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Israel says "Palestinian incitement" responsible for Temple Mount violence

​Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday that Palestinian incitement is responsible for the recent bout of violence in Jerusalem's flashpoint Temple Mount site.

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Iran dismisses Obama's "anti-Iran" remarks

​Iran's Foreign Ministry on Saturday dismissed recent anti-Iran remarks by U.S. President Barack Obama as "baseless," Tasnim news agency reported.

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Hunger striking Palestinian prisoner gives Israel 24h to release him

​Palestinian prisoner who slipped into coma last week after two-month hunger strike has woke up on Tuesday and vowed to resume fasting if Israel did not resolve his case within 24 hours.

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Israel offers to free Palestinian hunger striker in exchange for exile

​Lawyers of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike petitioned Israel's Supreme Court Monday for his release, rejecting an offer to exchange his freedom for his exile.

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Israel denies negotiations with Hamas over long-term truce

​Israel on Monday evening denied reports that advanced negotiations with Hamas are taking place over a long-term ceasefire, a year after the war between them.

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One year after previous war, situation remains fragile along Israel-Gaza border

​One year after last summer's Gaza war between Israel and the Hamas movement, peace still remains elusive despite a ceasefire that has largely taken hold along Israel's border with the coastal enclave.

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Israel in ordeal over rising Jewish extremism

​A string of violent and bloody incidents in recent days have set off the alarm bells that Israel might be evolving into a violent society and losing its moral compass.

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Israeli official accuses world powers of hiding major parts of nuke agreement from Israel

​A senior Israeli official said on Wednesday that the world powers are withholding from Israel major parts of the nuclear agreement with Iran, contrary to assurances.

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Israel rejects Kerry's warning on Iran nuclear deal

​Israel rejected on Sunday a recent warning by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that if the Congress wound block the nuclear deal with Iran, the international community might blame Israel for the failure.

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Israeli PM continues to attack Iran deal, charging it "risks the world"

​Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Tuesday in Jerusalem with his Italian counterpart Matteo Renzi, continuing his criticism on the nuclear deal between the world powers and Tehran.

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U.S. defense chief promises to more military aid to Israel after Iran deal

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter on Monday promised Israel that Washington will increase the military aid to the Jewish state during a first visit by a cabinet-level U.S. official to Israel since the nuclear deal with Iran was announced.

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Netanyahu says Iran nuclear deal threatens Israel's security

​Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu continued to slam the nuclear deal reached between Iran and the major world powers on Tuesday, claiming it risks Israel's security.

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Obama seeks to reassure Israeli PM on Iran nuclear deal

​The U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone, trying to reassure the latter by saying the Iran nuclear agreement will "verifiably" prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

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Israeli PM slams int'l efforts to reach deal with Iran

​Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu slammed Sunday the international community for making concessions to the Iranians in the nuclear talks ahead of an upcoming deal, while Iranian leaders vowed to continue fighting the United States and Israel.

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Mass Israelis rally against "robbery" of natural gas resources

​Thousands of Israelis took to the streets in major cities on Saturday evening in protest of a government's plan to let a U.S.-Israeli partnership keep control over the country's natural gas fields.

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"Culture wars" hits a nerve with divides in Israeli society

​What has become known as the "culture wars" in Israel has sparked controversy and debate in Israeli society one month into the rule of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightwing government.

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Israeli war jets fire back in retaliation to rocket fire from Gaza

Israeli war jets struck northern Gaza Strip early Wednesday in response to rockets launched earlier from the coastal enclave into southern Israel, witnesses said. No casualties were reported.