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Breaking News President Obama Prioritizes Middle East Peace
President Barack Obama pledged on Monday that his new Middle East envoy George Mitchell would engage “vigorously and consistently” in the quest for Israeli-Palestinian peace and would seek concrete results. “The cause of peace in the Middle East is important to the United States and our national interests. It’s important to me personally,” Obama, who…
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Breaking News Israel Votes for Unilateral Cease-Fire
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Saturday night announced that Israel’s security cabinet has voted in favor of a unilateral cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, which will come into effect at 2 a.m. on Sunday. The announcement comes after three weeks of fighting in the coastal strip, as Israel launched a massive military offensive aimed at…
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Breaking News Israel Launches Gaza Ground Operation
Israel entered the second week of its offensive against rockets from Hamas-ruled Gaza on Saturday evening by launching a much-expected ground operation into the coastal strip. Shortly after the ground operation began, a heavy exchange of fire was reported between Israeli troops and Hamas militants inside the Gaza Strip. “The objective is to destroy the…
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Breaking News Israel To Mobilize 6,500 Reservists for Gaza Operation
The Israel Defense Forces will call 6,500 reservists to duty, as part of the largest Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip since it captured the territory in 1967. “The Israel Defense Forces will, in the coming days, call up more reservists,” Cabinet secretary Oved Yehezkel told reporters after ministers met for a special session Sunday…
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Breaking News Indian Commandos Move on Mumbai Chabad House Seized by Terrorists
SEE LATEST NEWS HERE LAST UPDATE: 1:10 A.M. EST Indian commandos were dropped by helicopter on the roof of the besieged Chabad headquarters in Mumbai as Indian snipers at the site opened fire early Friday morning. Heavily armed Indian commandos, their faces covered by balaclavas, rappelled from helicopters onto the roof of the Chabad center…
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Breaking News Copycat Construction Vehicle Attack Injures 24 in Jerusalem
A Palestinian bulldozer driver went on a rampage in downtown Jerusalem on Tuesday, wounding at least 24 people, just weeks after a similar attack in the capital left three dead. The driver was identified as a 22-year-old resident of East Jerusalem who held an Israeli ID card. Police sealed off possible escape routes into the…
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Breaking News Israel Steps Up Attacks in Gaza as Rocket Fire Escalates
Israeli security forces struck a range of targets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a total of 15 Palestinians, including five children. Meanwhile, militants in Gaza continued to fire rockets at southern Israel, striking as far north as Ashkelon. The deaths come a day after IDF troops killed 12 Palestinians and…
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Breaking News Hezbollah Terror Chief Imad Mughniyah Killed in Damascus Blast
The Lebanese-based guerilla group Hezbollah said Wednesday that its deputy leader Imad Mughniyah was killed Tuesday evening in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood of Damascus, and accused Israel of responsibility for the explosion. “With all pride we declare a great jihadist leader of the Islamic resistance in Lebanon joining the martyrs… The brother…
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