Tag: Israel
Israel kills top Gaza militant, 5 others dead
Israel killed a senior Islamic Jihad commander, a top bomb maker and at least four other militants in the Gaza Strip, prompting the group to threaten suicide bombings within the Jewish state.[MORE]
Australia pledges $45m to aid Palestinian state
At an international donor's summit in Paris, the Australian Government has pledged $45 million to help set up a Palestinian state over the next three years.[MORE]
Global donors pledge $8.6 billion for Palestinians
International donors pledged $8.6 billion to the Palestinians at a conference described by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice as the "last hope" to save their government from bankruptcy.[MORE]
Donors meet on aid for Palestinians
Sixty-eight nations are meeting to offer billions of dollars in aid to the Palestinians and to support renewed peace talks clouded by Israeli plans to expand a Jewish settlement near Jerusalem.[MORE]
Sarkozy urges world to work towards Palestinian state
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has opened a major conference in Paris aimed at raising funds to support the creation of a Palestinian state.[MORE]
US to pledge over $550m in Palestinian aid
The United States says it will pledge more than $US550 million ($638 million) in Palestinian aid to bolster nascent Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that have been buffeted by Israeli plans to build new homes on occupied land.[MORE]
Palestinian pilgrims get permission to enter Israel
Israel has allowed almost 500 Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to cross its territory on their way to the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca.[MORE]
Three Hamas militants wounded in Israeli airstrike: medics
Three members of Hamas' military wing were wounded in an Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian medical source said.[MORE]
Israel fails to convince US of Iran's 'serious' nuclear threat
Israel has failed to convince the United States that Iran's nuclear program poses a serious and immediate threat, an Israeli Cabinet minister said, following publication of a US intelligence report.[MORE]
Hamas threatens new uprising at Gaza rally
Hamas threatened to launch a new uprising against Israel on when hundreds of thousands of Islamist supporters rallied in Gaza City to mark the group's 20th anniversary.[MORE]
Tens of thousands gather for Hamas rally in Gaza
Tens of thousands of people have rallied in central Gaza City to mark Hamas's 20th anniversary, in a show of force six months after the Islamist movement seized control of the territory.[MORE]
Palestinians capable of new uprising: Hamas website
An exiled Islamist leader says the Palestinians are capable of launching a new uprising against Israeli occupation like the intifadas of 1987 and 2000.[MORE]
Urgent political action needed in Gaza: Red Cross
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for urgent political action to address what it calls a deep crisis in the West Bank and Gaza.[MORE]
Air strike kills three Gaza militants
Palestinian witnesses and hospital officials say Israel has killed three Palestinian militants and critically wounded a fourth in an air strike launched against a car in the Gaza Strip.[MORE]
Red Cross says Gaza crisis worsening under Israeli restrictions
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has called for immediate political action to contain the deep crisis in the West Bank and Gaza. [MORE]
Israel, Palestinians launch peace talks in discord
The first peace talks in seven years between Israel and the Palestinians have opened in discord with the Palestinians demanding a halt to settlement building and Israel calling for a crackdown on militants.[MORE]
Anglican leader condemns Israeli occupation
The leader of Australia's Anglican church has spoken out against Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories.[MORE]
Israel operation kills Gaza militants
At least eight Palestinian militants were killed in Israel's largest operation for months against the Gaza Strip overnight, on the eve of the first Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations since a US summit.[MORE]
Israeli tanks enter southern Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks and bulldozers have entered the southern Gaza Strip in what is said to be one of the biggest incursions since the Palestinian Hamas movement took control of the territory in June. [MORE]
Iran could have nukes by 2010: Olmert
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert believes Iran will have the resources to create a nuclear weapon by 2010, despite a US intelligence report that it was not building an atomic bomb.[MORE]
Israel's high court recognises lesbian mothers
Israel's high court has ordered the Interior Ministry to recognise both members of a lesbian couple as the mothers of a baby.[MORE]
Israelis set up illegal outposts in evacuation protest
Hundreds of Israeli activists have spread throughout the occupied West Bank to set up temporary illegal outposts.[MORE]
Israeli extremists march to set up new outposts in West Bank
Israeli right-wing activists have marched up a hill outside the occupied West Bank's largest settlement, aiming to set up a symbolic new wildcat settlement outpost.[MORE]
Israeli Minister fears war crimes arrest in UK
An Israeli Government Minister says he has cancelled a trip to Britain because of fears he could be arrested on war crimes charges.[MORE]
Centuries-old palace unearthed in Jerusalem
Israeli archaeologists say they have unearthed a palace complex dating back to the first century AD in an Arab neighbourhood just outside the walls of Jerusalem's Old City.[MORE]
