UN slams ‘worrying’ Israeli plans to build in West Bank, East Jerusalem

The United Nations Middle East peace envoy condemned Israel’s recent advancement of construction plans in the West Bank and East Jerusalem that he said would effectively cut the West Bank in two and isolate some Palestinian neighborhoods.

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Israeli defense minister: 95% chance country will launch ‘large’ military campaign in Gaza

Israel’s defense minister warned that he wants Hamas to have a ‘painful spring’ and placed high odds of a major military offensive in the Gaza Strip.

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UN Security Council calls for two-state solution to be respected in Middle East

The UN Security Council made a rare show of unity Monday when it called on all parties to maintain their support for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.

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Lost 1,000-year-old Hebrew Bible found on dusty Cairo synagogue shelf

In July 2017, Israeli historian Yoram Meital stumbled upon a handwritten 1028 CE biblical codex that was lying abandoned on a dusty shelf in a Cairo synagogue. Wrapped in simple white paper of the sort one finds on tables in cheap eateries, at 616 pages, the Zechariah Ben ‘Anan Manuscript is one of the era’s most complete and preserved examples of the ‘Writings,’ the third and concluding section of the Hebrew Bible. It had been lost to scholars for almost 40 years.

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US mapping team for West Bank annexation said en route to Israel

The US members of a committee that will map out areas of the West Bank that Israel may annex as part of US President Donald Trump’s peace plan have set out for Israel, Channel 12 news reported Sunday.

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Likud passes Blue and White in polls

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received good news from two polls on Sunday that indicated that his Likud party had passed up its rival Blue and White for the first time in this election campaign.

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