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Israel says three ‘armed terrorists’ among 52 reported dead in Gaza border clashes
At least three of the 52 Palestinians reportedly killed Monday in clashes ahead of the Jerusalem opening of the U.S. Embassy to Israel were “armed terrorists” caught trying to plant a bomb near the Gaza border fence, Israel’s military said. More than 35,000 protesters amassed at a dozen locations along the security fence, with many…
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Palestinians riot in West Bank, Gaza as tempers flare over Jerusalem
Dozens of protesters said injured in clashes with Israeli troops as they burn tires, throw rocks in low-level clashes. Protests erupted across the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip on Thursday, as Palestinians raged against US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in a speech the previous day….
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Netanyahu says Israel won’t retreat on Jewish settlements: ‘We are here to stay forever’
Days after meeting a White House delegation to discuss restarting peace negotiations with the Palestinians, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forcefully spoke out against a principal tenet of any likely agreement: the scaling back of Jewish settlements. At an event celebrating 50 years of Israeli settlements in the northern West Bank, Netanyahu pledged Monday that…
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Kushner already had his work cut out in the Middle East. But it just got harder.
JERUSALEM — Presidential son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner returned to the Mideast this week to revive negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians. But any optimism that an unconventional Trump administration might be able to jump-start meaningful talks has been complicated by political crises on both sides. President Trump has repeatedly expressed hope that he can…
