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US actress Johansson defends SodaStream work Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson on Sunday defended her decision to quit as an Oxfam ambassador after she faced criticism for working for a firm operating in an Israeli settlement.
17 марта 2014
Israeli warplanes strike back over Gaza rocket salvo Israeli warplanes pounded 29 Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip Thursday night in response to heavy Palestinian rocket fire into the Jewish state earlier.
13 марта 2014
Obama to seek Netanyahu backing for peace framework President Barack Obama will Monday try to cajole Benjamin Netanyahu to accept a US framework for final peace talks with the Palestinians, but the Israeli leader is vowing to resist all "pressures."
03 марта 2014
Photo courtesy of voanews.com Gazans turn to solar power as fuel crisis bites On the roof of Gaza City's children's hospital, a pristine row of solar panels gleams in the sunlight, an out-of-place symbol of modern, clean energy in the impoverished Strip.
27 февраля 2014
Merkel in Israel to discuss Iran, peace talks German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Israel to discuss nuclear talks with Iran and to encourage Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a two-state solution with the Palestinians.
25 февраля 2014
Israel strikes in Gaza after rocket attack Israeli fighter jets attacked in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Friday morning, sources on both sides said, hours after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave hit the Jewish state.
31 января 2014
Israel unveils 1,800 settler homes after Kerry visit Israel unveiled plans Friday for more than 1,800 new settler homes in a move the Palestinians said was aimed at forcing Washington to abandon its Middle East peace drive.
12 января 2014
Kerry on second day of new Mideast peace push US Secretary of State John Kerry launched a second day of talks with Israelis and Palestinians Friday, seeking to hammer out a framework to guide negotiations towards a peace deal.
03 января 2014
Israel set for new prisoner release as Kerry heads back to region Israel prepared Monday to free 26 Palestinian prisoners under peace talks brokered by US Secretary of State John Kerry, who is returning to the region to boost the faltering negotiations.
30 декабря 2013
Israel says to free Palestinians and build more settlements Israel will announce plans for new settlement construction next week, coinciding with the release of a third batch of Palestinian prisoners as part of peace talks, an official said Thursday.
27 декабря 2013
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. ©Reuters/Jonathan Ernst Kerry marks 70th birthday with return to Israel US Secretary of State John Kerry was marking his 70th birthday Wednesday leaving again for Israel, in his dogged quest for an elusive Middle East peace deal.
12 декабря 2013
Israel, Jordan, Palestinians to sign Red Sea-Dead Sea deal Representatives of Israel, Jordan and the Palestinians will on Monday sign a "historic" agreement to link the Red Sea with the shrinking Dead Sea, an Israeli minister said.
09 декабря 2013
Opponents demand end to US drone strikes, secrecy Activists opposed to US drone strikes against Al-Qaeda suspects demanded Friday an end to the secrecy surrounding the attacks, saying the bombings have claimed numerous civilian lives.
16 ноября 2013
US, Israel 'lose UNESCO voting rights' The United States and Israel lost their UNESCO voting rights Friday after suspending funding to the organisation in 2011 over Palestinian admission, a source from the UN agency.
09 ноября 2013
Tests point to polonium poisoning in Arafat death: Jazeera Swiss scientists have concluded that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat probably died from polonium poisoning.
07 ноября 2013
 U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is pictured in front of a photo showing U.S. President Bill Clinon, Jordan's King Hussein and Yitzhak Rabin, as Kerry marks the 18th anniversary of Rabin's assassin Kerry seeks to rescue Israeli-Palestinian peace process US Secretary of State John Kerry will hold talks Wednesday with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to try to keep the peace process from collapsing, urging them to reach a long-elusive deal.
06 ноября 2013
Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners Israel freed another 26 veteran Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday, alongside US-brokered peace talks.
30 октября 2013
EU's Ashton urges Palestinian reconciliation in talks with Abbas European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Thursday called for the end of divisions between Palestinians, in talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.
25 октября 2013
Palestinian GDP can expand by a third if Israel lifts limits: World Bank The Palestinian economy could expand by over a third if Israel were to lift its restrictions on about 60 percent of the West Bank that it controls.
08 октября 2013
Netanyahu: Palestinians must 'recognise Israel as Jewish state' The Palestinians must "recognise Israel as the state of the Jewish people" in order to achieve real peace.
07 октября 2013

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