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Vandals target Israeli women's prayer group

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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....

Israel bank heist kills 4; robber takes own life
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli police say a bungled bank robbery in a southern city left four people dead before the gunman took his own life....

Gunfire from Syria hits Israeli-controlled Golan
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli military says gunfire from Syria has hit the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights overnight....

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians

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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement....

Israel disputes French TV claim on boy's death
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel on Sunday completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel....

AP PHOTOS: Palestinians in Egypt exiled, forgotten

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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....

Critics assail Israeli silence on Arab peace plan

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JERUSALEM (AP) -- On the surface, the Arab League's improved peace initiative offers Israel everything it ever dreamed of - normal relations with an entire region that has long objected to the very existence of the Jewish state, and even the chance to keep some war-won land....

War crimes prosecutor receives Israel complaint
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court - the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands - says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and she will open a preliminary investigation....