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Israel calls on Syria's Assad to 'get rid' of Iranian forces

by Ian Deitch - May 12, 2018 - 1:00am

Israel's defense minister Friday called on President Bashar Assad to "get rid" of Iranian forces in Syria, warning their continued presence would only cause trouble.

Palestinian killed in renewed clashes over Jerusalem status

by Ian Deitch - December 22, 2017 - 10:21pm

A Palestinian was killed in renewed clashes with Israeli forces, Gaza's Health Ministry said yesterday, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged France and Europe to play a stronger role in peace efforts, as...

$1.3M auction bid buys Albert Einstein's theory of happiness

by Ian Deitch - October 25, 2017 - 9:16am

While Albert Einstein's theory of happiness may be relative, it fetched $1.3 million at a Jerusalem auction on Tuesday.

Israel's ex-PM Olmert released from prison

by Ian Deitch - July 2, 2017 - 7:26am

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was released from prison early Sunday days after a parole board granted him early release from his 27-month corruption sentence.

Israel goodwill Ramadan measure cut after Palestinian attack

by Ian Deitch - June 18, 2017 - 10:29pm

Israel revoked on yesterday the permits of 200,000 Palestinians to enter Israel that were approved for the holy month of Ramadan following two near simultaneous Palestinian attacks on police that killed a young female...

Palestinian intelligence chief meets US security officials

by Ian Deitch - February 10, 2017 - 6:20am

An official says the Palestinian intelligence chief has met with US security officials in the first meetings between the Palestinians and the Trump administration.

Israeli settler group shrugs off White House criticism

by Ian Deitch - February 4, 2017 - 4:20am

Israeli settlers on yesterday shrugged off White House criticism of settlement construction, convinced they have the sympathies of President Donald Trump.

Jerusalem bus bombing wounds 21 Israelis

by Ian Deitch - April 18, 2016 - 2:42pm

A bus exploded in Jerusalem on yesterday, wounding at least 21 people in what police said was a "terror attack," raising fears of a return to the Palestinian suicide bombings that ravaged Israeli cities a decade...

Israel's Shimon Peres rushed to hospital with chest pains

by Ian Deitch - January 25, 2016 - 11:44am

Israel's former President Shimon Peres was rushed to a hospital after experiencing chest pains, just a week after suffering a mild heart attack, his spokeswoman said Sunday night.

Israel calls up reservists following holy site violence

by Ian Deitch - September 18, 2015 - 11:00am

Israel made a rare decision on Friday to call up a few hundred border police reservists to beef up security, following Palestinian riots at Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site and outbreaks of violence elsewhere...

Israel paper cuts Merkel from Paris march photo for modesty

by Ian Deitch - January 15, 2015 - 5:41am

A small Jewish ultra-Orthodox newspaper in Israel is making waves internationally for removing German Chancellor Angela Merkel from a photo of this week's Paris march out of modesty.

Israel withholds Palestinian tax revenues after ICC move

by Ian Deitch - January 4, 2015 - 5:08am

Israel halted transfers of the tax revenue it collects on behalf of the Palestinians in retaliation for their move to join the International Criminal Court in the Hague, Israeli media reported yesterday.

Spiritual leader of African Hebrew Israelites dies

by Ian Deitch - December 30, 2014 - 2:45am

The spiritual leader of the African Hebrew Israelites, a movement that believes some black Americans are the descendants of an ancient Israelite tribe, has died in the southern Israeli town where he brought his followers...

Gaza attacks triggers Israeli exodus from border

by Ian Deitch - August 26, 2014 - 7:05am

Tens of thousands of Israelis have fled their homes in communities along the border with the Gaza Strip, reflecting growing fear and frustration as the war with Hamas drags on with no end in sight.

Tens of thousands of Israelis mourn slain teens

by Ian Deitch - July 2, 2014 - 7:04am

Tens of thousands of mourners converged yesterday in central Israel for a funeral service for three teenagers found dead in the West Bank after a two-week search and crackdown on the Hamas militant group, which Israeli...

Israel scours West Bank for teens feared abducted

by Ian Deitch - June 14, 2014 - 4:05am

Israeli soldiers searched the West Bank on Friday for three missing teenagers from nearby settlements, one of them a U.S. citizen, feared kidnapped by Palestinian militants, authorities said.

Militants fire rocket from Gaza Strip into Israel

by Ian Deitch - June 12, 2014 - 5:44am

Militants fired a rocket from the Gaza Strip at Israel on yesterday, a first since a Palestinian unity government headed by Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas was put in charge of Gaza — at least formally...

Israeli premier meets wounded Syrians, blames Iran

by Ian Deitch - February 19, 2014 - 2:08am

Israel's prime minister met with wounded Syrians treated at an Israeli hospital yesterday and blamed Iran for bloodshed in neighboring Syria as world powers meet in Vienna for talks over Tehran's nuclear progra...

Israel ex-PM recounts 2008 talks with Palestinians

by Ian Deitch - February 8, 2014 - 8:00am

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Friday that if talks he held with Palestinians in 2008 had produced a peace deal, it would have forced tens of thousands of Jewish settlers to leave their homes in the...

Israel says it foiled al-Qaida plot on U.S. Embassy

by Ian Deitch - January 24, 2014 - 3:41am

Israel on Wednesday said it had foiled an "advanced" al-Qaida plan to carry out a suicide bombing on the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and bomb other targets, in what analysts said was the first time the global terror...

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