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Chinese military chief makes first visit to Israel
The chief of China's armed forces visited Israel on Sunday in what analysts saw as part of a Middle East reassessment by Beijing following the political upheaval of the "Arab Spring". General Chen Bingde was scheduled to tour an army base and hear (...)

14 - 08 - 2011
Palestinian Official Deplores Continual Treatment of Israel As A Country Above International Law 2 Ramallah
Quds). The other 14 Security Council members voted in favor. Palestinian presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said: "the veto does not help the peace process." He said that the veto "only encourages Israel to continue in its settlement (...)

19 - 02 - 2011
Israeli PM Wants Nonstop Talks with Palestinians
Israel's prime minister says he's ready to sit down with the Palestinian president for continuous one-on-one talks until they reach a peace deal, as AP reported. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued his statement on Sunday in an apparent bid to (...)

02 - 01 - 2011
Palestinian Leader Wants US Backing in UN Proposal
The Palestinian president says his new attempt to get the United Nations to condemn Israeli settlements was specifically designed to win U.S. support, as AP reported. The Palestinians have drafted a proposal and are lobbying for a Security Council (...)

31 - 12 - 2010
Former Israeli President Katsav convicted of rape
An Israeli court has convicted former President Moshe Katsav on two counts of rape, according to AP. Thursday's conviction means Katsav will face a minimum of four years in prison. The verdict marks the climax of a four-and-a-half year saga that (...)

30 - 12 - 2010
Israeli Foreign Minister: Peace is 'Impossible'
Israel's foreign minister says a peace deal with the Palestinians is impossible under current conditions and that Israel shouldn't pursue one, as Ap reported. Avigdor Lieberman told Israeli diplomats Sunday that Israel should instead seek a (...)

26 - 12 - 2010
Israel names retired judge to probe aid flotilla seizure
Israel will appoint retired Supreme Court Judge Yakov Tirkel to head a commission of inquiry into the seizure of six ships carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists to the Gaza Strip, dpa quoted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as saying on (...)

13 - 06 - 2010
Israel rejects international investigation of raid
Israel has rejected calls from the United Nations and others for an international investigation of its deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, according to AP. Israel says the commandos used force only after activists on board a Turkish flagship (...)

03 - 06 - 2010
UN resolution "unacceptable", says Israelioreign minister
A UN Security Council resolution condemning Israel for its navy raid on an aid flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip, was "unacceptable and did not advance peace and stability in the Middle East, " dpa quoted Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor (...)

01 - 06 - 2010
Flotilla bound for Gaza delayed
Ships carrying 10,000 tons of supplies and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to blockaded Gaza were being held up near Cyprus on Saturday, as organizers tried to get nearly two dozen high-profile supporters on board, AP reported. The flotilla (...)

29 - 05 - 2010
UN Chief Accuses Israel of Detaining and Torturing Children 3 United Nations
controlled area C of the West Bank have also jeopardized children's right to education. Inadequate structures, including tents, shacks and crude cement structures, are being used as schools owing to the difficulties in obtaining building permits (...)

22 - 05 - 2010
Singer Elvis Costello cancels concerts in Israel
British singer-songwriter Elvis Costello is canceling two summer concerts in Israel because of its treatment of the Palestinians, according to AP. In an announcement on his Web site explaining his decision, Costello spoke of «intimidation, (...)

20 - 05 - 2010
Indirect peace talks in Israel's interest, says Peres
Upcoming indirect peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians are in Israeli's interest and the country is ready to overcome the remaining obstacles, dpa quoted Israeli President Shimon Peres as saying on Sunday. "The gaps are small and we (...)

02 - 05 - 2010
Israeli groups decry army WBank deportation rules
The Israeli military is introducing orders that human rights activists said on Sunday could make almost any Palestinian liable for expulsion from the occupied West Bank, Reuters reported. In a statement, the army played down any notion of mass (...)

11 - 04 - 2010
Israel corruption trial for ex-PM suspended
An Israeli court has suspended the corruption trial of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, a day after a confidant was arrested in a multimillion-dollar bribery scandal, according to AP. Olmert was mayor of Jerusalem when the bribery allegedly took (...)

08 - 04 - 2010
Netanyahu tries to play down tensions with US
Israel's leader tried to play down tensions with the U.S. on Sunday after a rocky meeting at the White House last week, saying that relations with Washington remain solid, AP reported. In his first public comments on the matter, Prime Minister (...)

28 - 03 - 2010
Israeli soldiers leave Gaza after fierce clash
Israel withdrew its troops from the Gaza Strip Saturday after some of the fiercest gunbattles with Palestinians in the Hamas-run territory since last year's military offensive, AP reported. Israeli troops used bulldozers to remove infrastructure (...)

27 - 03 - 2010
Israeli military: 2 soldiers killed in Gaza Strip
The Israeli military said that two soldiers have been killed in an exchange of fire with militants who were planting explosives along the security fence in the southern Gaza Strip, according to AP. The military says two other soldiers were wounded (...)

26 - 03 - 2010
Analysis: Netanyahu's choice: Peace or settlements
Following a seemingly chilly reception at the White House, Benjamin Netanyahu is learning the hard way that he can't have it all, according to AP. The Israeli leader will not likely be able to settle east Jerusalem with Jews and maintain strong (...)

25 - 03 - 2010
Palestinians threaten to call off peace talks
The Palestinians are threatening to pull out of U.S.-mediated peace talks with Israel before the negotiations even start, according to AP. The two sides agreed this week to resume indirect talks through a U.S. mediator. But the Palestinians say (...)

11 - 03 - 2010
More Israeli names on new list of Dubai suspects
The names of at least eight new suspects that Dubai police are linking to the slaying of a top Hamas operative match those of people in Israel, further hinting at Israeli involvement in a killing widely thought to be the work of the Mossad spy (...)

25 - 02 - 2010
Opposition party rejects PM Netanyahu"s unity bid
Israel"s main opposition party has turned down an offer from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to join his coalition government, according to AP. The centrist Kadima party has 28 seats in the 120-seat Israeli parliament _ one more than Netanyahu"s (...)

28 - 12 - 2009
Netanyahu wants Israeli force on Palestinian border
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday raised publicly for the first time the prospect of maintaining Israeli forces along the eastern border of a future Palestinian state to prevent arms smuggling, according to Reuters. "The problem (...)

28 - 12 - 2009
Israeli killed in West Bank shooting attack
Shots fired at a passing car in the northern West Bank fatally wounded an Israeli motorist late Thursday afternoon, first aid officials said, according to dpa. Paramedics called to the scene were unable to save the victim"s life. It was (...)

24 - 12 - 2009
Israeli minister "optimistic" on prisoner swap deal
An Israeli cabinet minister said on Friday he was optimistic about prospects for a prisoner swap with Palestinians for captured soldier Gilad Shalit, suggesting that talks were still alive to achieve a deal, according to Reuters. Benjamin (...)

27 - 11 - 2009
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