Israel approved a cutoff of fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip.
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Israel cuts humanitarian fuel supply to Gaza Strip further
Wednesday, December 5th, 2007UN to Israel: Stop violating Lebanon
Thursday, November 8th, 2007The United Nations called on Israel to stop its daily air violations of Lebanese airspace.
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UN warns of deteriorating situation in Gaza
Thursday, October 25th, 2007The UN warned that the situation in Gaza was deteriorating fast in a way that undermined potential progress in planned peace talks, and Israel’s defense minister approved sanctions against Gaza, including cuts in the supply of electricity and fuel.
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Israel seizes more Palestinian land
Thursday, October 11th, 2007The Israeli military ordered the seizure of vast new swaths of Palestinian land in the West Bank.
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Israel declares Gaza a “hostile entity”
Thursday, September 27th, 2007Israel declared the Gaza Strip a “hostile entity.â€
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Israel cabinet set to free 90 Palestinian prisoners
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007The Israeli cabinet agreed to free about 90 Palestinian prisoners in a move aimed at boosting support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Syria files formal complaint against Israel
Thursday, September 13th, 2007Syria lodged a formal complaint with the United Nations Tuesday over a “flagrant violation” of its airspace last week by Israeli warplanes, which dropped munitions on its territory.
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Palestinian death count
Thursday, August 30th, 2007An Israeli tank shell killed three Palestinian children as they approached a rocket launcher in the northern Gaza Strip Wednesday afternoon, witnesses and paramedics said.
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Israelis launch food fight with Palestine
Sunday, August 5th, 2007Israeli civilians started launching tomatoes, eggs, cucumbers, mangoes, corn on the cob, and eggs into Palestine. “We decided to take things into our own hands,” they said.
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Iran’s Jews: Our identity is not for sale
Thursday, July 12th, 2007Iran’s Jews refused cash offers by Israel in exchange for migration to Israel.
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Israel to free 250 Palestinian prisoners
Monday, July 9th, 2007Israel’s cabinet voted Sunday to release 250 Palestinian prisoners from President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah organization, as a goodwill gesture to the Palestinian leader who is locked in political battle with the rival Hamas movement.
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Report: Israeli settlements exceed boundaries
Friday, July 6th, 2007One third of occupied Israeli territory lies outside of their legally allocated land.
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Palestinian civil servants receive first salaries in 17 months
Thursday, July 5th, 2007Palestinian government workers received full salaries for the first time in seventeen months. Palestinian President Mahmound Abbas is refusing to pay salaries to nineteen thousand government workers allied with Hamas.
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Israeli president takes plea for “indecent acts”
Sunday, July 1st, 2007The outgoing Israeli President signed a plea bargain admitting to “indecent acts.” He will not be indicted for the rape he is accused of committing.
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Bush sets Iraq target: be like Israel
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Bush set a new goal for Iraq-to be like Israel.
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Palestinian death count
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007At least ten Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on the Gaza Strip earlier today.
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Palestinian update
Thursday, June 21st, 2007Hamas offered a ceasefire with Israel if Israel halted operations in Gaza and the West Bank, and Abbas refused to engage in diplomatic discussions with Hamas, calling Hamas: “murderous terrorists, killers and coup seekers.†He also told Israel to back off. “Our problems are not only with Hamas — I emphasize my rejection of any Israeli attempt aiming to take advantage of this disdain, perpetrated by the coup militants, to choke our people,” he said.
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US, Israel launch new policy on Palestine
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007Israel and the United States tacitly agreed on a policy to treat the West Bank and Gaza as separate entities.
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Rockets from Lebanon fired at Israel
Sunday, June 17th, 2007At least two Katyusha rockets fell on northern Israel Sunday, the first fired from Lebanon since last summer’s inconclusive war with Hezbollah guerrillas.
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Hamas, Fatah Launch Separate Governments
Saturday, June 16th, 2007Victorious Hamas gunmen rounded up senior military leaders of the Fatah movement in the Gaza Strip early Friday, then announced a general amnesty in a sign the Islamic movement is seeking to reconcile with its secular rivals after five days of fierce fighting.
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