3+ hour, 10+ min ago  (660+ words) Lebanon and Israel signed the deal in Washington on Friday without Hezbollah. The agreement links Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon to the Iran-backed militant group's disarmament, something Hezbollah rejects. Several previous ceasefire agreements that Lebanon has negotiated with Israel since the…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago  (275+ words) June 19 (Reuters) - Diplomatic niceties broke down at the United Nations on Friday when Israel's ambassador and the U. N. secretary-general's special "representative for children and armed conflict became embroiled in a "furious shouting match at a public hearing. At a meeting in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (364+ words) BRUSSELS, June 18 (Reuters) - Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Thursday he was severing "all contact" with European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas over what he said were "remarks attributed to her comparing Israel to apartheid-era South Africa. In…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (609+ words) The accusation came in a new, 149-page report alleging that the forced displacement of West Bank Palestinians resulted from a concerted state policy, and not just the actions of violent settlers. While much of the displacement is driven by settlers…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (896+ words) KIRYAT SHMONA, Israel, June 4 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces plunging support in the electorally vital north where Hezbollah rocket fire has been heaviest, a new poll has shown, putting pressure on him to take a more hawkish stance…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (258+ words) STORY: Lebanon and Israel said on Wednesday they had agreed to implement a ceasefire, following negotiations in Washington aimed at ending the conflict tied to wider regional tensions involving Iran. Here's U. S. State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler: "As a…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (437+ words) JERUSALEM, June 3 (Reuters) - Israel's hardline finance minister announced on Wednesday a major expansion by more than 2, 000 homes of three Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank that "Palestinians hope will be part of a future independent state. Most nations consider…...

1+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (33+ words) Yahoo News Canada Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that he had ordered a "deepening" of his country's military operation in Lebanon....

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (41+ words) Yahoo News Canada The Israeli military did not comment on this particular strike, but said on Monday that it was targeting Hezbollah infrastructure in eastern Lebanon....

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (749+ words) Pro-Palestinian activists who were deported after their Gaza-bound aid flotilla was intercepted in international waters by Israeli forces have alleged they were subjected to abuse while held in detention. Canada said it had received information detailing "appalling abuse" of its…...