1 hour ago - By Laurie Copans, AP Writer
A U.S.-trained military expert disputed on Wednesday an Israeli claim that it had nothing to do with an explosion that killed eight Palestinian beachgoers in the Gaza Strip last Friday, an incident that has turned a critical spotlight on Israel's military practices. Complete Story
14 hours ago - By Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert vowed Wednesday to "make every effort" to resume negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, although he also insisted that attacks must stop first.
Jun 13 - By Steve Weizman, AP Writer
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday he had given the go ahead for a shipment of weapons to Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, whose loyalists are engaged in bitter infighting with the militant Islamic Hamas.
Jun 13 - By Associated Press
Israel's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the assassin of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will be allowed to father children through artificial insemination.
Jun 13 - By Ibrahim Barzak, AP Writer
Hours after cash-starved civil servants stormed parliament, the Palestinian foreign minister returned Wednesday from a trip to Muslim nations with $20 million in a suitcase, a sign of Hamas' desperation for money in the face of a Western boycott.
Jun 13 - By Laurie Copans, AP Writer
Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Tuesday that Israel was not responsible for a blast that killed eight Gaza beachgoers, rebuffing Palestinian accusations that blamed an Israeli artillery round.
Jun 13 - By Associated Press
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Tuesday denied that Israel was responsible for a blast on the Gaza beach Friday that killed eight Palestinian civilians.
Jun 13 - By Laurie Copans, AP Writer
An American couple was posthumously honored Tuesday at Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial for saving almost 2,000 Jews from the Nazis during World War II.
Jun 13 - By Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that his country will never agree to pull out of all of the West Bank because the borders that existed before Israel captured the territory in 1967 could not be defended.
Jun 13 - By Associated Press
A failed Israeli airstrike Tuesday against a car carrying militants along a main road in Gaza City killed nine Palestinians, including two schoolchildren, Palestinian hospital officials said.
Jun 12 - By Laurie Copans, AP Writer
An Israeli investigation has concluded that a blast that killed eight Palestinian civilians on a Gaza beach almost certainly came from a Hamas militant mine and not an Israeli shell, military officials said Tuesday.
Jun 12 - By Steve Weizman, AP Writer
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday that he would make "every possible effort" to negotiate peace with the Palestinians but will act unilaterally without an agreement.
Jun 12 - By Ibrahim Barzak, AP Writer
An Israeli airstrike targeting a key figure in Palestinian rocket attacks killed 10 people Tuesday, including the militant, two children and three medical workers who rushed to the scene of an initial blast.
Jun 12 - By Associated Press
A commuter train carrying hundreds of passengers derailed after slamming into a pickup truck at a crossing in central Israel, killing five people and injuring 77.
Jun 12 - By Associated Press
Israel's defense minister postponed a large-scale air offensive against Gaza militants in an effort to give the Palestinians more time to stop rocket attacks from the coastal territory, military officials said Monday.
Jun 11 - By Ali Daraghmeh, AP Writer
An American student briefly kidnapped by Palestinian militants said Sunday he was seized by a heavily armed man from a cafe while he was visiting a West Bank city.
Jun 11 - By Gabe Ross, AP Writer
A commuter train carrying hundreds of passengers derailed after slamming into a pickup truck at a crossing in central Israel, killing five people and injuring 77.
Jun 11 - By Steven Gutkin, AP Writer
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said Sunday that Israel wants to negotiate with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas but insisted it's "not realistic" to pursue a final peace deal with him while the Hamas militants controlling the Palestinian government refuse to moderate.
Jun 11 - By Ibrahim Barzak, AP Writer
The Palestinians' Hamas-dominated parliament mobilized Monday to try to block President Mahmoud Abbas' efforts to hold a national referendum on a proposal that would implicitly recognize Israel's right to exist.
Jun 10 - By Associated Press
Palestinian militants fired about 10 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip early Sunday, critically injuring an Israeli and nearly hitting a college in the southern Israel town of Sderot, the army and rescue service said.
Jun 10 - By Associated Press
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert arrived in Britain Sunday at the start of a European tour aimed at bolstering international support for his contentious plan to unilaterally redraw Israel's borders with the Palestinians.
Jun 10 - By Ali Daraghmeh, AP Writer
Palestinian militants released early Sunday an American they had briefly kidnapped in the West Bank, security officials said.
Jun 10 - By Mohammed Daraghmeh, AP Writer
Israeli aircraft struck a rocket-launching cell in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing two militants from the Palestinians' ruling Hamas party. The attack came after Hamas activists fired a barrage of rockets at southern Israel.
Jun 9 - By Sarah El Deeb, AP Writer
President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday set a date for Palestinians to vote on the establishment of a state next to Israel, despite rising violence and ruling Hamas militants' demands to delay.
Jun 9 - By Associated Press
The State Department on Friday night called for Israelis and Palestinians to show mutual restraint and avoid actions that could increase tensions following the shelling of civilian Palestinians along a beach on the Gaza Strip.
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