The Israeli government has admitted that it used controversial phosphorus weapons in its attacks against targets during its month long war in Lebanon this summer.
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Israel threatened to take over the Gaza-Egyptian border, immediately and without hesitation. “Hesitation is dangerous,” they said.
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In Lebanon, UN peacekeepers have reportedly warned Israel they may open fire if Israeli warplanes continue flights over Lebanese airspace. The warning was disclosed by Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz during testimony before the Israeli Knesset this week. Peretz says Israel will ignore the warnings and continue the flights.
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The Israeli human rights organization Gisha has filed a petition with the Israeli Supreme Court to overturn a new policy that bars Palestinians from enrolling at universities in Israel.
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Israel accused Syria on Monday of continuing to smuggle weapons to Hezbollah guerrillas in Lebanon in violation of a United Nations-backed ceasefire and said it might take military action if the shipments didn’t stop.
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Police recommended Sunday that Israeli President Moshe Katsav be charged with rape, sexual assault and fraud.
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The Israeli military is facing accusations its used an experimental weapon during recent attacks on Palestinians in Gaza.
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A Jordanian poll published Thursday indicated that 84 per cent of Lebanese believe that the recent conflict in southern Lebanon was a premeditated attempt by the United States and Israel to impose a new Middle East order.
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At least three Palestinians, including a young girl, were killed and seven others were injured Thursday evening in an Israeli military strike east of Gaza City, the Ha’aretz Daily reported. The attack followed an earlier military incursion into the Gaza Strip overnight Wednesday in which six Palestinians were killed and several others were injured.
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Israel’s army left all of south Lebanon except for one small border village on Sunday, as part of a handover to the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers.
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In the Gaza Strip, five Palestinians have died so far today in attacks by the Israeli military.
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BBC obtained evidence that Israelis have been giving military training to Kurds in northern Iraq.
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Israel’s cabinet on Sunday approved the appointment of an investigative committee nominated by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to examine how the government and military managed the recent war in Lebanon.
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In the Occupied Territories, a senior UN official is warning daily life for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip is reaching a “breaking point.” The official, UN Relief and Works Agency Karen Abuzayd, says Israel’s ongoing military offensives and economic blockade is creating suffering and mass despair for Gaza’s one and a half million residents. Abuzayd called on the international community to send an influx of foreign monitors.
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Israel lifted its eight-week-old maritime blockade of Lebanon on Friday.
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An Israeli military court has ordered fifteen Hamas officials to go on trial for membership in an outlawed organization.
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The UN reported that Israel has committed seventy violations since the ceasefire with Lebanon was reached. Hezbollah has committed four.
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In Gaza, thousands of demonstrators broke into a government compound earlier today.
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International experts are predicting it could take Lebanon 10 years to clear the country of unexploded cluster bombs used by Israel.
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Nine Palestinians died today in a continuing Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip.
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