News: Israel

We have started to collect the most important news related to Israel in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Israel: news

Rockets from Lebanon hit Israel

Tuesday, January 8th 2008, 9:41
related countries: Lebanon

Two Katyusha rockets were fired overnight into northern Israel from Lebanon, Israeli police say.
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Mid-East talks ahead of Bush trip

Monday, January 7th 2008, 20:06

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators meet to discuss peace talks ahead of George Bush's visit to the region.
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Israel accused ahead of Bush trip

Monday, January 7th 2008, 4:10
related countries: United States
related places: Bush

Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat blames Israel for stepping up attacks ahead of the US president's visit.
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Fayyad condemns Nablus raid

Friday, January 4th 2008, 15:44
related countries: West Bank

Palestinian PM Salam Fayyad criticises Israel for a large military incursion in the centre of Nablus in the West Bank.
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Palestinians killed in Gaza raid

Friday, January 4th 2008, 10:18

Two Palestinian militants are killed in an Israeli raid in Gaza, bringing the total killed in the last 24 hours to 11.
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Israeli raids in Gaza kill nine

Thursday, January 3rd 2008, 19:57

At least nine Palestinians are killed in Gaza by Israeli forces amid some of the fiercest fighting in weeks.
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Israel warning on Hebron killings

Wednesday, January 2nd 2008, 15:35

Israel says it is watching to see whether Palestinians suspected of killing two settlers are prosecuted.
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Hamas militants die in Gaza raid

Wednesday, January 2nd 2008, 14:24
related countries: Gaza Strip

Six Palestinian militants have been killed in an Israeli helicopter attack on the Gaza Strip, hospital sources say.
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Middle East conflict toll 'falls'

Monday, December 31st 2007, 10:37

Israeli human rights group says the number of deaths in Israeli-Palestinian violence fell sharply in 2007.
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West Bank clash leaves three dead

Friday, December 28th 2007, 17:45
related countries: West Bank
related places: Hebron

Two Israeli off-duty soldiers and a Palestinian die in a clash near Hebron in the West Bank, Israeli officials say.
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Olmert, Abbas try to revive talks

Friday, December 28th 2007, 1:13

Israeli and Palestinian leaders hold talks to try to defuse a row over Jewish settlement activity.
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Egypt accuses Israel over aid cut

Wednesday, December 26th 2007, 15:20
related countries: Egypt, United States
related places: Congress

Egypt accuses Israel of meddling in its ties with the US by causing Congress to freeze $100m of military aid.
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Israeli cluster bomb use 'legal'

Monday, December 24th 2007, 17:44
related countries: Lebanon

Israeli military prosecutors say the use of cluster bombs last year in Lebanon was legal under international law.
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Hamas militants die in Gaza raid

Monday, December 24th 2007, 14:58
related countries: Gaza Strip

Two members of Palestinian militant group Hamas are killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip.
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Jewish 'return' hits 20-year low

Monday, December 24th 2007, 11:03

Israel says Jewish immigration has fallen to fewer than 20,000 in the last year, the lowest figure for 20 years.
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Olmert rules out truce with Hamas

Sunday, December 23rd 2007, 10:42

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert rejects calls to consider a truce with Hamas unless it recognises Israel and renounces violence.
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Israel confirms settlement plans

Sunday, December 23rd 2007, 9:37

An Israeli minister defends plans to build 740 homes in two disputed settlements in East Jerusalem.
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Israel ministers urge Hamas talks

Friday, December 21st 2007, 15:17

Two senior members of Israel's cabinet say it should consider any serious offer of a ceasefire from Hamas.
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Seven gunmen killed in Gaza raid

Thursday, December 20th 2007, 22:13
related countries: Gaza Strip

Seven Palestinian militants are killed and three Israeli soldiers wounded in clashes near a Gaza refugee camp.
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Israel considers new settlement

Wednesday, December 19th 2007, 13:25

Israel examines plans for a new settlement in East Jerusalem, an area considered occupied land.
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Bush set for tour of Middle East

Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 18:45
related countries: United States, West Bank
related places: White House

US President George Bush will make a historic visit to Israel and the West Bank in January, the White House says.
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Israeli army crimes 'unpunished'

Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 17:48

Most Israeli troops suspected of crimes against Palestinian civilians are never indicted, a rights group says.
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Militants killed in Israeli raids

Tuesday, December 18th 2007, 14:13

Israeli attacks on Gaza and the West Bank kill 13 Palestinian militants from Islamic Jihad and Hamas.
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Israeli raid kills three in Gaza

Thursday, December 13th 2007, 18:14

An Israeli air strike kills three people in Gaza City, Palestinian officials say.
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Difficult start to Mid-East talks

Wednesday, December 12th 2007, 18:12

Israelis and Palestinians trade recriminations in their first detailed peace talks in almost seven years.
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Israeli mayor quits over rockets

Wednesday, December 12th 2007, 14:55
related countries: Gaza Strip

An Israeli mayor resigns over what he says is the inability of the government to stop rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
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Olmert says Iran still dangerous

Tuesday, December 11th 2007, 20:50
related countries: Iran

Israel's PM insists Iran's nuclear programme remains dangerous, and calls for unity against it.
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Israeli tanks push deep into Gaza

Tuesday, December 11th 2007, 11:52
related countries: Gaza Strip

Israeli tanks move deep into the southern Gaza Strip in the biggest incursion into the territory in months.
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EU criticises Israel settler plan

Monday, December 10th 2007, 16:55
related countries: United States

The EU joins the US in criticising Israeli plans to build 300 new settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem.
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Israeli anti-Arab racism 'rises'

Monday, December 10th 2007, 11:05

An Israeli civil rights group says racism against Arab citizens of Israel has risen sharply in the past year.
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US criticises Israeli homes plan

Friday, December 7th 2007, 18:38
related countries: United States

The US secretary of state criticises Israeli plans to build 300 new homes in occupied East Jerusalem.
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Gaza farmer dies in Israeli fire

Friday, December 7th 2007, 12:22

A Palestinian farmer has been killed by Israeli gunfire on his land near the border with Israel, Palestinian medics say.
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Israeli avoids UK arrest threat

Thursday, December 6th 2007, 11:40
related countries: United Kingdom

Israeli minister Avi Dichter cancels a UK visit over concerns he could be arrested for alleged war crimes.
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One killed in Bethlehem shooting

Wednesday, December 5th 2007, 17:13

One Palestinian security force member is killed in Bethlehem during a raid by Israeli troops, reports say.
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Israeli army kills Gaza militants

Wednesday, December 5th 2007, 10:38
related countries: Gaza Strip

Israeli gunfire kills at least two members of the Hamas militant group in the Gaza Strip, medical sources say.
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Israel 'lax on demolition orders'

Tuesday, December 4th 2007, 17:13
related countries: West Bank

Israel has carried out only 3% of demolition orders in West Bank Jewish settlements, campaigners say.
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Israeli minister's killer jailed

Tuesday, December 4th 2007, 13:04

An Israeli court jails a Palestinian for life for murdering ex-ultra-nationalist minister Rehavam Zeevi.
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Israeli raid kills Gaza militants

Tuesday, December 4th 2007, 13:03
related countries: Gaza Strip

Three members of Hamas are killed in an Israeli air strike in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials say.
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Joy as 429 Palestinians freed

Monday, December 3rd 2007, 15:16

The Israeli authorities free 429 Palestinian detainees, part of a goodwill gesture amid new peace talks.
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Five killed in Israeli Gaza raids

Saturday, December 1st 2007, 9:41
related countries: Gaza Strip

Five members of the Palestinian militant group Hamas are killed in Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip.
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Court approves Gaza fuel cuts

Friday, November 30th 2007, 16:50

Israel Supreme Court allows fuel supplies cutbacks to continue, but rules electricity cuts must be delayed.
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Olmert warns of 'end of Israel'

Thursday, November 29th 2007, 14:54

Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says failure to negotiate a two-state solution would spell the end of the Jewish state.
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Militants die in Israel strikes

Thursday, November 29th 2007, 9:17
related countries: Gaza Strip

Four Hamas militants are killed in Israeli air strikes near Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip.
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Bush launches new Mid-East talks

Wednesday, November 28th 2007, 22:18

US President George Bush pledges to back Israelis and Palestinians in peace talks, and appoints a new envoy.
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Mid-East leaders in fresh talks

Wednesday, November 28th 2007, 5:49

President Bush will host White House talks with the Israeli and Palestinian leaders as a new peace drive begins.
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Gaza rally against Mid-East talks

Tuesday, November 27th 2007, 17:34
related countries: Gaza Strip

Tens of thousands of people demonstrate in Gaza against the Middle East conference in Annapolis.
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Hamas dismisses Mid-East talks

Monday, November 26th 2007, 16:16
related countries: United States
related places: Annapolis

Hamas says Palestinians will not be bound by any decisions taken at this week's Middle East peace conference.
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Israeli 'tried to spy for Iran'

Friday, November 23rd 2007, 12:57
related countries: Iran

An reserve officer in the Israeli army, David Shamir, is charged with offering to spy for Iran, Russia and Hamas.
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Rice sets Mid-East peace target

Wednesday, November 21st 2007, 19:07
related countries: United States

The US secretary of state says she will try to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal over the next year.
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Palestinians to get armoured cars

Wednesday, November 21st 2007, 17:22
related countries: West Bank

Israel approves the transfer of 25 armoured vehicles to Palestinian security forces in the West Bank.
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Israel signs Liberia diamond deal

Tuesday, November 20th 2007, 19:35
related countries: Liberia

Israel signs an agreement with Liberia to help search for diamonds in the West African nation.
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Olmert optimism on peace chance

Tuesday, November 20th 2007, 17:56
related countries: Egypt

The Israeli and Egyptian leaders hold rare talks to prepare for a regional conference due next week.
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Israel to release 450 prisoners

Monday, November 19th 2007, 12:44

Israel's prime minister obtains cabinet approval for the release of up to 450 Palestinian detainees.
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Miliband urges Middle East action

Sunday, November 18th 2007, 15:42
related countries: United Kingdom

The UK foreign secretary says the Mid East peace process must get "back on track", as he meets his Israeli counterpart.
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MPs seek to block Jerusalem deal

Wednesday, November 14th 2007, 17:11

Israeli MPs give initial approval to a draft law making it harder to change Jerusalem's status in a peace deal.
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Turkish MPs host Mid-East leaders

Tuesday, November 13th 2007, 16:24
related countries: Turkey
related places: Ankara, Muslim

The Israeli and Palestinian presidents make history by addressing the Turkish parliament for the first time.
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Israeli police swoop in PM probe

Sunday, November 11th 2007, 14:59

Israeli police raid 20 locations in connection with a corruption probe into PM Ehud Olmert.
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Israel minister: Sack ElBaradei

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 14:55

A senior Israeli minister calls for the sacking of Mohamed ElBaradei as head of the UN nuclear watchdog.
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Jewish settlements 'expanding'

Wednesday, November 7th 2007, 11:11
related countries: West Bank

Israel is expanding dozens of settlements in the West Bank and allowing illegal building, a campaign group says.
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