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Israel jails more soldiers over settler evacuation

AFP Global Edition 3 days ago

Four Israeli soldiers were sentenced to prison and other punitive measures on Tuesday for refusing orders to evacuate a wildcat Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, army radio said. One of the soldiers of the Nachshon battalion was sentenced to 21 ...

Soldiers' mutiny raises concern in Israel

Reuters US Online Report World News 3 days ago

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced concern on Tuesday over a mutiny by pro-settler soldiers that raised fears of more rebellion in the ranks in any future land-for-peace moves with the Palestinians. "Our security and existence depend on the ...

Israel could annex more of West Bank: minister

Reuters US Online Report World News 4 days ago

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel warned the Palestinians Monday that declaring a state without concluding a peace agreement would lead to Israeli counter-measures that could include annexation of more of the occupied West Bank. "If the Palestinians take such a unilateral line, Israel ...

Israel jails two soldiers for opposing settler evacuation

AFP Global Edition 4 days ago

Two Israeli soldiers were sentenced to 30 days in jail on Monday for refusing to take part in the evacuation of a wildcat Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, a military spokesman said. The two soldiers of the Naschshon battalion held ...

Israeli soldiers protest razing of settler homes

Reuters US Online Report World News 4 days ago

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A group of Israeli soldiers disobeyed orders Monday to help in the dismantling of several structures that Jewish settlers had built without government authorization in the occupied West Bank. A military spokeswoman said two of the soldiers were sent ...

MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS DAILY LIFE

AP News 4 days ago

A Palestinian man walks in front of a building decorated with a big banner showing Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) Copyright 2009 AP News

U.S. "would veto" Palestinian state move: Senators

Reuters US Online Report Top News 4 days ago

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States would veto a Palestinian declaration of statehood in the United Nations Security Council, U.S. senators visiting Israel said Monday. They said the threat by Palestinian officials to take the issue to a United Nations resolution was ...

MIDEAST ISRAEL PALESTINIANS ABBAS

AP News 4 days ago

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pauses during a meeting of the PLO executive committee at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) Copyright 2009 AP News

Palestinians aim to secure U.N. support for state

Reuters US Online Report World News 5 days ago

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinians plan to go to the U.N. Security Council in an effort to secure international support for an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, officials said on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...

Frustrated Palestinians to appeal to UN for state

AP News 5 days ago

Palestinians want UN to endorse state; Israel threatens its own unilateral steps in response A Palestinian drive to ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse a state unilaterally, put forward by a top negotiator Sunday, appeared more an expression of frustration with ...

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