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Israel pm orders UNESCO funding halt

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday ordered a halt to Israel`s financial contributions to UNESCO ...

Israel to speed up settlement building in West Bank

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the accelerated construction of some 2,000 housing units in ...

Israel plans 2,000 new settler homes after UNESCO move

Israel is to build some 2,000 new settler homes in annexed east Jerusalem and the West Bank in response to a UNESCO ...

Key Palestinian prisoners to be freed

Israel is releasing 1,027 Palestinians in exchange for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, in a two-stage operation that ...

Turkey, Syria, Qatar to host exiled Palestinians: Hamas

A group of 40 Palestinian detainees being exiled overseas under a deal to free a captured Israeli soldier will be sent ...

Gaza prepares to receive prisoners as `heroes`

Palestinian groups are planning celebrations to mark Israel`s imminent release of hundreds of prisoner "heroes" in ...

Clinton urges pressure on Israel, Palestinians for peace

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday urged Egypt as well as the diplomatic Quartet to pressure the ...

US angry at Israeli settlement move

The United States expressed clear frustration Tuesday at new Israeli settlement plans in east Jerusalem, in a sign of ...

Israel police arrest Hamas lawmaker in e.Jerusalem

Israeli police arrested a Hamas lawmaker on Monday who had been sheltering for more than a year in the International ...

UN Security Council to consider Palestinian bid

The UN Security Council begins consultations Monday on Palestine`s application for full membership of the world body, ...

Israeli FM criticizes Palestinian president`s UN speech

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas` address to the United Nations ...

Jordan parliament strongly opposes Israel`s statement over alternative homeland

Jordan`s Lower House urged Thursday the government to summon the Israeli ambassador to express objection and ...

Obama speech shows bias towards Israel: Palestinians

Palestinians on Thursday slammed US President Barack Obama`s United Nations address a day earlier, calling it a ...

RI again garners support for Palestine`s bid for un membership

As a staunch supporter of Palestine, Indonesia once again lobbied Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) members to support ...

Non-aligned countries support Palestinian UN bid

The Non-Aligned Movement on Tuesday confirmed its support for a Palestinian bid for UN membership at a ministerial ...