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A rocket fired from inside the Gaza Strip into Israel has struck a kibbutz and killed a foreign farm worker. It happened during a high-profile visit to the enclave by the EU’s foreign policy chief.

Barack Obama has lost patience with Israel. But neither side dares risk a break-upIT HAS been like a lovers’ tiff without the love—quickly tamped down but with none of the kissing and making up, and no soothing of the underlying rage. As Palestinian violence flared in Jerusalem, Barack Obama’s secretary ...

Relations between America and Israel reach a low pointAfter a raucous public slanging match, America and Israel are attempting to heal the worst rift between the countries in years. The row erupted during Joe Biden’s visit to Jerusalem last week after the Israeli government approved plans to build 1,600 new ...

EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton has begun her first official trip to the Middle East, Deutsche Welle reports. Ashton has kicked off her first official trip to the Middle East with tough talk for Israel.

Israeli officials say their government is trying to work out ways to defuse a growing dispute with the United States. It came after Israel approved Jewish settlement construction in disputed East Jerusalem.

The Israeli military says it has arrested a senior commander of the Palestinian faction Hamas after he spent more than a decade on the run. Israeli troops and the Shin Bet security service caught Maher Uda overnight Saturday near the West Bank town of Ramallah.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to calm tensions concerning plans for an expansion of a Jewish settlement in disputed East Jerusalem. Netanyahu told Cabinet members Sunday to "not get carried away," as he discussed the strain in relations with Washington.

The Israeli-Palestinian peace process resumes, after a fashionIT WAS a wretched beginning to what had been hailed as the hopeful resumption of peace talks, albeit indirect ones, between the Israelis and Palestinians under the aegis of an American mediator. Barely had America’s vice-president, Joe Biden, begun a visit to Israel ...

The United States has launched a rare verbal attack on Israel over its plan to build more than 1,600 homes on occupied land. In a statement issued after he arrived 90 minutes late for dinner with the Israeli President, the US Vice President Joe Biden condemned the move, saying it ...

The Iraq War drama ”The Hurt Locker” has bagged the best picture and five other prizes at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, its haul including best director for Kathryn Bigelow. Bigelow is the first woman in the 82-year history of the Oscars to earn Hollywood’’s top prize for filmmakers, reports Variety. Sandra ...

Renewed diplomatic efforts over Iran's nuclear activities• AFTER Iran announced that its long-delayed Bushehr civilian nuclear plant will be operational within a few months, American diplomats will renew efforts to obtain further sanctions against the Islamic republic over its suspected efforts to build a nuclear bomb. Hillary Clinton, the American ...

Congress reconsiders America’s official position on the Armenian genocideTWO questions faced an American congressional panel on Thursday March 5th as it considered the mass killings of Armenians during and after the first world war by forces of the Ottoman Empire. First, was it genocide? The historical debate is as hot, ...

As Bloomberg notes:Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Richard Fisher called for an international pact to break up banks whose collapse would threaten the financial system, a position that goes beyond other Fed officials.While the international as...

Metallica fans in Israel have vowed to boycott the band’s upcoming show in Tel Aviv amid complaints of soaring ticket prices. The hitmakers are scheduled to play at Ramat Gan Stadium on May 22 in what will be the band’s first concert in Israel since 1999. But the news has ...

Frontiers Records Signs Alan Parsons, Releases Eye 2 Eye - Live In Madrid Alan Parsons Studio wizard Alan Parsons returns with a live concert recording, Eye 2 Eye - Live In Madrid to be released March 19 in Europe and April 6 in the ...

Senior Israeli officials are in Beijing for talks with Chinese leaders. High on the agenda is expected to be China's reluctance to support United Nations sanctions against Iran.

In a new post, vaccine expert Dr. Meryl Nass shreds the FBI's case against Bruce Ivins: Federal Bureau of Invention: CASE CLOSED (and Ivins did it)But FBI's report, documents and accompanying information (only pertaining to Ivins, not to the rest o...

European Union foreign ministers have "strongly condemned" the use of forged European passports in the assassination of a top Palestinian militant. The statement made no direct reference to Israel, whose secret services are widely accused of having carried out the killing in January.

There is more evidence pointing to Mossad involvement in the killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai. Dubai police say credit card payments and phone calls provide further proof that Israel's Mossad spy agency was behind the assassination of a leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas last month.

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