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Israel OKs gestures to Palestinians after high-level meet

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense minister on Monday announced a series of gestures aimed at strengthening the Palestinian Authority, including plans to loan $150 million to the cash-strapped autonomy government in the occupied West Bank.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Israel OKs gestures to Palestinians after high-level meet

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense minister on Monday announced a series of gestures aimed at strengthening the Palestinian Authority, including plans to loan $150 million to the cash-strapped autonomy government in the occupied West Bank.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Israel OKs gestures to Palestinians after high-level meet

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense minister on Monday announced a series of gestures aimed at strengthening the Palestinian Authority, including plans to loan $150 million to the cash-strapped autonomy government in the occupied West Bank.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Israeli airstrikes target Gaza sites, first since cease-fire

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes at militant sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, the first such raids since a shaky cease-fire ended the war with Hamas last month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Israeli airstrikes target Gaza sites, first since cease-fire

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes at militant sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, the first such raids since a shaky cease-fire ended the war with Hamas last month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Israeli airstrikes target Gaza sites, first since cease-fire

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes at militant sites in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, the first such raids since a shaky cease-fire ended the war with Hamas last month.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Israelis march in east Jerusalem in test for new government

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli ultranationalists, some chanting “Death to Arabs,” paraded Tuesday in east Jerusalem in a show of force that threatened to spark renewed violence just weeks after a war with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Palestinians in Gaza responded by launching incendiary balloons that caused …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

New Israeli coalition starts work; Netanyahu vows to oust it

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s new governing coalition promised to reach out to neglected foreign allies as well as to heal divisiveness at home after securing a razor-thin margin to oust Benjamin Netanyahu. But the longtime leader showed no signs of backing down, vowing Monday to depose his rivals and saying …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Israel's new government gets to work after Netanyahu ouster

JERUSALEM (AP) — For the first time in 12 years, Israelis on Monday woke up to a new prime minister, after Naftali Bennett secured the backing of parliament and ousted longtime leader Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Hamas fires rockets deep into Israel, escalating tensions

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets toward Jerusalem on Monday, setting off air raid sirens throughout the city, after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at a flashpoint religious site in the contested holy city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Israeli police change route of contentious Jerusalem march

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli police have changed the route of a contentious march by Jewish ultranationalists in Jerusalem, in an apparent attempt to avoid confrontations with Palestinian protesters.
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Netanyahu vows Hamas will pay 'heavy price' for rocket fire

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Hamas militant group of crossing a “red line” with its rocket attack on Jerusalem and promised a tough response.
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Palestinians: 20 killed in fighting, including 9 children

JERUSALEM (AP) — Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip say a total of 20 people, including nine children, have been killed in fighting with Israel.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Air raid sirens, explosions heard in Jerusalem amid tensions

JERUSALEM (AP) — Explosions have been heard in Jerusalem after air raid sirens sounded.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Hamas fires rockets at Jerusalem after clashes at mosque

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hamas militants fired dozens of rockets into Israel on Monday, including a barrage that set off air raid sirens as far away as Jerusalem, after hundreds of Palestinians were hurt in clashes with Israeli police at a flashpoint religious site in the contested holy city.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

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