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Lebanese PM warns of escalating Israeli threat: BBC

AFP - 3 hours 22 mins ago

LONDON (AFP) - Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri voiced concern about Israeli threats and escalating military activity in a BBC interview broadcast Wednesday. More »

NY Times editor rejects call to remove Jerusalem bureau chief
AFP - Yesterday, 08:17 pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) - New York Times executive editor Bill Keller has rejected a call by the newspaper's ombudsman for the Jerusalem bureau chief of the Times to be reassigned because his son is serving in the Israeli army. More »
Israel FM says talks with Palestinians likely soon
AFP - Yesterday, 03:41 pm
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Indirect Middle East peace talks should begin soon, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Tuesday in the first public comment by an Israeli official on a US initiative. More »
Israel FM slams Turkey's 'anti-Israeli' stance
AFP - Yesterday, 08:54 am
BAKU (AFP) - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday slammed Turkey for its recent "anti-Israeli" stance but said the Jewish state would continue efforts to rebuild ties with long-time ally Ankara. More »
Israel supreme court chief backs inquiry into Gaza war
AFP - Monday, February 8 06:55 pm
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's supreme court president, Dorit Beinish, on Monday came out in favour of a commission of inquiry into the Gaza war as called for by the United Nations in its Goldstone report. More »
UN urges Egypt, Arab League to press Israel on Gaza
AFP - Monday, February 8 03:33 pm
CAIRO (AFP) - The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Monday urged Egypt and the Arab League to press Israel to allow reconstruction equipment into the blockaded Gaza Strip. More »
Israel frees foreign activists seized in West Bank raid
AFP - Monday, February 8 01:50 pm
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's Supreme Court on Monday ordered authorities to release two foreign activists seized in a Palestinian-controlled part of the West Bank, their lawyer said. More »
Abbas mulls indirect talks with Israel
AFP - Monday, February 8 12:43 pm
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has agreed in principle to indirect talks with Israel under US mediation but has requested a number of guarantees, a Palestinian official said Monday. More »
Israel minister denies saying sorry to Saudi diplomat
AFP - Sunday, February 7 08:27 pm
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon on Sunday denied apologising to a senior Saudi diplomat before a rare public handshake between officials of the two states. More »