 term as president. But a three-judge panel at Tel Aviv District Court said when convicting him in
Israeli gunfire kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza Strip
GAZA - Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire on Saturday near Gaza's border with Israel, medical officials said on Sunday after their bodies were recovered.
The Israeli army said on Saturday that two militants were targeted after approaching a frontier area that Israel has put off-limits to Palestinians, citing attacks against border patrols. The incident followed a barrage of mortar bombs fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip, territory controlled by Hamas Islamists.
The Israeli army said on Saturday that two militants were targeted after approaching a frontier area that Israel has put off-limits to Palestinians, citing attacks against border patrols. The incident followed a barrage of mortar bombs fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip, territory controlled by Hamas Islamists.
Israeli anger over Palestinian film at UN
GENEVA - Israel has complained to the United Nations for allowing the US premiere of a controversial film on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the UN headquarters.
A red-carpet showing of 'Miral' by award winning American-Jewish director Julian Schnabel was held at the UN General Assembly hall on Monday.
The film is based on an autobiographical novel by Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal that traces the Arab-Israeli conflict after 1948 from a Palestinian perspective. The
A red-carpet showing of 'Miral' by award winning American-Jewish director Julian Schnabel was held at the UN General Assembly hall on Monday.
The film is based on an autobiographical novel by Palestinian journalist Rula Jebreal that traces the Arab-Israeli conflict after 1948 from a Palestinian perspective. The
Israeli jets hit militant camps in Gaza
GAZA CITY - Israeli warplanes bombed militant training camps in the Gaza Strip for a second time on Saturday, wounding one person, Palestinian officials said. The jets hit two training camps of the Ezzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the armed wing of Gaza's ruling Hamas movement, in the southern city of Rafah, Hamas security officials said, adding that one bystander was lightly wounded. The raids came after pre-dawn strikes against two training camps of the hardline Islamic Jihad group.
Merkel berates Israeli PM in ‘tense’ call
JERUSALEM - German Chancellor Angela Merkel berated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to advance peace talks during a "tense" phone call, Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Friday. Citing German sources, the newspaper said Merkel responded furiously when Netanyahu criticised Germany for supporting a Palestinian-drafted United Nations Security Council resolution against Israeli settlement construction.
"How dare you?" Merkel told Netanyahu, according to the
"How dare you?" Merkel told Netanyahu, according to the
Israeli general wants peace treaties with neighbours
LAHORE - Israel's former chief of General Staff Lt-Gen Gabi Ashkenazi Monday called on the government to work towards making peace treaties with neighbouring countries, The Jerusalem Post reported.
According to the Israeli newspaper, he made these comments during a farewell appearance before the Knesset (Israel's unicameral legislature) Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee.
"Other countries [in the region] should be removed from the cycle of conflict with Israel and added
According to the Israeli newspaper, he made these comments during a farewell appearance before the Knesset (Israel's unicameral legislature) Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee.
"Other countries [in the region] should be removed from the cycle of conflict with Israel and added
Israeli ex-soldier admits leaking secret papers
TEL AVIV - A former Israeli soldier pleaded guilty on Sunday to leaking classified military documents to a newspaper which later reported allegations of a policy to assassinate Palestinian militants. Tel Aviv district court accepted a plea bargain with Anat Kamm, 24, dropping some of the original charges including harming state security, but convicted her of possessing and distributing secret information.
Kamm had taken about 2,000 military papers during her mandatory army
Kamm had taken about 2,000 military papers during her mandatory army
Israeli analysts fear Islamic takeover in Egypt
JERUSALEM - Israel's leaders anxiously watched events in Egypt on Sunday as analysts warned that if a new leadership was dominated by Islamists it could threaten 30 years of peace between the two neighbours.
As the wave of unprecedented protests continued to engulf Egypt, Israeli officials have been nervously eyeing the developments and assessing the likely impact on ties with the Jewish state. "We are attentively following what is going on in Egypt and in our region," Israeli
As the wave of unprecedented protests continued to engulf Egypt, Israeli officials have been nervously eyeing the developments and assessing the likely impact on ties with the Jewish state. "We are attentively following what is going on in Egypt and in our region," Israeli
Israeli diplomats end strike
JERUSALEM - Israeli diplomats on Monday ended a month-long strike that had severely impeded the Jewish state's foreign relations, an official said. The end of the work sanctions means that an upcoming visit by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, scheduled for the end of January, will likely go ahead, Hanan Goder, head of the workers' union at the foreign ministry told AFP.
"I hope she will come, we are going back to work and we have a lot of work to do," he said. Doubts over
"I hope she will come, we are going back to work and we have a lot of work to do," he said. Doubts over
Israeli diplomacy ‘held hostage’ by ministry’s strike
JERUSALEM - Israeli diplomacy, which is already engaged in an uphill battle to defend the Jewish state from international criticism, is facing a new threat: a strike by diplomats who say they are penniless. Foreign ministry employees began protesting a year ago, but have recently toughened their stance, launching a staff strike which has seriously hampered operations at both the ministry and at Israeli embassies around the world.
"Since December 27, we are no longer helping with
"Since December 27, we are no longer helping with
Men shot by Israeli forces given anonymous burial in Gaza
GAZA - Palestinians gave anonymous burials on Tuesday to two men killed by Israeli forces on the Gaza border and whose unclaimed bodies stirred speculation they might have been foreign migrant workers or al Qaeda supporters.
The two were shot on Jan. 5 while trying to clamber into Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, the army said. Palestinian medics who collected their corpses said the men wore civilian clothes and carried no weapons. Their skin was darker than most Gazans'.
The two were shot on Jan. 5 while trying to clamber into Israel from the northern Gaza Strip, the army said. Palestinian medics who collected their corpses said the men wore civilian clothes and carried no weapons. Their skin was darker than most Gazans'.
Israeli troops kill Palestinian in West Bank
NABLUS - Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian man on Saturday as he ran toward a checkpoint in the West Bank shouting Islamic slogans, Palestinian and Israeli officials said.
Khaldun Samudi was hit by several bullets as he was running toward an Israeli checkpoint east of Nablus shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), Palestinian witnesses told AFP. Palestinian security officials said he was a member of the Islamic Jihad in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, referring to the
Khaldun Samudi was hit by several bullets as he was running toward an Israeli checkpoint east of Nablus shouting "Allahu Akbar" (God is greatest), Palestinian witnesses told AFP. Palestinian security officials said he was a member of the Islamic Jihad in Jenin, in the northern West Bank, referring to the
Israeli ex-president Katsav convicted of rape
TEL AVIV - Israeli former president Moshe Katsav was convicted of two counts of rape on Thursday, capping a four-year scandal that shocked the Jewish state and leaves him facing at least eight years in prison.
As a Tel Aviv court handed down the verdict, which also convicted Katsav on charges of sexual harassment, indecent acts and obstruction of justice, the visibly distraught 65-year-old muttered "No, no." The ruling comes after a trial that lasted a year and a half and
As a Tel Aviv court handed down the verdict, which also convicted Katsav on charges of sexual harassment, indecent acts and obstruction of justice, the visibly distraught 65-year-old muttered "No, no." The ruling comes after a trial that lasted a year and a half and
World may recognise Palestine soon: Israeli minister
JERUSALEM - With peace talks stalled, the "entire world" could recognise a Palestinian state within a year, a dovish Israeli cabinet minister warned on Sunday, urging the resumption of negotiations.
The comments from Industry and Trade Minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer come after Ecuador formally recognised Palestine as an independent state on Friday, following the lead of other South American countries.
Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia gave formal recognition earlier this month
The comments from Industry and Trade Minister Benjamin Ben Eliezer come after Ecuador formally recognised Palestine as an independent state on Friday, following the lead of other South American countries.
Brazil, Argentina and Bolivia gave formal recognition earlier this month
Israeli settlers building 100 illegal homes: NGO
JERUSALEM - Israeli settlers have illegally begun work on at least 100 homes in the occupied West Bank since the end of a freeze on settlement construction, Israel's Peace Now movement said on Thursday.
"Since the end of the settlement freeze at the end of September, at least 100 buildings are now under construction in the West Bank," Peace Now's secretary general Yariv Oppenheimer told AFP.
In November 2009, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implemented a freeze on
"Since the end of the settlement freeze at the end of September, at least 100 buildings are now under construction in the West Bank," Peace Now's secretary general Yariv Oppenheimer told AFP.
In November 2009, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implemented a freeze on
Israeli settlements ‘displace’ Palestinians, says HRW
JERUSALEM - Palestinians in the occupied West Bank lack basic amenities and are effectively being forcibly displaced by discriminatory Israeli policies, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Sunday.
The New York-based rights group called on the United States to penalise Israel by withholding from its massive annual aid a sum equal to the amount the Jewish state gives in subsidies to West Bank settlements.
The 166-page report accuses Israel of depriving the
The New York-based rights group called on the United States to penalise Israel by withholding from its massive annual aid a sum equal to the amount the Jewish state gives in subsidies to West Bank settlements.
The 166-page report accuses Israel of depriving the
