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EU Justice and Security Commissioner Franco Frattini said in an interview published Thursday that the EU may draw up a new media code of conduct to forestall any repetition of the global controversy now raging over the...

Some 30,000 Israelis protested in Jerusalem Sunday against the recent demolition of illegally built homes on the West Bank, a move which they fear heralds the beginning of a new wave of government-ordered Jewish settlement evacuations under the administration...

Israeli police Wednesday forcibly evacuated a West Bank Jewish settlement at Amona and demolished nine houses illegally built on Palestinian land after the Israeli Supreme Court rejected a last-minute appeal by residents. The...

A senior Hamas official speaking in Jerusalem has said that introducing Islamic sharia as "a source of law" in the West Bank and Gaza Strip would be "the No. 1 thing we will do" when Hamas takes...

Interim Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday asked his defense minister to create a plan for removing 24 Jewish settler outposts, deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice , from the Palestinian West Bank....

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday suspended primary elections of his ruling Fatah movement amid election fraud said to be prevalent in Gaza and the West Bank. Primaries in the Gaza Strip were cancelled...

The Israeli Knesset voted 84-0 Monday in favor of a preliminary motion to dissolve itself shortly after Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon defected from the right-wing Likud political party he helped...

The Israeli Supreme Court has authorized the construction of the West Bank security fence across Palestinian land. Last month, the Court ruled that Israel had a right to construct the barrier to...

Israel is depriving Palestinians of their basic human rights using security as an excuse, a top United Nations official told reporters Tuesday. Hina Jilani , special representative of Secretary General Kofi Annan , accused Israel...

The Israeli Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that Israeli defense forces' use Palestinian civilians as human shields during arrest raids violated international law. Human rights groups had petitioned to halt the practice after a temporary...