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Explosions hit Gaza police checkpoints, three dead - officials
Explosions hit two police checkpoints in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing three officers and wounding several other Palestinians, the Hamas-run interior ministry said, declaring a state of emergency after the blasts.
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Brazil will move embassy to Jerusalem, Netanyahu says: report
The issue of the embassy has been hovering over Netanyahu's visit to Brazil, the first-ever by an Israeli prime minister.
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Israel army razes home of Palestinian attacker in night-long raid
The incursion late Friday triggered clashes with angry residents following a week of rising tensions.
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Riyadh pledges $50m to UN Palestinian refugee agency
The announcement was made at a news conference in the Saudi capital by the director of the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre, Abdullah al-Rabeea.
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Jordan says Israel wants to discuss border land deals
Under the peace treaty, two border areas were recognised to be under Jordanian sovereignty but gave Israel special provisions to use the land and allow Israelis free access.
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Netanyahu ally seeks Jerusalem mayor seat in Israeli local polls
Polls opened as scheduled at 7:00 am and were due to close at 10 pm; main results were not expected until Wednesday.
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Israeli interceptors deployed against machine gun fire, not rockets: army
Earlier, Israeli media had reported that Iron Dome had intercepted a number of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.
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Trump denies US embassy to be moved to Jerusalem within a year
The Palestinians want East Jerusalem, which Israel captured in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war and annexed in a move not recognised internationally, as the capital of their future state.
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Hamas will reverse Trump's Jerusalem move, leader tells Gaza rally
Around 15 rockets have been fired into southern Israel since Trump’s announcement. None of the projectiles has caused serious injury or damage.
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Nehawu vows more protests in bid to have govt cut ties with Israel
Several pro-Palestinian organisations joined a protest in the capital on Tuesday.
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Palestinians say they won't be blackmailed by US move to close PLO office
A Palestinian official who spoke on condition of anonymity told Reuters the State Department had informed the Palestinians of the decision on Wednesday.
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Jerusalem on alert as religious tensions rise over holy site
There have been daily confrontations between Palestinians hurling rocks and Israeli police using stun grenades since the detectors were placed at the entrance to the shrine after the killing of two Israeli policemen.
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ANC reaffirms its support for Palestinian people
NEC member Miriam Saohatse says there were calls for the embassy in Israel to be shut down but the dominant view was to downgrade it.
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Donald Trump: Israel-Palestine ready for peace
In a much-anticipated address, President Trump said America would always stand with Israel.
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50 years after Six Day War, Jerusalem retains much of its old look
Israel will soon mark the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War, a conflict in which it captured the Old City of Jerusalem.
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Israel says to cut another $2m from its UN contribution
It is the second such cut this year after Israel said in January it was reducing its contribution by $6 million.
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UN, EU condemn Israel legalising settlements on Palestinian land
The EU’s Federica Mogherini said that the law, if it was implemented, crossed a new and dangerous threshold.
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Netanyahu rejects French ultimatum on Palestinian statehood
Benjamin Netanyahu is calling for a more “sober” approach towards the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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Palestinian driver shot dead after injuring 4 at bus stop
The driver was shot dead after ramming his car into a bus stop in the occupied West Bank injuring four people.
