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Hezbollah Denies Sending Drone Over Israel

AP | BY DIAA HADID | Posted 04.25.2013 | World

JERUSALEM — Israel shot down a drone Thursday as it approached its northern coast from neighboring Lebanon, raising suspicions that the Hezbolla...

Israel Eases Gaza Restrictions

AP | ARON HELLER and IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 03.02.2013 | World

JERUSALEM — In a major concession to Gaza's Hamas leaders Monday, Israel dropped its five-year ban on construction materials crossing into the t...

Israeli Opponents Of Iran Strike Sidelined In Vote

Reuters | Posted 01.27.2013 | World

By Dan Williams JERUSALEM, Nov 27 (Reuters) - At least two key advisers helping hold Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanya...

Leading Cleric In Gaza Rules Violation Of Truce A Sin

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK | Posted 01.25.2013 | World

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A leading Islamic cleric in the Gaza Strip has ruled it a sin to violate the recent cease-fire between Israel and the Ha...

Israeli Gunfire Kills 1 Palestinian, Wounds 19 Near Border

AP | KARIN LAUB and SARAH EL DEEB | Posted 01.23.2013 | World

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops fired on Gazans surging toward Israel's border fence Friday, killing one person but leaving intact the fr...

Israel-Gaza Conflict: Live Updates

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.21.2012 | World

The conflict between Israel and Gaza has taken a turn decidedly for the worse on Wednesday, as the eighth day of fighting reveals little sign of diplo...

Lebanon Dismantles Rockets Aimed At Israel

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 11.19.2012 | World

BEIRUT -- Lebanese military experts on Monday dismantled two Katyusha rockets that were equipped with timers and ready to fire at Israel, a senior Leb...

Israel's Dilemma: Truce Or War?

Reuters | Cosima Ungaro | Posted 01.19.2013 | World

SDEROT, Israel, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Big armoured bulldozers with blades tall enough to plough through houses and carve a path for tanks and infantry ...

U.S., Britain Warn Of Israeli Ground War

AP | JIM KUHNHENN and ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 11.19.2012 | World

BANGKOK -- The U.S. and Britain on Sunday warned about the risks of Israel expanding its air assault on the Gaza Strip into a ground war, while vigoro...

Tens Of Millions Of Hackers Target Israel

Reuters | Posted 01.19.2013 | Technology

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - More than 44 million hacking attempts have been made on Israeli government web sites since Wednesday when Israel began its Gaza ...

Analysis: A Changing Battleground

AP | ARON HELLER | Posted 11.17.2012 | World

JERUSALEM -- With pinpoint airstrikes on militant targets in the Gaza Strip and Iranian-made rockets flying deep into Israel, the current conflagratio...

Obama Talks Gaza With Israeli, Egyptian Leaders

AP | MATTHEW DALY | Posted 01.16.2013 | World

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama spoke separately to Israeli and Egyptian leaders Friday night as violence escalated in Gaza and Israel signa...

Death Toll Rises In Israel-Gaza Conflict

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK and AMY TEIBEL | Posted 01.16.2013 | World

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel expanded its fierce air assault on rocket operations in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Saturday, striking security...

How Instagram Is Capturing The Israel-Gaza Conflict

The Huffington Post | Britney Fitzgerald | Posted 11.19.2012 | Technology

Instagram may be the world's newest form of war reporting. Recent uploads to the photo-sharing app are being used to document the escalating hosti...

Israeli Defense Minister: Tehran Slowed Down Nuclear Push

AP | TIA GOLDENBERG | Posted 11.09.2012 | World

JERUSALEM -- Israel's defense minister said Iran has slowed the timetable for enriching enough uranium to build nuclear weapons, implying that Israel ...

Top Israeli Newspaper Throws Weight Behind Obama

Eline Gordts | Posted 11.02.2012 | World

With four days to go until the U.S. presidential election, Barack Obama has won the support of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. In an editorial publ...

Reports: Israel's Likud To Merge With Ultranationalists

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 12.25.2012 | World

JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister announced Thursday that he was joining forces with his hard-line foreign minister in upcoming elections, ins...

Minute's Silence Campaign Should Be Directed at Olympic Sponsors

Dovid Efune | Posted 09.29.2012 | Sports
Dovid Efune

The IOC is faced with a choice that pits morals against interests and the IOC has issued a resounding rejection of the moral choice.

Israel and the Battleground of Ideas

Dovid Efune | Posted 07.08.2012 | Media
Dovid Efune

One panelist suggested that in order to be successful, Israel advocates need "to change the conversation." This sort of positive reinforcement and public education is important for any country, but when it comes to Israel's dire representation in the media, this type of focus is largely beside the point.

Palestinians Protests Across Israel

AP | DIAA HADID | Posted 05.30.2012 | World

JERUSALEM — Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian protester in Gaza on Friday as thousands in the Palestinian territories, Israel and neighbori...

UN Report: Settlers Seized Dozens Of Palestinian Water Springs

Reuters | Posted 05.19.2012 | World

By Jihan Abdalla NABI SALEH, West Bank, March 19 (Reuters) - Jewish settlers have seized dozens of natural springs in the occupied Wes...

Truce In Gaza

AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.13.2012 | World

JERUSALEM — Israel halted its airstrikes against Gaza Strip militants early Tuesday and rocket fire from the Palestinian territory ebbed as a ce...

Iran Denies Role In Attacks On Israeli Diplomats

Reuters | Posted 04.14.2012 | World

TEHRAN, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Iran rejects as "sheer lies" accusations that it was involved in a bomb attack on the Israeli embassy in India, the offic...

Palestinians Unmoved As Israel Presents Border Ideas

Reuters | Posted 03.28.2012 | World

By Jihan Abdalla and Dan Williams RAMALLAH/JERUSALEM, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Israel has presented Palestinians with its ideas for the bord...

Joshua Hersh

Israel-Palestine Peace Talks To Resume Next Week With Little Signs Of Breakthrough

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 01.06.2012 | World

JERUSALEM -- Israeli and Palestinian interlocutors return to the negotiating table on Monday for the second round of rare face-to-face talks that prom...