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Middle East: Clashes spread after Palestinian boy’s funeral

YoopyaJul 5, 2014July 25, 20230

JERUSALEM (AP) — Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protesters spread from Jerusalem to Arab towns in northern Israel Saturday following the funeral of an

Mideast: Once on the edge of defeat, Syria’s Assad runs again for president

YoopyaJun 2, 2014July 19, 20230

(Reuters) – It was not so long ago that Bashar al-Assad’s enemies thought he was finished. In the summer of 2012, the rebels were not

Middle East: Lebanese patriarch visits disparate Israel flocks

YoopyaMay 28, 2014July 19, 20230

KUFR BIRIM, Israel (AP) — The head of Lebanon’s largest group of Christians, the Maronite Catholics, was making two politically charged stops Wednesday in his

As hope withers, Palestinian president heads to Washington

YoopyaMar 15, 2014September 16, 20230

(Reuters) – With pessimism growing by the day over the future of Middle East peace talks, U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud

Israel holds memorial ceremony for Ariel Sharon

YoopyaJan 13, 2014November 26, 20230

JERUSALEM (AP) — Hundreds of Israeli VIPs and international dignitaries attended a state memorial ceremony for the late Ariel Sharon on Monday, remembering the controversial

Israel holds memorial ceremony for Ariel Sharon

YoopyaJan 13, 2014December 10, 20230

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel is holding a state memorial ceremony for the former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the country’s parliament building. Monday’s official ceremony

Israel rejects mooted interim Iran nuclear deal, Kerry heads to talks

YoopyaNov 8, 2013January 31, 20240

(Reuters) – Israel rejected out of hand on Friday a mooted deal between world powers and Iran, just as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry prepared

Palestinians: Israel only suspect in Arafat death

YoopyaNov 8, 2013February 14, 20240

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israel is the only suspect in the 2004 death of Yasser Arafat, the chief Palestinian investigator in the case said

Israel Holocaust museum awards Arab who saved Jews

YoopyaSep 30, 2013March 31, 20240

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Holocaust memorial on Monday posthumously honored an Egyptian doctor who risked his life to rescue Jews during World War II, the