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Egypt's Sisi says Putin willing to host Palestinian-Israeli peace talks

Egyptian president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is willing to host Israeli and Palestinian leaders for direct peace talks, state-run Ahram newspaper reported on Monday.

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Demolition of Palestinian homes fuel more hatred, bloodshed

Israeli authorities have demolished more Palestinian houses in the first half of 2016 than they have throughout the entire previous year, a human rights organization said Wednesday.

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Israeli army: Palestinian stabs girl in West Bank, shot dead

​A Palestinian youth stabbed and wounded an Israeli girl at a West Bank settlement before he was shot dead on Thursday morning, Israeli officials said.

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Warm-up between Israel and Turkey may ease Gaza blockade

Islamic Hamas movement, which has been ruling the Gaza Strip since 2007, was apparently unhappy after Israel and Turkey reached a reconciliation agreement earlier this week that won't completely lift an Israeli blockade.

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Local TV series attract Palestinians during Ramadan

​Palestinians, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, have got the chance to watch "The Warrior," a locally-produced drama series that cast light on the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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Most Palestinians in East Jerusalem live in poverty: report

​At least 82 percent of the Palestinians in East Jerusalem live in poverty, almost two times of the figure in entire Jerusalem, an Israeli research center said Wednesday.

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Four people killed in shooting attack in Israel's Tel Aviv

The death toll from a shooting attack in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv Wednesday night rose to four after a woman died from her wounds at hospital.

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Palestinian teens arrested for Jerusalem stabbing attack

​Three Palestinian teens from east Jerusalem were arrested for allegedly carrying out a stabbing attack in Jerusalem earlier in May, Israeli police said on Monday.

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Israeli-German relations: where to?

​Israel and Germany have special ties from 1965 when the two countries established relations. However, in recent weeks, reports coming out of Germany suggest that the country's support for Israel is wavering.

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Israeli sentenced to 18 months in prison for trying to join IS

​An Arab Israeli man was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison after attempting to join the Islamic State (IS) in Syria, according to the Israeli Court Authority spokesperson.

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French president postpones Middle East peace conference to summer

​A French-sponsored international conference to re-launch Israeli-Palestinian peace talks stand postponed from May to the summer, French President Francois Hollande announced on Tuesday.

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Israel commemorates fallen soldiers, terror victims on memorial day

​Israel started commemorating its annual Day of Remembrance of Fallen Soldiers and Terror Victims on Tuesday afternoon.

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Israeli, Palestinian security officials to meet in Jerusalem

A senior Palestinian official said on Sunday that an Israeli-Palestinian security meeting will be held in Jerusalem on Sunday night.

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Israeli, Turkish officials to meet for reconciliation talks

Israeli and Turkish negotiation teams are set to meet Wednesday in Switzerland in an effort to finalize a rapprochement deal, local media reported on Tuesday.

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Palestinians holding contacts for int'l peace conference: Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that the Palestinians are holding dialogue with a number of countries to pressure for holding an international conference for peace in the Middle East to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

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Gaza health ministry denies treating IS militants injured in Egypt' s Sinai

​The Hamas-run Health Ministry denied on Monday media reports that hospitals in the Gaza Strip are providing medical treatment to Islamic State (IS) militants who are wounded in Sinai of Egypt.

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Netanyahu's remarks of good ties with Arab states untrue: Palestinian official

​Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks that Israel has improved ties with Arab states are untrue, a senior Palestinian official confirmed Friday.