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Palestinian head warns of total break in case of Israel annexation
Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas says the annexation plans show Israel is no longer abiding by peace accords between the two
Israel soldier killed in West Bank ahead of annexation talks
The US-Israel meeting, a day before a new Israeli government is due to be sworn in, will focus partly on President Donald Trump's controversial Middle East peace plan
Calm returns after 2-day flare-up in and around Gaza
The Israeli military reports no rocket fire from the territory and Agence France-Presse correspondents in Gaza report no Israeli strikes
In new pro-Israel shift, U.S. no longer calls settlements illegal
US State secretary Mike Pompeo tells reporters, the US has concluded that 'the establishment of Israeli civilian settlements in the West Bank is not, per se, inconsistent with international law'
Deadly Israel-Gaza escalation rages for second day
UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov is expected in Cairo for talks on halting the fighting
Israel demolishes Palestinian homes in Jerusalem area
Residents and activists are dragged out of the homes, many of which are still under construction
Israel in dozens of strikes on Gaza after rockets target Tel Aviv
The escalation follows weeks of growing tension and comes at an especially sensitive time ahead of Israel's April 9 elections
U.N. probe accuses Israel of possible crimes against humanity
The investigators specify that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Israeli troops killed and injured Palestinians 'who were neither directly participating in hostilities, nor posing an imminent threat'
Israeli hits dozens of Gaza targets after mortar barrage
(UPDATED) The UN Security Council is expected to meet Wednesday, May 30, to discuss the attacks on Israel, following a request by the United States for an urgent meeting
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas leaves hospital
Abbas walk without assistance and gives a short statement before leaving the hospital near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank
Israel hits Hamas base but Gaza protests fade
Tens of thousands have protested along Gaza's border with Israel since March 30 calling for Palestinian refugees to be able to return to their homes now inside Israel
Hamas hands over Egypt border crossing to Palestinian Authority
Hamas hands over control of the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt to the Palestinian Authority, in a first key test of a Palestinian reconciliation accord agreed last month
Gaza Strip in peril as Hamas marks decade in power
Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing electricity blackouts poverty and Israel s blockade
Netanyahu tells Israeli settlers 'nobody will be uprooted'
His comments come as Israeli authorities also advances plans for some 1 500 settlement homes in the West Bank including units for the first new official settlement in some 25 years
Crowds gather in Bethlehem ahead of Christmas mass
There is more optimism this year in Israel and the West Bank after a wave of violence and protests that erupted in October 2015 sharply reduced visits for Christmas
Ancient church unearthed on Gaza building site
Archaeologists are urging officials to suspend construction until relics are protected and preserved
Top UN official: War-hit Gaza on 'disastrous trajectory'
A top UN official helping oversee Gaza s reconstruction following its 2014 war with Israel says Israel s blockade and Palestinian divisions are hampering recovery
Gaza car blasts target Hamas, Islamic Jihad armed wings
The five near simultaneous blasts come amid growing tensions between the Palestinian territory s rulers and extremist opponents
Israel, Palestinians mark one year since Gaza war
It was the third war in Gaza in 6 years and by far the deadliest and most destructive of the 3 leaving families wondering when the suffering will end
Israel PM rejects 'dictates' as French FM visits
Netanyahu hits out at international diplomatic efforts to impose proposals which he says neglected to address vital Israeli security concerns
UN tells Israel, Palestinians to stop unilateral actions
Ban: Leaders on both sides must overcome their differences and dispense with the unilateral initiatives that serve only to fuel mistrust and polarization
Gaza donors meet as US pushes peace talks revival
US Secretary of State John Kerry and 30 of his counterparts join UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon who is seeking a record 1 6 billion 1 3 billion euros in aid to rebuild Gaza
Israel PM vows to refute Palestinian 'lies' at UN
Netanyahu: In my UN General Assembly speech and in all of my meetings I will represent the citizens of Israel and will – on their behalf – refute the slander and lies directed at our country
Abbas demands end to Israeli occupation 'now'
The future proposed by the Israeli government for the Palestinian people is at best isolated ghettos for Palestinians on fragmented lands At worst it will be a most abhorrent form of apartheid
Israel troops kill 2 Palestinian suspects in teens murder
UPDATED Amer Abu Eisha and Marwan Qawasmeh whom Israel had accused of carrying out the kidnapping and murder were killed in exchange of fire in the southern West Bank city of Hebron the army said
Gaza mortar fire on Israel for first time since truce – army
An Israeli army statement said that a mortar round struck the Eshkol region which borders the Gaza Strip
Hamas denies running 'shadow government' in Gaza
There is a national unity government; talk of a parallel government is totally against reality says Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal
Israel wary of new Gaza violence if Cairo talks fail
Deputy foreign minister Tzahi Hanegbi: There are chances that Hamas will restart its routine of violence this is a possibility we can t ignore
Abbas says may end unity with Hamas over Gaza governance
UPDATED The threat draws an angry reaction from Hamas denouncing the president s allegations as baseless and raising fresh questions over the future of a fragile intra Palestinian unity deal
After ceasefire, Gazans dream of reopened airport
Once a symbol of Palestinian hopes for statehood the Yasser Arafat International Airport has become a constant reminder that Gaza is largely cut off from the outside world
Pressure mounts for Israel to reverse Palestinian land-grab plan
The United States the United Nations and Egypt all call for an urgent rethink after Sunday s August 31 announcement which angered the Palestinians and alarmed Israeli peace campaigners
Israel to expropriate West Bank land around Bethlehem – army
UPDATED Israel announces it will expropriate 400 hectares 988 acres of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank angering the Palestinians and alarming Israeli peace campaigners
Defiant Gaza militants vow to rearm amid shaky truce
The spokesman for Al Quds Brigades delivers a speech praising backers Iran and allies Hezbollah and declaring the militants would redouble efforts to rearm
Aid convoys trundle into Gaza as ceasefire holds
Millions in and around the war torn enclave enjoyed a welcome day of peace during which there were no strikes on Gaza nor Palestinian rockets fired at Israel
Gaza celebrates as long-term truce goes into effect
UPDATED The Palestinians say it is a permanent truce while a senior Israeli official describes it as unconditional and unlimited in time
Israel in deadly Gaza air raids, Egypt in new truce plan
The Jewish state also comes under fire in the north where at least one rocket was fired from Lebanon
Netanyahu: Gaza operation to last as long as it takes
Netanyahu also adds a veiled warning to neighboring Lebanon and Syria after overnight rocket fire into Israel
Israel strikes kill 10 in Gaza as Egypt readies talks
At least 2 103 Palestinians and 68 people on the Israeli side all but 4 of them soldiers have been killed since July 8
Hamas warns foreign airlines, says Israel truce talks over
At least 2 049 Palestinians and 67 people on the Israeli side have now been killed since the conflict began on July 8 more than 20 of those Palestinians since fighting resumed late Tuesday
Gaza ceasefire collapses, truce talks freeze
UPDATED Tuesday s deaths of the woman and a two year old girl were the first as a result of Israeli air raids in Gaza since August 10
Israel, Palestinians extend Gaza truce by 24 hours
News of the last minute extension came from Cairo where Egyptian mediators have been pushing both sides to put a decisive end to weeks of bloodshed in Gaza
Fate of Gaza truce in balance as toll tops 2,000
2ND UPDATE According to a ministry statement a total of 2 016 people were killed and another 10 196 wounded
Donor conference in Cairo once Gaza truce guaranteed – Norway
Norway notes that it was the third time in a few years that international donors will have been called on to finance Gaza reconstruction
Israelis, Palestinians poised to resume Cairo talks
Egypt has persuaded both sides to adhere to a new 5 day ceasefire extending a 3 day agreement in order to allow more time to thrash out a longer term truce
Animals caught in crossfire, trapped at Gaza zoo
The zoo is now far from relaxing with the wire of its enclosures twisted and crushed after the Israeli air strikes and debris and dead animals strewn around
Gaza truce holding after shaky start
Egyptian mediators brokered the 5 day extension to an existing truce allowing further negotiations on a long term ceasefire to fighting
New Gaza truce holding after shaky start
UPDATED The agreement clinched by Egypt ushers in what is potentially the longest period of calm in the five week conflict and will allow more time for talks on the thorniest issues that separate the two sides
AP cameraman among 5 killed in Gaza ordnance blast
UPDATED AP cameraman Simone Camilli is the first foreign journalist to be killed in more than a month of bloodshed between Israel and Hamas militants which began on July 8
Clock ticks down to end of Gaza truce deadline
As Gaza s residents ventured out into the quiet to try to piece together their battered lives negotiators hold a second round of indirect talks aimed at finding a durable end to the five week confrontation
All quiet on day two of Gaza truce as Cairo talks continue
The enclave was quiet following days of Egyptian brokered mediation to stem violence which has killed 1 940 Palestinians and 67 on the Israeli side since July 8
