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Protester assails Blair in Palestinian mosque

Reuters US Online Report Top News 112 days ago

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Bodyguards subdued a Palestinian man Tuesday as he approached Middle East envoy Tony Blair, shouting "You are a terrorist." The former British prime minister was verbally assailed while visiting an ancient mosque during an official trip to ...

Tony Blair Visits West Bank

Getty Images 112 days ago

HEBRON, WEST BANK - OCTOBER 20: Middle East Envoy and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair (R) flanked by the Palestinian governor of Hebron, Dr Hussein al-Aaraj and Chief Islamic Justice of the Palestinian territories, Sheikh Tayssir al-Tamimi, tours the Patriarchs Tomb ...

Womens Mid Amatuer Golf

AP News 123 days ago

Martha Leach of Hebron Ky., right, celebrates with her friends, Nancy Grote, Sallie Sumerel and Mary Jane Hiestand, left to right, on the 16th hole after winning the Women's Mid-Amateur Championship golf tournament at the Golden Hills Golf & Turf Club in ...

Israel opens West Bank road to Palestinian traffic

Reuters US Online Report World News 191 days ago

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel on Sunday eased travel restrictions on Palestinians in a major West Bank city, opening a road to Palestinian traffic for the first time in nine years, Israeli security officials said. The officials said the route -- ...

Israeli soldiers scuffle with activists in West Bank

Reuters US Online Report World News 227 days ago

HEBRON, West Bank (Reuters) - Several people were wounded Saturday in scuffles between Israeli soldiers and peace activists accompanying Palestinians to agricultural fields in the occupied West Bank, witnesses said. Palestinian witnesses said several people, including a Reuters photographer, were treated for ...

Israeli police humiliate Palestinians in video

AFP Global Edition 235 days ago

Israeli border guards have posted videos online in which they humiliate Palestinians, including ordering a young man to sing and slap himself, Israel's Haaretz newspaper reported on Saturday. In one video clip posted on YouTube the man is ordered to repeatedly slap ...

Israel to pay victims of Hebron settler violence

AFP Global Edition 247 days ago

Israel will pay compensation to several dozen Palestinian families whose property was damaged when settlers went on a rampage in the flashpoint city of Hebron last December, the army said Sunday. The defence ministry will pay a total of 250,000 shekels (63,000 ...

Israeli troops kill wanted Palestinian

AFP Global Edition 257 days ago

Israeli border guards on Thursday killed a Palestinian man who had been wanted for attacks inside the Jewish state, both army and public radio reported. The man was killed in a shootout with troops near the village of Dura southeast of Hebron, ...

Sample questions from the National Geographic Bee

AP News 264 days ago

Tiebreaker questions and some others from the National Geographic Bee's final rounds Here are a few of the more than 65 questions asked in the final rounds of the National Geographic Bee. The championship round between winner Eric Yang and runner-up Arjun ...

Israeli settler MPs to visit Hebron flashpoint

AFP Global Edition 268 days ago

A delegation of ultra-nationalist Israeli MPs will visit the flashpoint West Bank town of Hebron in the occupied West Bank on Monday after being authorised to do so, the defence ministry said. "Defence Minister Ehud Barak responded favourably to a request from ...

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