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Israeli general says Palestinians quietly aiding U.S. peace drive

JERUSALEM - The Palestinian administration in the West Bank has tried to help the latest U.S. peacemaking drive by quietly cutting off funds for grassroots campaigners against Israel's occupation of the territory, a senior Israeli general said on Tuesday.

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Arab village in Israel targeted in racial attack

JERUSALEM - Vandals daubed "Arabs out" graffiti and punctured tires in an Arab village near Jerusalem on Tuesday, targeting a community widely seen in Israel as a showcase for Jewish-Arab coexistence.

World, 18 Jun 2013

Israel has frozen new building in settlements: minister

JERUSALEM - Israel has frozen nearly all housing starts in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, Housing Minister Uri Ariel said on Tuesday, in an apparent bid to help U.S. efforts to revive peace talks with the Palestinians.

World, 18 Jun 2013

U.S. right to arm Syrian rebels, says Israeli president

JERUSALEM - Israeli President Shimon Peres has thrown his weight behind U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels, shrugging off fears the weapons could be turned on Israel and exacerbate the conflict.

World, Syria, 17 Jun 2013

Palestinian statehood at 'dead end': Israeli minister

JERUSALEM - A far-right member of the Israeli government said on Monday the idea of establishing a Palestinian state in the West Bank had reached a "dead end".

World, 17 Jun 2013

Iranian discontent unlikely to bring nuclear change: Israel

JERUSALEM - Iran's election has exposed popular discontent with the Tehran government but is unlikely to bring about any change in Iranian nuclear policy, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Reuters on Monday. | Video

World, United Nations, 17 Jun 2013

Israel toughens law against anti-Palestinian vandals

JERUSALEM - Israel approved new measures on Sunday against Jewish ultranationalists who vandalise Palestinian property in a drive to mire security forces in sectarian violence in the occupied West Bank.

World, 16 Jun 2013

Netanyahu urges no let-up in world pressure on Iran after vote

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Sunday for no relaxation of international pressure on Iran to curb its nuclear efforts after the election of a new president widely hailed as a moderate.

World, 16 Jun 2013

Israel presses ahead with settlement expansion plans

JERUSALEM - Israel is pressing on with plans for more than 1,000 new homes in two West Bank settlements, officials said on Thursday, moves that could complicate U.S. efforts to persuade Palestinians, seeking a construction freeze, to return to peace talks.

World, 13 Jun 2013

U.N. says Israel-Syria ceasefire jeopardized by Golan violence

UNITED NATIONS - A spillover of violence from Syria's civil war into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights is jeopardizing a decades old ceasefire between Israel and Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said in a report to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday. | Video

World, United Nations, Syria, 12 Jun 2013

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Iranian election is unlikely to change nuclear policy, Netanyahu tells Reuters

Iranian election is unlikely to change nuclear policy, Netanyahu tells Reuters

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