Clashes erupt at sacred compound in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM - Clashes erupted Friday between Muslim worshippers and Israeli riot police at a sacred and disputed hilltop compound following a sermon on a recent Israeli decision to include two West Bank shrines on a list of national heritage sites.
Nations:Israel Palestine Source:(AP)
2010-03-05
Netanyahu stakes claim to West Bank settlement
JERUSALEM - Israel's prime minister declared on Sunday that his country would retain parts of the West Bank forever - a statement sure to provoke Palestinians and complicate the year-old peace mission of a visiting U.S. envoy.
Nations:Israel People:Benjamin Netanyahu Mahmoud Abbas Barack Obama Activities:Israel-Palestine Source:(AP)
2010-01-24
Israel OKs hundreds of new West Bank apartments
JERUSALEM - Israel officially approved the construction of hundreds of new homes in the West Bank, the Defense Ministry said Monday, deepening an already unprecedented rift with the U.S. over Israeli settlement expansion.
Nations:Israel North Korea People:Benjamin Netanyahu Activities:Israel-Palestine Source:(AP)
2009-09-07
Demjanjuk faces 27,900 accessory to murder counts
MUNICH - Retired auto worker John Demjanjuk was formally charged Monday with 27,900 counts of acting as an accessory to murder -- one for every person who died at Sobibor during the time he is accused of serving as a guard at the Nazi death camp.
Nations:Germany Poland Israel Ukraine Source:(AP)
2009-07-13
Israeli election battle seen too close to call
JERUSALEM - Israel's national election is likely to be a cliff-hanger, pollsters said on Monday, on the eve of a vote right-winger Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party had been forecast to win.
Nations:Israel Lebanon People:Benjamin Netanyahu Shimon Peres Ehud Olmert Activities:2009 Israel National Election
2009-02-09
Editorials worldwide pillory Bush one final time
BERLIN - Editorial writers around the world have been taking their final printed whacks at George W. Bush, accusing the president of tarnishing America's standing with what many saw as arrogant and incompetent leadership.
Nations:Israel U.S. Germany China India Iran People:George W. Bush Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Donald H. Rumsfeld Activities:Bush Admin. 2005 Hurricane Katrina
2009-01-19
Israeli assault targets symbols of Hamas power
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel's air force obliterated symbols of Hamas power on the third day of its Gaza assault Monday, striking next to the Hamas premier's home, devastating a security compound and flattening a building at a university linked to the Islamic group.
Nations:Israel Egypt People:Nicolas Sarkozy Mahmoud Abbas Activities:2009 Gaza War Hamas Gaza Conflict Source:(AP)
2008-12-29
Madoff scandal stuns Palm Beach Jewish community
PALM BEACH, Florida - Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion Wall Street fraud scheme has hurt and embarrassed the Jewish community of Palm Beach, the Florida town of the mega-wealthy where the financier found so many of his investors.
Nations:U.S. Israel People:Donald Trump Steven Spielberg Activities:Madoff Fraud Case
2008-12-20
Around the world, US vote sparks buzz for change
BERLIN - Throngs packed plazas and pubs around the world to await U.S. elections results Tuesday, many inspired by Barack Obama's promise of change amid a sense of relief that -- no matter who wins -- the White House is changing hands.
Nations:France Germany Israel Cuba U.K. Kuwait People:Barack Obama Sarah Palin John McCain Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-11-04
Palestinian goes on rampage in Jerusalem; 3 killed
JERUSALEM - A Palestinian man plowed an enormous construction vehicle into cars, buses and pedestrians on a busy street Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding at least 45 before he was shot dead by security officers.
Nations:Lebanon Israel People:Mahmoud Abbas Activities:Israel-Palestine Conflict Source:(AP)
2008-07-02
Rice: Jewish housing plan undermines peace talks
JERUSALEM - The United States took Israel to task Saturday for a planned expansion of Jewish homes in the portion of Jerusalem that Palestinians claim for the capital of a future state.
Nations:Israel People:Mahmoud Abbas Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice Activities:2007 Palestinian Peace Talks Israel-U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-06-14
Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor
Former President Carter said Monday that Hamas -- the Islamic militant group that has called for the destruction of Israel -- is prepared to accept the right of the Jewish state to "live as a neighbor next door in peace."
Nations:Israel Palestine People:Mahmoud Abbas Activities:Israel-Palestine Conflict 2006 Hamas Conflict
2008-04-21
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