December 17, 2011
Members of the "Hilltop Youth" fortify an outpost at Shvut Ami in the West Bank in a file photo taken in 2009. The Israeli Defense Forces are increasingly confronting a truth that many Palestinians learned awhile ago: A not-insignificant number of the Israelis who have settled on the West Bank are unhinged zealots who, in [...]
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May 20, 2011
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during the opening of the summer session of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem May 16, 2011. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was disappointed by US President Barack Obama’s comments on Israeli-Palestinian peace in his speech on the Middle East, a senior Israeli official said on [...]
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April 19, 2011
Israeli soldiers fire a mortar round towards the Gaza Strip from the Israeli side of the border with the Palestinian coastal strip in 2009. The United States worked behind the scenes to help Israel contain UN probes into possible war crimes committed during the 2008-2009 Gaza war, Foreign Policy reported Tuesday. The online foreign affairs [...]
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February 19, 2011
Palestinian protestors hold a banner during a demonstration in the West Bank. The United States vetoed an Arab-sponsored UN resolution branding Israeli settlements illegal, prompting angry Palestinians to vow to re-evaluate the entire Middle East peace process. The Obama administration cast its first veto in the United Nations Security Council after intense diplomacy failed to [...]
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December 26, 2009
People from all over the world gathered in the holy city of Bethlehem in the West Bank on Christmas Eve Thursday, praying for peace on the special occasion. Worshipers pray inside the Church of Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on Dec. 24, 2009, the Christmas eve. (Xinhua/Fadi Arouri)The birthplace of Jesus Christ [...]
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December 8, 2009
Until last month, Dubai was acclaimed worldwide as an exotic Manhattan on the sea. File photo shows Kuwaiti traders follow the market’s movement at the Stock Exchange in Kuwait City Dec. 1, 2009. (Xinhua File Photo/Noufal Ibrahim)Unsurprisingly, news of the financial collapse of the emirate’s key construction firms came as a shock to many, but [...]
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November 21, 2009
Israeli air force raided two smuggling tunnels and a Hamas training camp in the Gaza Strip early Thursday, in response to Palestinian rocket fires on southern Israel, security sources said. A Palestinian man inspects damages of underground tunnels on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt following Israeli airstrikes Nov. 19, 2009. Israeli jets attacked on Thursday [...]
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November 9, 2009
Int’l community hails Vietnam’s contribution as UNSC President; Vietnam, India boost cooperation in national defense; Vietnam supports UN call for compliance with int’l law Int’l community hails Vietnam’s contribution as UNSC President A senior diplomat has highlighted international recognition of Vietnam’s successful presidency of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in October.Pham Vinh Quang, Deputy Head [...]
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October 28, 2009
At least eight Palestinians were injured Tuesday when Israeli settlers attacked villagers harvesting olives near the West Bank city of Nablus, witnesses said. A Palestinian man medicates a Palestinian woman after several Palestinian farmers clash with Israeli settlers in the West Bank city of Nablus, Oct. 27, 2009. (Xinhua/Nidal Eshtayeh)The injured sustained slight to moderate [...]
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October 8, 2009
Israeli scientist Ada E. Yonath was declared on Wednesday as one of the winners of the 2009 Nobel Prize in chemistry, becoming the fourth woman to be awarded this honor. Israeli scientist and Nobel prize winner Ada Yonath attends a press conference in Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, south of Tel Aviv, Israel, Oct. [...]
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