Israeli envoy’s appointment in danger over settlement ties
JERUSALEM (AP) — In a landmark test case for Israel, the appointment of its next ambassador to Brazil is suddenly in trouble due to his ties to the West Bank settlement movement. Brazil has reportedly...
View ArticleThe Latest: Palestinians accuse Israel of ‘savage’ behavior
JERUSALEM (AP) — The latest developments in ongoing violence between Palestinians and Israelis (all times local): ___ 7:35 p.m. The Palestinian U.N. ambassador is accusing Israel of acting in “the most...
View ArticleIsrael’s Netanyahu slams Arab lawmaker for holy site visit
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s prime minister lashed out at an Arab lawmaker Wednesday for flouting a directive and visiting the sensitive Jerusalem holy site that is at the heart of the recent round of...
View ArticlePolice: 2 stabbings in Jerusalem, West Bank, 1 attacker dead
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — A Palestinian stabbed and seriously wounded a man at a station of Jerusalem’s light rail Friday before he was shot and wounded by Israeli forces, police said. Israeli media...
View ArticleProduct-labeling plan by Europe deepens Israel’s isolation
JERUSALEM (AP) — The European Union’s decision Wednesday to start labeling Israeli products made in the West Bank delivered a resounding show of international disapproval over Israel’s expansion of...
View ArticleNew apps help Palestinians navigate Israeli checkpoints
QALANDIYA CHECKPOINT, West Bank (AP) — A pair of new mobile apps hopes to help Palestinians navigate their way around snarled traffic at Israeli checkpoints in the West Bank, offering a high-tech...
View ArticleAP Conversation: Trump calls Mideast peace ‘toughest deal’
STERLING, Va. (AP) — Donald Trump says that if he’s elected president, he’ll know within six months whether he can achieve an elusive peace accord between Israelis and Palestinians, one of the...
View ArticleIsraeli military demolishes homes of 2 Palestinian attackers
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel demolished the homes of two Palestinians who committed separate attacks against Israelis that killed five people, the military said Tuesday. The West Bank homes of the...
View ArticleIsrael military: Palestinian shot after driving into soldier
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military says a Palestinian was shot and killed after she used her car as a weapon and drove it into a soldier in the West Bank. The military says Friday’s attack lightly...
View ArticleHezbollah chief warns Israel there will be ‘no red lines’
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah has warned Israel against attacking Lebanon, saying it will fight any new war with the Jewish state without any red lines. In an interview with the...
View ArticleThe Latest: Small nations leaders pay tribute to Ban Ki-moon
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local): 3:40 p.m. The leaders of small Pacific nations are giving emotional tributes to Ban Ki-moon for...
View ArticleIsrael suspends cooperation with UNESCO over Jerusalem draft
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel suspended cooperation with UNESCO on Friday, a day after the U.N. cultural agency adopted a draft resolution that Israel says denies the deep historic Jewish connection to holy...
View ArticleIsraeli leader tells ministers to stay quiet on US election
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered his Cabinet ministers to keep quiet about the American election. The official says Netanyahu told his ministers...
View ArticleThe Latest: Biden sees no change in US-Israel relations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. election. (All times EST): 11 p.m. Vice President Joe Biden says Donald Trump’s election victory should have little effect on U.S.-Israel relations. Biden was...
View ArticleHamas names shadowy militant as new leader in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas has named a shadowy militant commander as its new leader in the Gaza Strip, an official media outlet confirmed on Monday, placing one of the Islamic militant group’s...
View ArticleIsrael fumbles goodwill visit of NFL players
JERUSALEM (AP) — It was supposed to be a feel-good visit by a group of professional football players to give a boost to image-conscious Israel. But in an embarrassing fumble by the Israeli government,...
View ArticleA look at some Israeli high-tech successes
JERUSALEM (AP) — Intel announced Monday it will spend more than $15 billion to acquire Mobileye, an Israeli company that develops technology that essentially gives computers a sense of their physical...
View ArticleNorth Korea says ready to deploy, mass-produce new missile
TOKYO (AP) — North Korea said Monday it is ready to start mass-producing a new medium-range missile after a weekend test-launch confirmed its combat readiness. It called the missile, capable of...
View ArticleRights group blasts Israeli banks for settlement expansion
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli banks are contributing to the proliferation of West Bank settlements by providing loans and mortgages for construction there, violating their human rights obligations, Human...
View ArticleTrump: Mideast peace deal may be ‘toughest deal of all’
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump says achieving peace between the Israelis and Palestinians may be the “toughest deal of all” he’s tried to negotiate. Trump says his administration nonetheless is...
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