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Likud party supporters cheer at the party’s campaign headquarters after polls for Israel’s general elections closed in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

April 9, 2019 at 3:04 am

After bitter Israeli vote, the result is unclear

TEL AVIV, Israel - After a bitter, roller-coaster campaign, Israelis went to bed Tuesday without a clear picture of whether longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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April 8, 2019 at 8:16 am

Rap songs, bikers and foot slapping: Israeli campaigning reaches home stretch

JERUSALEM - The rap songs, leather-clad bikers, one particularly bizarre foot-slapping incident, controversial political statements and photo ops in Jerusalem's main market can only mean...

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April 5, 2019 at 11:08 am

Israel’s Netanyahu, a political Houdini, is facing his toughest escape act yet

Benjamin Netanyahu has escaped many a peril in the quarter of a century that he has been a dominant figure in Israeli politics, including 13...

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October 21, 2018 at 11:30 am

Jordan plans to revoke parts of its peace treaty with Israel

JERUSALEM - Jordan's King Abdullah II announced Sunday that he does not plan to renew parts of the country's 24-year-old peace agreement with Israel, amid...

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September 4, 2018 at 4:48 am

Monica Lewinsky walks off the stage at a Jerusalem conference when asked about Bill Clinton

JERUSALEM — Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern turned anti-bullying advocate, walked offstage Monday night at a conference in Jerusalem when she was asked...

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May 15, 2018 at 6:52 am

Turkey expels Israel ambassador amid international outrage over Gaza killings

ISTANBUL - Turkey's government on Tuesday ordered the Israeli ambassador to leave the country, retaliating for Israel's killing of dozens of Palestinian protesters in the...

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Palestinian protesters run for cover from teargas fired by Israeli troops near the border fence, east of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Strip, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Israel faced a growing backlash Tuesday and new charges of using excessive force, a day after Israeli troops firing from across a border fence killed 59 Palestinians and wounded more than 2,700 at a mass protest in Gaza. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) XAH101 XAH101

May 15, 2018 at 3:16 am

Gunfire rings out among burials in Gaza; death toll in border protest reaches 60

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Gaza residents buried their dead Tuesday as the death toll of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces at the Gaza boundary...

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President Donald Trump, right, welcomes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel to the White House on Monday, March 5, 2018. (Tom Brenner/The New York Times) XNYT131 XNYT131

March 5, 2018 at 9:44 am

Trump offers warm welcome to embattled Netanyahu

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he may soon visit Israel to open a new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem as he offered a warm welcome...

February 11, 2018 at 5:02 pm

Israel says drone it shot down was Iranian copy of U.S. craft

Experts who examined footage of the drone being shot down and images of its wreckage released by the Israeli military indicated the shape strongly resembled...

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February 10, 2018 at 6:46 am

Israel carries out ‘large-scale attack’ in Syria after Israeli jet crashes under anti-aircraft fire

JERUSALEM - Israel carried out extensive airstrikes inside Syria on Saturday, targeting what the Israeli military said were air defense batteries and army bases as...

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