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09Oct/15

Israeli-Palestinian violence intensifies; Arabs and Jews stabbed

October 9, 2015WorldDimona, Four Holy Cities, Geography of Asia, Geography of religion, Hebron, Holy cities, Human geography, In Israel, Israel, Israeli police, Israeli settlement, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Jerusalem, Kiryat Arba, MICKEY ROSENFELD, Palestinian political violence, Palestinian territories, Palestinian terrorism, policeman, southern Israel, Tel Aviv, Wave of violence in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, WEST BANKsmbale

A Palestinian man is killed during an attack on an Israeli policeman, while a Jewish man stabs and wounds four Arabs in southern Israel in a renewed surge of violence.
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20Sep/15

Israel set to approve harsher measures against Palestinian stonethrowers

September 20, 2015Waral-Aqsa, Asia, Benjamin Netanyahu, Criminal rock-throwing, East Jerusalem, Egypt, Geography of Asia, Israel, Israeli-occupied territories, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Jerusalem, Jerusalem Governorate, Jordan, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority, Palestinian stone-throwing, Palestinian terrorism, Price tag policy, Sarit Michaeli, Saudi Arabia, Temple Mount, WEST BANK, Western Asiasmbale

The Israeli government is set to approve increased security measures against Palestinian stone-throwers in east Jerusalem, including the usage of live fire – condemned by human rights watchdog as “illegal and immoral.”

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31Jul/15

U.S. condemns ‘vicious’ attack that killed Palestinian baby

July 31, 2015WorldBeit El, Crime, Duma arson attack, Duma, Nablus, Geography of the State of Palestine, Hate crime, Israel, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Jewish religious terrorism, Josh Earnest, Municipalities of the State of Palestine, Nablus, Netanyahu, Palestinian territories, Politics, Price tag policy, RAMALLAH, Religious terrorism, State of Palestine, United States, Violence against Israelis in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, War/Conflict, Washington, DC, WEST BANK, White House, Yitzharsmbale

White House condemns the arson attack in the West Bank that killed an 18 month old Palestinian boy.

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15Mar/15

Israeli FM Avigdor Lieberman runs alone in 2015 polls

March 15, 2015PoliticsArab citizens of Israel, Ashkenazi Jews, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Hebron, Israel, Israeli Jews, Jews, Likud, Likud Yisrael Beiteinu, National liberalism, Political ideologies, Political parties, Politics, Politics of Israel, Prime Minister, Revisionist Zionism, Secularism in Israel, Soviet Union, Thirty-third government of Israel, WEST BANK, Yisrael Beiteinu, Ze'ev Ben Aryehsmbale

Israel’s foreign minister, Moldovan-born Lieberman, 56, heads the ultranationalist Yisrael Beiteinu party, which ran jointly with Likud in the 2013 election.

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24Feb/15

Israeli settlement building tenders hit record high -watchdog

February 24, 2015WorldBenjamin Netanyahu, Government, Hanan Ashrawi, HAR HOMA SETTLEMENT, Israel, Israeli settlement, Israeli-occupied territories, Israeli–Palestinian peace process, Israeli–Palestinian peace talks, Jerusalem, Lior Amichi, Peace Now, Politics of Israel, RAMALLAH, U.S. State Department, WEST BANKsmbale

Israel set a 10-year record last year for the number of tenders it issued for construction in settlements on occupied land in the Palestinian territories, anti-settlement watchdog group says.
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