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

VIDEO: 'Hardships' drive Israel self-immolations

Monday, July 23rd 2012, 2:05

In the past week five Israelis have either attempted or threatened to kill themselves by burning - blaming financial hardship.
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Fresh Israeli immolation protest

Sunday, July 22nd 2012, 15:32

A disabled Israeli sets himself on fire, a week after another case of self-immolation prompted an emotional national response.
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Israeli bomb victim funerals held

Friday, July 20th 2012, 14:00
related countries: Bulgaria

Funerals are held for the five Israeli victims of a suicide attack on a bus in Bulgaria on Wednesday that left seven people dead.
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Bulgaria releases 'bomber' video

Thursday, July 19th 2012, 20:46
related countries: Bulgaria
related places: Burgas

Bulgaria releases CCTV footage of a man suspected of carrying out a deadly suicide bombing against a bus carrying Israeli tourists at Burgas airport.
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Jewry mourn major Israeli rabbi

Thursday, July 19th 2012, 15:10

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pays tribute to a highly respected rabbinical scholar, Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, who died in Israel aged 102.
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'Suicide bomber' killed Israelis

Thursday, July 19th 2012, 11:40
related countries: Bulgaria, United States

The bombing of an Israeli tourist bus in eastern Bulgaria was probably carried out by a male suicide bomber with fake US documents, officials say.
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VIDEO: CCTV released of suspected bomber

Thursday, July 19th 2012, 11:16
related countries: Bulgaria

The Bulgarian government has released CCTV images of a man suspected of targeting Israeli tourists in a bus bomb attack.
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Bulgaria bus blast kills Israelis

Wednesday, July 18th 2012, 20:32
related countries: Bulgaria
related places: Burgas

At least seven people are killed and more than 20 injured as a bomb explosion rips through a bus which picked up Israeli tourists at a Bulgarian airport.
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Israel creates settler university

Tuesday, July 17th 2012, 19:48
related countries: West Bank

Israeli officials have taken the controversial step of creating the first university in a settlement in the West Bank.
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Kadima quits Israeli government

Tuesday, July 17th 2012, 17:12

Israel's Kadima party quits Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition government in a dispute over military conscription for ultra-Orthodox Jews.
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Hillary appeals for patience in Egypt and Israel

Tuesday, July 17th 2012, 5:44
related countries: Egypt

Hillary Clinton tries to calm Mid-East nerves after Egypt upheavals
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Clinton issues new Iran warning

Monday, July 16th 2012, 20:48
related countries: Egypt, United States
related places: Jerusalem

The US will use all its powers to prevent Iran developing a nuclear weapon, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says on a visit to Israel.
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Gaza families visit Israeli jail

Monday, July 16th 2012, 9:14

Palestinian families from Gaza are allowed to visit their jailed relatives in Israel for the first time in five years.
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Arab singer in Israeli spotlight

Friday, July 13th 2012, 1:17

Arab talent show win casts spotlight on Israel's cultural divide
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Gaza strike kills Hamas militant

Thursday, July 12th 2012, 14:29
related countries: Gaza Strip

One militant is killed and four people are injured in two separate Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip, Palestinians say.
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Israeli jailed for US organ sales

Thursday, July 12th 2012, 2:24
related countries: United States
related places: New York

An Israeli man convicted of arranging kidney transplants for profit has been jailed for two and a half years in New York.
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Freed footballer returns to Gaza

Tuesday, July 10th 2012, 17:14

Palestinian footballer Mahmoud Sarsak returns to Gaza to a hero's welcome after being in Israeli detention without charge for three years.
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Olmert convicted by Israeli court

Tuesday, July 10th 2012, 17:10

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is cleared of two major corruption charges but convicted on a third, lesser count.
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Israel oil drilling: A thin line?

Tuesday, July 10th 2012, 0:04
related countries: West Bank

Can oil be drawn from Israel without tapping under West Bank?
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Israeli Likud backs conscript law

Sunday, July 8th 2012, 14:33

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party backs a controversial plan to end conscription exemptions for ultra-Orthodox Jews and Arab Israelis.
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Palestinian prosperity 'hampered'

Thursday, July 5th 2012, 8:43
related countries: Jordan, United Kingdom, West Bank

The economic potential of Palestinians in the Jordan Valley area of the West Bank is jeopardised by Israeli settlement activity, the UK charity Oxfam says.
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Israel police filmed kicking boy

Wednesday, July 4th 2012, 6:39

Israel's Border Police force launches an investigation after a video emerges showing one of its officers kicking a nine-year-old Palestinian boy.
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Lebanon finds Israeli 'spyware'

Tuesday, July 3rd 2012, 15:40
related countries: Lebanon

Israel has destroyed three spying devices discovered by Hezbollah in southern Lebanon on Monday, the Lebanese army says.
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Ex-Israeli PM Yitzhak Shamir dies

Saturday, June 30th 2012, 19:11

Yitzhak Shamir, the former Israeli prime minister and leader of the right-wing Likud party, dies at the age of 96, officials say.
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Holocaust survivor pageant held

Friday, June 29th 2012, 2:41

A beauty pageant for Holocaust survivors has been held in Israel for the first time, stirring controversy.
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Egypt jail terms over Israel deal

Thursday, June 28th 2012, 13:21
related countries: Egypt

Egypt's former oil minister and a fugitive businessman are sentenced to 15 years each for a controversial deal which sold cheap gas to Israel.
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West Bank settlers leave outpost

Tuesday, June 26th 2012, 7:51
related countries: West Bank

Israeli authorities begin to evacuate dozens of Jewish settlers from an unauthorised West Bank outpost after a court orders it to be dismantled
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Israel urges Putin action on Iran

Monday, June 25th 2012, 21:25
related countries: Iran, Russia

Israel urges visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a stronger line on curbing Iran's nuclear ambitions.
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Two killed in fresh Gaza strikes

Saturday, June 23rd 2012, 11:14
related countries: Gaza Strip

Two Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip, medics say, while an Israeli has been hurt by a rocket fired by militants.
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Israeli strikes kill two in Gaza

Saturday, June 23rd 2012, 2:59

Israeli air strikes kill two Palestinians and injure at least 17 others in Gaza, two days after a ceasefire calmed a flare-up of violence.
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Hamas 'ready for Israel truce'

Wednesday, June 20th 2012, 21:45
related countries: Egypt

Hamas's military wing says it is ready to agree to an Egyptian-brokered truce with Israel after days of fighting, so long as Israel complies.
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Palestinians die in Gaza strikes

Wednesday, June 20th 2012, 15:02

Two Palestinians, including a 14-year-old boy, have been killed in a third day of clashes been Israel and militants based in Gaza, medics say.
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Paper ties US and Israel to Flame

Wednesday, June 20th 2012, 11:28
related countries: United States

Accusations the US and Israel jointly created the computer virus Flame are printed by the Washington Post newspaper.
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Hamas fires rockets into Israel

Tuesday, June 19th 2012, 20:22

Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fire rockets and mortars into southern Israel following air strikes against the Palestinian territory.
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Deadly attack on Israeli border

Monday, June 18th 2012, 21:50
related countries: Egypt

An Israeli civilian and three militants are killed after attackers cross into Israel from Egypt and open fire, Israeli officials say.
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Gaza player 'ends hunger strike'

Monday, June 18th 2012, 17:22

A Palestinian footballer agrees to end his hunger strike in a deal with Israeli authorities, his lawyer says.
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VIDEO: Could Israeli attack strengthen Iran?

Monday, June 18th 2012, 9:00
related countries: Iran
related places: Tehran

Mossad's former director Meir Dagan has warned against an Israeli attack on Iran to counter Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.
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Palestinians shot dead in W Bank

Sunday, June 17th 2012, 15:10
related countries: West Bank

Two Palestinians are shot dead by an Israeli truck driver in the West Bank after allegedly attacking him in a botched robbery, Israeli police say.
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Israeli authors fight book deals

Friday, June 15th 2012, 12:34

A group of Israeli authors launch a battle to stop the country's leading bookstores from slashing prices, claiming it reduces their royalties.
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Israel in football hosting row

Thursday, June 14th 2012, 15:30

The Palestine Football Association asks Uefa to bar Israel from hosting a tournament next year because of Palestinian players being held without trial.
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Gaza water 'dangerous to drink'

Thursday, June 14th 2012, 0:57

Gaza's only fresh source of water is too contaminated to drink, says a report by two charities - urging Israel to end its blockade of the territory.
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Israeli PM 'erred over flotilla'

Wednesday, June 13th 2012, 14:33

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is criticised by the state's watchdog over his decision-making process prior to deadly clashes on a Gaza-bound aid ship.
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Abbas 'would accept' deal at UN

Friday, June 8th 2012, 21:07

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he will accept "non-member state" status at the UN, if Israel chooses not to re-start peace talks.
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Palestinian footballer 'at risk'

Wednesday, June 6th 2012, 21:34

Human rights groups warn that a Palestinian footballer who has been on hunger strike for 80 days in an Israeli jail faces imminent danger of death.
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West Bank settlement to expand

Wednesday, June 6th 2012, 21:29
related countries: West Bank

Israel's prime minister orders the construction of 300 new homes at a West Bank settlement after MPs reject a bill to legalise several outposts.
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Germans scrutinise ties with Israel

Tuesday, June 5th 2012, 16:15

Submarine sales prompt Germans to re-examine ties with Israel
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Africans hurt in Jerusalem blaze

Monday, June 4th 2012, 14:35

Four African migrants have been hurt in a suspected arson attack on their home in central Jerusalem, Israeli police say.
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Two killed in Gaza border clash

Friday, June 1st 2012, 13:17

An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian have been killed during an exchange of fire along the Gaza border, which has been relatively calm recently.
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Madonna tour kicks off in Israel

Friday, June 1st 2012, 10:42
related places: Tel Aviv

Madonna kicks off her MDNA world tour in Tel Aviv, Israel, wishing peace in the Middle East.
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VIDEO: Israel to begin migrant deportation

Friday, June 1st 2012, 6:56

In recent weeks, African migrants have become the target of violent attacks by people in Israel, who blame them for a rise in crime and anti-social behaviour.
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VIDEO: Israel returns Palestinian bodies

Thursday, May 31st 2012, 22:33

Israel returned the remains of 91 Palestinians killed while they were carrying out attacks against Israelis.
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Israel returns Palestinian bodies

Thursday, May 31st 2012, 14:37

Israel hands over to the Palestinian Authority the remains of 91 Palestinians who died carrying out attacks against Israel.
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Israel rejects Flame malware link

Thursday, May 31st 2012, 9:32

Israel dismisses the suggestion that it is behind the Flame cyber-attack which was uncovered this week.
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Israel weighs 'unilateral move'

Wednesday, May 30th 2012, 16:13

Israel's Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, says the government might consider a "unilateral move" if peace negotiations with the Palestinians fail.
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Obama gives 13 Medal of Freedom

Wednesday, May 30th 2012, 6:40

President Obama bestows America's highest civilian honour on 13 recipients, including Bob Dylan, astronaut John Glenn and Israeli leader Shimon Peres.
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Israel to pay non-Orthodox rabbis

Tuesday, May 29th 2012, 19:20

The State of Israel agrees to tacitly recognise for the first time rabbis from non-Orthodox backgrounds and pay the wages of those serving communities.
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Israel frees Palestinian activist

Tuesday, May 29th 2012, 11:15

A Palestinian activist who was convicted of urging young people to throw stones has been freed by an Israeli court.
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Israeli play goes on amid protest

Tuesday, May 29th 2012, 8:39
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: London

Pro-Palestinian activists disrupt the UK debut of Israel's Habima theatre company at Shakespeare's Globe in London.
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VIDEO: 'Increase' in West Bank demolitions

Tuesday, May 29th 2012, 8:10
related countries: West Bank

There has been a big increase in the number of Palestinian homes in the West Bank which have been demolished by Israeli forces, according to figures released by the United Nations.
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