Nov 10 2014 - 12:00pm Tensions Mount as Israeli Arabs Protest Police Shooting
November 10, 2014

Israel’s Arab minority observed a one-day general strike on Sunday to protest the fatal police shooting of a young Arab man over the weekend, an event that raised tensions here and prompted charges that the Israeli police resort to force rashly when dealing with Arab citizens.

Nov 10 2014 - 11:58am Israeli soldier stabbed in Palestinian attack in Tel Aviv
November 10, 2014

A Palestinian stabbed and critically wounded an Israeli soldier near a Tel Aviv train station on Monday, police said, as anti-Israel violence that has raised concern about a new Palestinian uprising in the making reached the country's business capital.

Nov 10 2014 - 11:56am Bill would apply Israeli law to West Bank
November 10, 2014

An Israeli ministerial committee on legislation has approved a proposed bill that would apply all laws passed by the Knesset to the settlements, Israeli media reported Sunday.

Nov 6 2014 - 12:09pm Europe Is Blocking Mideast Peace
November 6, 2014

Europe should support Palestine’s bid to join the court because I.C.C. jurisdiction could become the ultimate deterrent that breaks the cycle of conflict.

Nov 6 2014 - 12:05pm Half of Palestinians think violent confrontation with Israel imminent
November 6, 2014

Half of Palestinians anticipate a violent confrontation with Israel in the near future amid daily clashes and rising tensions in Jerusalem, according a poll by the Palestinian Center for Public Opinion published on Thursday.

Nov 6 2014 - 12:02pm Palestinians say term 'Temple Mount' counters international law
November 6, 2014

The Palestine Liberation Organization has called on the international media to desist from using the term Temple Mount, saying its use doesn't "adhere to international law."

Nov 5 2014 - 10:53am Clashes rock Aqsa compound
November 5, 2014

Israeli police clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Wednesday and right-wing Israeli Jews toured the holy place, witnesses told Ma'an.​

Nov 5 2014 - 10:52am Amnesty International Says Israel Showed ‘Callous Indifference’ in Gaza
November 5, 2014

Amnesty International published a report early Wednesday accusing Israel of war crimes in its 50-day war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip this summer, saying its military showed “callous indifference” to civilians in airstrikes on homes that felled entire families.

Nov 5 2014 - 10:50am Clashes rock Aqsa compound?
November 5, 2014

Israeli police clashed with Palestinian worshipers inside Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Wednesday and right-wing Israeli Jews toured the holy place, witnesses told Ma'an.​

Nov 5 2014 - 10:48am 1 dead, 3 seriously wounded in Jerusalem terror attack
November 5, 2014

A Border Patrol officer was killed and at least 13 people were wounded in a terror attack near East Jerusalem on Wednesday after a commercial vehicle drove into a crowd of people on Shimon Hatzadik Street, near the entrance to the capital.


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