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Israeli military chief warns Syrian regime
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's military chief issued a stern warning to Bashar Assad on Tuesday, saying the Syrian leader would "bear the consequences" of any more attacks on Israeli forces near the Syrian border....
Israeli peace negotiator: Stalemate bad for Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's chief peace negotiator with the Palestinians says the current stalemate is harmful for Israel....
Palestinians hold off on UN agency membership
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Palestinians have done all the legal work necessary to join 63 U.N. agencies, conventions and treaties but haven't applied yet mainly to give the latest U.S. peace effort a chance to succeed, the chief Palestinian negotiator said Monday....
Israel, Palestinians still arguing over epic image
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A new Israeli report into the death of a Palestinian boy during a fierce gunbattle in the Gaza Strip more than a dozen years ago has reignited an emotional debate over who killed him - and how the incident has shaped perspectives of the Mideast conflict....
Israel gunman shoots 4 dead at bank, kills self
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba Monday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said....
Barbra Streisand to receive honorary PhD in Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) -- A leading Israeli university says it will present singer Barbra Streisand with an honorary Ph.D. when she visits Israel next month....
Vandals target Israeli women's prayer group
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli police say vandals have spray-panted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of a liberal Jewish women's group that has angered ultra-Orthodox communities over its demands for equality of worship....
AP PHOTOS: Palestinians in Egypt exiled, forgotten
GEZIRAT AL-FADEL, Egypt (AP) -- In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old and his family walked west for several hundred miles, crossing the Sinai Peninsula before settling in an area around 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of Cairo....
CIA chief makes unannounced Israel visit
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli defense official says the head of the American CIA spy agency has made an unannounced visit to Israel....
Coptic cleric says he will sue Israeli police
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Egyptian Coptic cleric who was mistreated during Orthodox Easter services is threatening to sue.... | 
