EU bars members cooperating with Israel
[UPI News] – JERUSALEM, July 16 (UPI) — The European Union issued a directive barring its 28 members from cooperating with Israeli entities in the West Bank and East Jerusalem beginning Friday.The...
View ArticlePalestinian officials say Kerrys plans for peace talks arent enough
[UPI News] – RAMALLAH, West Bank, July 18 (UPI) — Palestinian political leaders said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry‘s plan for renewed peace talks between Palestine and Israel were...
View ArticleKerry announces agreement on basis for Mideast peace talks
[UPI News] – AMMAN, Jordan, July 19 (UPI) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Friday Israeli and Palestinian leaders have agreed to “a basis for resuming direct” Middle East peace talks.Speaking...
View ArticleIsrael to free heavyweight Palestinians in peace talk agreement
[UPI News] – TEL AVIV, Israel, July 20 (UPI) — A number of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons for many years will be freed as part of an agreement to resume peace talks, an Israeli official...
View ArticlePeace Now 5170 settlement units approved by Israel
[UPI News] – TEL AVIV, Israel, July 22 (UPI) — Israel is planning to build 5,170 housing units in West Bank settlements but should discard the plans and ‘truly give peace a chance,’ a Peace Now report...
View ArticleIsrael to free 82 prisoners before promised peace talks
[UPI News] – JERUSALEM, July 23 (UPI) — Israel will release 82 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences, a key hurdle ahead of planned Middle East peace talks, an Israeli Justice Ministry said.The...
View ArticleArmy intel chief warns of Jihadist threats
[UPI News] – JERUSALEM, July 24 (UPI) — The growing threat of Global Jihad not only poses a danger to Israel but the entire Middle East, head of military intelligence Maj. Gen. Aviv Kohavi...
View ArticleIsrael willing to make serious territorial concessions for peace
[UPI News] – JERUSALEM, July 26 (UPI) — Israel is prepared to make “serious territorial concessions” in order to reach peace with Palestine, International Relations Minister Yuval Steinitz...
View ArticleIsrael to release more prisoners to encourage peace talks
[UPI News] – JERUSALEM, July 27 (UPI) — Israel has upped the number of prisoners to be released to keep the Palestinians on side for peace talks to start soon in Washington, Israel Radio reports. The...
View ArticleIsrael agrees to prisoner release
[UPI News] – JERUSALEM, July 28 (UPI) — Israeli government ministers approved the release of 104 Palestinian prisoners Sunday in a vote Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said “was not easy.”Thirteen...
View ArticlePalestinians do not expect a permanent peace survey says
[UPI News] – BEIRUT, Lebanon, July 31 (UPI) — Nearly three in four Palestinians do not expect a peace accord with Israel to be permanent and successful, a survey released Wednesday indicates.The poll...
View ArticleIrans incoming president calls Israel wound that must be removed
[UPI News] – TEHRAN, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Iranian President-elect Hassan Rouhani lashed out at Israel at a pro-Palestinian rally Friday in Tehran, calling the country a “wound” that should be removed.”The...
View ArticleIsrael adds settlements to priority map
[UPI News] – JERUSALEM, Aug. 4 (UPI) — The Israeli Cabinet approved Sunday a new national priority map that includes 15 West Bank settlements.The map, last updated some four years ago, entitles towns...
View ArticleEgypt cancels Turkey PMs Gaza visit
[UPI News] – CAIRO, Aug. 5 (UPI) — Egypt canceled Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to the Gaza Strip because of his support for the Muslim Brotherhood, officials said.Erdogan had...
View ArticleIran says nabbed spy for Israel
[UPI News] – TEHRAN, Aug. 6 (UPI) — An Iranian national suspected of spying for Israel has been arrested in Kerman, an Iranian court official said.Dadkhoda Salari, head of the Kerman Revolution Court,...
View ArticleIrans new president prompts renewed threats by Israel
[UPI News] – JERUSALEM, Aug. 7 (UPI) — Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, noting new leadership in Iran, again threatened to take military action against Iran‘s nuclear program.Hassan Rouhani,...
View ArticleIsraeli police Man and woman suspected of recruiting teens for sex
[UPI News] – ROSH HAAYIN, Israel, Aug. 9 (UPI) — Israeli police say a man and woman arrested Friday recruited children as young as 12 to provide sexual services for adults. Children and teens allegedly...
View ArticleAs many as 5 militants killed in Sinai blasts
[UPI News] – CAIRO, Aug. 10 (UPI) — Two explosions in Egypt‘s Sinai Peninsula killed as many as five suspected militants, officials said.The blasts happened Friday near Egypt‘s border with Israel, The...
View ArticleReport Israel to build 1200 units in settlements
[UPI News] – JERUSALEM, Aug. 11 (UPI) — The Israeli government has approved plans to build 1,200 housing units in East Jerusalem and West Bank settlements, the Israeli news website Walla said.The...
View ArticleIsrael denies involement in Sinai attack
[UPI News] – TEL AVIV, Israel, Aug. 11 (UPI) — Israel respects Egypt‘s full sovereignty, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said, responding to reports Israel attacked terrorists in the Sinai...
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