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Israel’s Supreme Court is Set to Hear Arguments From Israelis Opposed to a Prisoner Exchange
Israel’s Supreme Court is set to hear arguments from Israelis opposed to a proposed exchange of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Blames Israeli Government for Impasse in Middle East Peace Talks
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday blamed the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the impasse in Middle East peace talks and called for international pressure on the Jewish state. In U.N. General Assembly speeches,...
Turkey Escalates Diplomatic War with Israel
Turkey has escalated the diplomatic war with Israel by ending military trade with its former ally and threatening further sanctions. The crisis centers on last year’s killing of Turkish activists on a ship seeking to break Israel’s blockade...
Israeli Checking Process Ensures Slow Pace of Gaza Reconstruction
The housing crisis in the Gaza Strip is not going to be resolved any time soon: Only a small number of the 40,000 units needed to meet natural population growth and the destruction of homes in Israeli military operations are being built, according to...
French Pleasure Boat Breaks Greek Blockade And Heads for Palestinian Shores
Activists trying to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza scored their first gain in days when a small French pleasure boat slipped out of Greek waters Tuesday bound for Palestinian shores.
Greek Government Offer to Ship Flotilla Aid Rejected By Activists
Organizers of a pro-Palestinian flotilla bound for the Gaza Strip have rejected a Greek government offer that would ferry humanitarian aid to Gaza using its own vessels under United Nations supervision.
Israel Accused of Sabotaging Gaza Flotilla
Pro-Palestinian activists organizing an aid flotilla that plans to challenge the Israeli blockade on Gaza are accusing Israel of sabotaging one of their ships in an attempt to break Israel’s blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
Israel And Hamas Both Looking to End Attacks
Israel and Hamas have signaled that they are looking to end a flare-up of violence across the Gaza-Israel border. Nineteen Palestinian militants and civilians have been killed and several Israelis wounded since Thursday.
