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An Israeli tank was stolen from a military zone. Authorities found it in a junkyard

Sep. 21, 2023 02:47 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities are trying to figure out how a heavily armored, but unarmed, tank was stolen from a military training zone after finding it discarded in a junkyard. The Israeli Merkava 2 tank disappeared from a training zone in northern Israel near the coastal...

Saudi crown prince says in rare interview 'every day we get closer' to normalization with Israel

Sep. 20, 2023 23:41 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said in a rare interview with Fox News on Wednesday that negotiations over Israel means the prospects of normalized relations between both countries “get closer" every day, but that treatment of Palestinians remains a “very important”...

Biden warns Netanyahu about the health of Israel's democracy and urges compromise on court overhaul

Sep. 20, 2023 18:01 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden raised “hard issues,” including protecting the “checks and balances” in a democracy, in a Wednesday meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, pushing the Israeli leader to find a compromise on a judicial overhaul that has set off months of mass...

Live Updates: World leaders convene for Day 2 of the UN General Assembly high-level meeting

Sep. 20, 2023 15:05 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Welcome to the United Nations. Over the course of the next week, leaders from scores of countries will take the marbled dais that, despite being geographically located in midtown Manhattan, belongs to the world. It's part of the U.N. General Assembly's General Debate, in...

Six Palestinians are killed in latest fighting with Israel, at least 3 of them militants

Sep. 20, 2023 14:34 PM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli military operations in the occupied West Bank and unrest in the Gaza Strip killed six Palestinians, Palestinian health officials said Wednesday, the latest spike in a wave of violence that has roiled the region for more than a year. At least three of those killed...

Most Americans view Israel as a partner, but fewer see it as sharing US values, AP-NORC poll shows

Sep. 20, 2023 12:37 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — As President Joe Biden met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York on Wednesday, a poll finds that while Americans generally view Israel as a partner or ally, many question whether his far-right government shares American values. The poll results...

Israeli military raid kills 3 in West Bank. Officials say 4th man killed by Israeli fire in Gaza

Sep. 20, 2023 01:33 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops raided the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank late Tuesday, killing three people and wounding some 30 others, according to Palestinian health officials. A fourth Palestinian was killed by Israeli fire in separate unrest in the Gaza Strip, officials said....

One Palestinian dies and Israel shuts down main crossing with Gaza after outbreak of border violence

Sep. 19, 2023 13:19 PM EDT

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military killed a 25-year-old Palestinian along the volatile border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said, as youths mounted violent protests at the border fence. Unrest over the past week has escalated tensions...

German ambassador's attendance at Israeli court hearing ignites diplomatic spat

Sep. 18, 2023 22:03 PM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli government has complained to Germany after the German ambassador attended a high-profile Supreme Court hearing last week looking at the legality of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul, an Israeli diplomatic official said Monday. The...

Unversed in UNGA? Stumped by SDGs? A glossary of UN General Assembly meeting lingo

Sep. 18, 2023 20:33 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly's yearly meeting of world leaders is here — and with it, an array of acronyms, abbreviations, titles and terms that can be confounding to observers. Here's some key vocabulary, decoded. FOR STARTERS... UNGA: Acronym...