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Israel on Iran: Anything it takes to stop nukes

by AP July 27, 2009 World

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel hardened its insistence Monday that it would do anything it felt necessary to stop Iran from getting a nuclear bomb, just the ultimatum the United States hoped not to hear as it tried to nudge Iran to the bargaining table.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates reassured Israel that the new Obama [...]

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Israeli Ministers approve release of 200 Palestinians

by Agencies August 18, 2008 World

An Israeli ministerial commission on Monday approved the release next week of 200 Palestinian prisoners, including at least two implicated in deadly attacks in Israel three decades ago.
“A ministerial commission which met today approved the list of 200 Palestinian prisoners who are to be released as a goodwill gesture toward (Palestinian) president Mahmud [...]

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Israeli envoy returns without Gaza truce deal

by AP June 13, 2008 World

BEIT LAHIYA, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israeli envoy engaging in Gaza cease-fire talks returned without a deal late Thursday,
after another day of bloodshed in the coastal territory that included seven Palestinians being killed in an explosion that Hamas indicated was an accident.
When the explosion flattened a house in the Gaza Strip, killing the seven, [...]

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Palestinian Attack Kills 2 Israelis

by AP April 9, 2008 World

NAHAL OZ, Israel (AP) — Palestinian militants burst into southern Israel and killed two Israeli fuel terminal workers Wednesday in a surprise attack that threatened to set off wider fighting.
Israel rushed forces and tanks across the border into the northern Gaza Strip after the raid. Palestinian officials said four people were killed in tank shelling [...]

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Israeli troops kill five militants in West Bank

by Dpa March 12, 2008 World

Israeli soldiers have killed five Palestinian militants during raids in the West Bank, Palestinian security officials said.
Israeli undercover soldiers in civilian clothes shot dead four militants outside a bakery in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem Wednesday evening, after intercepting them and taking them by surprise, Palestinian security officials said.
Three of them belonged to [...]

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Israeli troops kill five militants in West Bank

by Dpa March 12, 2008 World

Israeli soldiers have killed five Palestinian militants during raids in the West Bank, Palestinian security officials said.
Israeli undercover soldiers in civilian clothes shot dead four militants outside a bakery in the southern West Bank city of Bethlehem Wednesday evening, after intercepting them and taking them by surprise, Palestinian security officials said.
Three of them belonged to [...]

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Israelis Mourn 8 Killed at Seminary

by AP March 7, 2008 Breaking News

Thousands gathered Friday outside a bullet-scarred Jewish seminary in Jerusalem to mourn eight students killed by a Palestinian gunman. Israel slapped a closure on the West Bank and beefed up security around Jerusalem.
Masses of mourners marched in funeral processions after a rabbi who recited Hebrew psalms with the crowd repeating them after him.
In the Gaza [...]

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Israel won’t attack Gaza if rockets stopped: Olmert

by Dpa March 5, 2008 World

Responding to Palestinian calls for a truce in Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated that Israel would stop its attacks if rocket fire from the area at its southern towns and villages stopped.
“If there is no Qassam fire at Israel, there will be no Israeli attack on Gaza. We don’t rise in the morning [...]

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Israeli air strike kills two militants in Gaza

by Dpa March 2, 2008 World

An Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip has killed two militants, witnesses and medics said.
An Israeli military spokesman in Tel Aviv confirmed the air strike Sunday evening in the Jabaliya camp.
According to officials from the Hamas-run ministry of health in Gaza, 112 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Wednesday.
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