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

Israel kills Hamas military chief

Wednesday, November 14th 2012, 21:46

The head of the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari, is killed during a series of Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel considers 'toppling' Abbas

Wednesday, November 14th 2012, 13:47

A paper by Israel's foreign ministry proposes "toppling" President Mahmoud Abbas if Palestine's bid for UN non-member state status is approved.
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Israeli tanks 'hit Syrian units'

Monday, November 12th 2012, 16:49
related countries: Syria

Israel's military says its tanks have scored 'direct hits' on Syrian artillery units after Syrian mortar shells landed near an Israeli army post.
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Rocket volley hits south Israel

Monday, November 12th 2012, 16:24

More rockets fired by militants in Gaza hit southern Israel, amid the latest flare-up in cross-border violence which has left six Palestinians dead.
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Israel fires 'warning' into Syria

Sunday, November 11th 2012, 21:37
related countries: Syria

Israeli forces say they have fired warning shots into Syria after a mortar round fired from Syria exploded in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
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VIDEO: Israel's booming dog care sector

Sunday, November 11th 2012, 16:28

Israel's spending on dog care products is rising but with tax hikes and cuts in public spending - can the sector continue to grow?
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Six killed as Gaza clashes flare

Sunday, November 11th 2012, 10:23
related countries: Gaza Strip

Six Palestinians are killed and more than 20 injured as Israel fires into the Gaza Strip after an attack on a patrol car injures four Israeli soldiers.
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Israeli fire 'kills Palestinian'

Friday, November 9th 2012, 10:26
related countries: Gaza Strip

A Palestinian boy has been killed by Israeli gunfire in the Gaza Strip during clashes between troops and militants, Palestinian medical sources say.
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Israel jails Palestinian activist

Tuesday, November 6th 2012, 20:50

An Israeli military court has sentenced Palestinian activist Bassem Tamimi to four months in prison for his part in a protest last month, reports say.
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Turkey tries ex-Israeli commanders

Tuesday, November 6th 2012, 14:37
related countries: Turkey
related places: Istanbul

The trial in absentia of four former Israeli commanders over the deadly raid on a Turkish aid boat trying to break the blockade of Gaza in 2010 opens in Istanbul.
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Netanyahu 'ready' for Iran strike

Tuesday, November 6th 2012, 12:12
related countries: Iran

Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, says he is 'ready' to order a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities if sanctions do not work.
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Syrian guns 'hit Israeli patrol'

Monday, November 5th 2012, 21:28
related countries: Syria

An Israeli patrol vehicle is reportedly hit by Syrian gunfire in the Golan Heights, two days after three Syrian tanks entered the demilitarised zone.
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Palestinian dies near Gaza fence

Monday, November 5th 2012, 8:26

A Palestinian man dies after being hit by Israeli gunfire near Gaza's border fence with Israel, with Palestinian medics saying he was mentally ill.
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Israeli firm's new medical marijuana

Saturday, November 3rd 2012, 11:29

Israeli firm rolls out new medical marijuana
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Jerusalem church in row over bill

Friday, November 2nd 2012, 19:26

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem warns that it may shut its doors to pilgrims in protest at a dispute with an Israeli water company.
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Lid lifted on PLO man's killing

Thursday, November 1st 2012, 18:35

Israel's military censor clears for publication an interview with a commando who killed the deputy of Palestinian chief Yasser Arafat in 1988.
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Netanyahu in Toulouse memorial

Thursday, November 1st 2012, 17:13
related countries: France
related places: Toulouse

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu attends a memorial for victims of an Islamist gunman who targeted a Jewish school in Toulouse in southern France.
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The Church of Scotland's boutique hotel

Wednesday, October 31st 2012, 0:44
related countries: United Kingdom

Why does the Church of Scotland own a boutique hotel in Israel?
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Violence ends Israel-Gaza truce

Monday, October 29th 2012, 19:34
related countries: Egypt

Militants in Gaza fire 26 rockets into Israel after a day of fighting which ended a brief Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between the sides, Israel says.
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New Israeli right-wing bloc forms

Friday, October 26th 2012, 10:50

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says his Likud Party is to merge with the ultra-nationalist group Yisrael Beitenu for January's general election.
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Sudanese to report Israel to UN

Thursday, October 25th 2012, 16:14
related countries: Sudan

Sudan says it will complain to the UN over an explosion at an arms factory earlier this week that it claims was caused by an Israeli air strike.
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Deal 'calms Israel-Gaza fighting'

Thursday, October 25th 2012, 9:48

Fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza appears to have calmed after an unofficial truce was reached following days of violence.
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Militants killed in Gaza strikes

Wednesday, October 24th 2012, 20:23

Israel carries out air strikes in the Gaza Strip, killing four Hamas militants, after rocket and mortar-fire wounds five people in southern Israel.
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VIDEO: Burial for Gaza militants after strike

Wednesday, October 24th 2012, 17:44

Four Palestinian militants have been buried after they were killed in Israeli air strikes in Gaza. Israel said the militants were hit as they prepared to fire rockets into southern Israel.
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VIDEO: Sudan accuses Israel over blast

Wednesday, October 24th 2012, 15:49
related countries: Sudan
related places: Khartoum

The Sudanese government has accused Israel of bombing the munitions factory in Khartoum, which was engulfed by fire on Tuesday night.
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Gaza militants killed in strikes

Monday, October 22nd 2012, 10:01
related countries: Gaza Strip

Two Palestinian militants have been killed in Israeli air strikes on the northern Gaza Strip, local officials say, in the latest cross-border violence.
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Israel intercepts Gaza-bound boat

Sunday, October 21st 2012, 0:58
related countries: Finland, Gaza Strip

The Israeli navy intercepts a Finnish-flagged boat of pro-Palestinian activists trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip.
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India bail in Israeli car bombing

Friday, October 19th 2012, 9:13
related countries: India
related places: Delhi

India's Supreme Court frees on bail a Delhi-based journalist arrested in March in connection with a bomb attack on the car of an Israeli diplomat's wife in the city.
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Palestinian prisoner's year of freedom

Thursday, October 18th 2012, 14:09

Still resist Israel, says Palestinian released in Shalit deal
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Israeli threat to Bedouin villages

Thursday, October 18th 2012, 8:36

Israel and Bedouins in legal tussle over forcible relocation
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VIDEO: West Bank Bedouin fear eviction

Thursday, October 18th 2012, 8:28
related countries: West Bank

Residents of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank have an Israeli military demolition order hanging over their homes and their school.
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Gilad Shalit: Israel's reluctant celebrity

Thursday, October 18th 2012, 6:17

Freed Israeli prisoner finds new life - as sport reporter
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Israel issues Gaza blockade study

Wednesday, October 17th 2012, 21:51

An Israeli court forces the release of government research detailing the number of calories Palestinians in Gaza needed to consume to avoid malnutrition during Israel’s blockade.
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Grave of Moshe Dayan vandalised

Tuesday, October 16th 2012, 16:17

The grave of the former Israeli defence minister and military chief-of-staff, Gen Moshe Dayan, is vandalised on the 31st anniversary of his death.
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Israel sets date for early poll

Tuesday, October 16th 2012, 2:12

Israel's parliament votes to dissolve itself and to hold an early general election on 22 January, a year ahead of schedule.
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Kafka battle settled in Israel

Sunday, October 14th 2012, 16:52

An Israeli court rules that a collection of works by novelist Franz Kafka must be handed to Israel's national library, after a long legal battle.
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New round of Israel Gaza strikes

Sunday, October 14th 2012, 15:28
related countries: Gaza Strip

Three Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip in 24 hours leave four people dead, including at least three militants.
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Hezbollah admits to Israel drone

Thursday, October 11th 2012, 19:37
related countries: Lebanon

The Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah has admitted launching an Iranian-made drone that was shot down over Israel last week.
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Analysis: Israel's early election

Wednesday, October 10th 2012, 17:45

Why has Netanyahu brought Israel's poll forward?
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Netanyahu calls early Israel poll

Tuesday, October 9th 2012, 19:07

Israel's prime minister calls an early general election, following the failure to agree the annual budget with his coalition partners.
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Jordan appoints envoy to Israel

Tuesday, October 9th 2012, 13:58

Jordan's King Abdullah appoints a new ambassador to Israel, filling a post that has been vacant for two years, officials say.
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Strikes on Gaza after rocket fire

Monday, October 8th 2012, 13:54
related countries: Gaza Strip

Israel carries out strikes at targets in the Gaza Strip, injuring five people, after Palestinian militants fire about 50 rockets into southern Israel.
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Militants hit in Gaza air strike

Sunday, October 7th 2012, 18:53
related countries: Gaza Strip

Two Palestinian militants are among a number of people wounded in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, officials say.
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VIDEO: Israel downs unmanned aircraft

Sunday, October 7th 2012, 8:55

The Israeli air force has shot down a mysterious small unmanned aircraft after it crossed into the south of the country, the military says.
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Israel downs unmanned aircraft

Saturday, October 6th 2012, 23:37

The Israeli air force has shot down a mysterious small unmanned aircraft after it crossed into the south of the country, the military says.
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Two die in Israel hotel shootings

Friday, October 5th 2012, 11:21
related countries: United States

An American man who killed one person after opening fire at a hotel in Israel's southern resort of Eilat is shot dead by Israeli police.
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Israel campaigns on Jewish refugee issue

Friday, September 28th 2012, 11:49

Israeli campaign highlights plight of Jews from Arab lands
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Iran will 'retaliate' if attacked

Friday, September 28th 2012, 4:38
related countries: Iran
related places: In

In response to the Israeli prime minister's calls for a "clear red line" to be drawn to stop Iran's nuclear programme, Iran says it will defend itself if attacked.
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Israel urges 'red line' for Iran

Thursday, September 27th 2012, 20:40
related countries: Iran

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu calls for a "clear red line" to be drawn over Iran's nuclear programme, in a speech at the UN General Assembly.
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VIDEO: Middle East dominates UN Assembly

Thursday, September 27th 2012, 6:02
related countries: Syria

The Middle East has dominated the first day of the UN General Assembly, with Syria and the stalemate between Israel and the Palestinians high on the agenda.
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Iran decries 'nuclear threats'

Wednesday, September 26th 2012, 21:48
related countries: Iran, United States

Iran's president accuses the West of nuclear "intimidation" in a UN General Assembly address boycotted by the US and Israel.
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Palestinians to get work permits

Monday, September 24th 2012, 20:24

Israel says it plans to issue 5,000 more work permits to Palestinians to boost the territory's ailing economy, amid continuing protests.
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Barak floats West Bank withdrawal

Monday, September 24th 2012, 13:31
related countries: West Bank

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak calls for a unilateral withdrawal from most of the West Bank if peace talks with the Palestinians fail.
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Olmert given suspended sentence

Monday, September 24th 2012, 12:48

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is fined $19,170 (£11,800) and is given a suspended sentence for breaching the public's trust.
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VIDEO: Israel refuses Egypt treaty change

Sunday, September 23rd 2012, 16:20
related countries: Egypt

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman says there is "not the slightest" possibility that Israel will accept changes to its 1979 peace treaty with Egypt.
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No Egypt treaty change - Israel

Sunday, September 23rd 2012, 11:28
related countries: Egypt

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman rules out changing the peace treaty with Egypt, amid growing violence in the Sinai border area.
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Israeli soldier killed in clash

Friday, September 21st 2012, 18:31

One Israeli soldier and three militants have been killed in a clash inside Israel close to its border with Egypt, says the Israeli military.
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'Defeat Jihad' ads for NY subway

Thursday, September 20th 2012, 18:53

Controversial pro-Israel ads are to appear next week in New York subway stations, after city transport officials failed to block the posters.
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Palestinians die in Gaza air raid

Thursday, September 20th 2012, 10:52
related countries: Gaza Strip

An Israeli air strike on Gaza kills two Palestinian border guards, whom Israel says belonged to a "terrorist group".
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