3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (352+ words) CAIRO – An Israeli airstrike killed a man, his wife, and their two daughters, aged 8 and 12, in a house in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday, health officials said, as the Israeli military escalated the bombardment of houses over the past…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (645+ words) DAMASCUS – Syria on Wednesday condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s entry into Syrian territory, calling his visit to Mount Hermon a “provocative” violation of its sovereignty as Israel signalled it would maintain its military presence in southern Syria. Netanyahu visited…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (313+ words) LONDON – Britain had to “stand for something”, Prime Minister Andy Burnham told parliament on Wednesday in a defence of his government’s decision to block imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Burnham, who has been in the job…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (753+ words) JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to consolidate Israel’s fractious right-wing parties ahead of a Tuesday deadline in order to avoid an election loss forecast by opinion polls. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, is seeking a record seventh term…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1092+ words) CAIRO/AMMAN/LONDON/TEL AVIV/PARIS – Egypt and Jordan welcomed British measures restricting trade linked to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories on Tuesday, calling for further international action to halt settlement expansion and protect the prospects of…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (338+ words) LONDON/TEL AVIV/PARIS - Israel said on Tuesday it was closing Britain's consulate in East Jerusalem in response to plans by the UK, France and Canada to block imports from Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Britain will also no…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (843+ words) JERUSALEM – Former Israeli army chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party would emerge as the largest force in parliament if elections were held today, opening a new challenge to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ahead of Israel’s October 27 general election, according…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (576+ words) HAJJA, West Bank - Violence in the occupied West Bank flared on Monday as Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian during a village raid by settlers from a nearby outpost and killed another Palestinian who entered an outpost and stabbed a…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (681+ words) WASHINGTON – US envoy Jared Kushner said on Sunday that Washington and Israel broadly agree on the desired end state for Gaza, but suggested that Israel’s domestic political pressures ahead of elections were complicating efforts to advance the Trump administration’s roadmap…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (487+ words) TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered unauthorised settler outposts in the West Bank to be dismantled, two people familiar with the matter said on Sunday, amid pressure from the US to crack down on settler attacks on…...