Trump Administration Withdraws U.S. From U.N. Human Rights Council

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Nikki R. Haley, the American ambassador to the United Nations, speaking to the General Assembly last week in New York.Credit Don Emmert/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images WASHINGTON — The United States withdrew on Tuesday from the world’s most important human rights … Read More

Drought Battle: Israel to Use Desalinated Water to Rescue the Sea of Galilee

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View of the Kinneret from Arbel Mountain, Photo, GPO, Einat Anke JERUSALEM, Israel – Following five consecutive years of below-average winter rainfall, Israeli cabinet ministers passed a $30 million measure to replenish the Sea of Galilee and seven northern streams … Read More

Israel will destroy Assad’s forces if fired on, Netanyahu says

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that the Syrian regime is no longer “immune” from retaliation. Speaking at the Policy Exchange think tank in London during a diplomatic tour of Europe, Netanyahu warned that Israel would destroy Syrian forces it deemed … Read More

Firefighters battle 3 fires caused by flaming kites on Gaza border

Fresh blazes reported near Moshav Netiv Ha’asara and Kibbutz Nir Am, as Israeli official warns Hamas over incendiary tactic. Firefighters were dispatched Tuesday morning to the Gaza border area after flaming kites were sent soaring over the border, causing at … Read More

Russia understands Israel won’t tolerate Iran on border, Liberman says

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Prior to Liberman’s visit, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called on non-Syrian forces to withdraw the country’s southern border as soon as possible. Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a tour of Mt. Hermon and Golan … Read More

Israel launches retaliatory airstrikes in Gaza after Hamas rocket attacks

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Israel has launched airstrikes against targets throughout the Gaza Strip after the armed wing of the ruling group in the Palestinian territory launched dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel. The confrontation, which continued into Wednesday morning, is … Read More

Israel to scale back law allowing PM to declare war without gov’t backing

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IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman discuss the confrontation with Iran and Syria on February 10 2018.  Ariel Hermoni/Ministry of Defense Members of Israel’s Security Cabinet on Wednesday agreed to … Read More

Paraguay opens its Israel embassy in Jerusalem

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Paraguay is the third country after the United States and Guatemala to move its embassy to the disputed city. The status of Jerusalem remains a major hurdle to a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians. Paraguay opened its new … Read More

US envoy to Israel: Evangelical Christians firmer Israel backers than many Jews

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As David Friedman hails their ‘fervor and devotion’ in NY Times interview, his counterpart Ron Dermer calls devout Christians the ‘backbone’ of US support for Israel. Israel’s Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, United States Ambassador to Israel David … Read More

Israel Struggles to Explain Why Snipers Used to Quell Palestinian Protest

Putrid water, tear gas has limited effectiveness, Israel says Palestinians appeal for UN help to save them from ‘massacre’ Israeli soldiers and snipers at the border east of Gaza City on May 15. Photographer: Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images Skunk water, … Read More

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