EXCLUSIVE: The deal to free kidnapped Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit rests on the location to which the Palestinian prisoners will be deported Fox News has learned that a deal to bring home Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit now rests in part on whether Israel will agree to release certain Palestinian prisoners and the country to which those prisoners will be deported. Sources close to the ... read more
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November 18, 2009 7:00 AM
The White House today said "We are Dismayed" after Israel again defied the United States with the approval of 900 new housing units on land beyond the 1967 border. That brings the total of housing units under construction on West Bank land to roughly 3900. All of the construction plans were announced after US President Barack Obama called for a freeze in settlement ... read more
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November 16, 2009 2:21 PM
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Palestinians that any effort to seek a UN resolution that would unilaterally declare a Palestinian state would unravel existing agreements between Israelis and Palestinians. Netanyahu made those comments at the Saban Forum, a gathering of senior U.S. and Israeli government officials, intelliegence officers, and foreign ... read more
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November 11, 2009 1:25 PM
When New York Yankee Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig died from ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis also known as Lou Gehrig's disease) in 1941 there was no cure. Sixty-eight years later there is still no cure. The disease affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, eventually paralyzing the body. BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc, a public U.S.-Israeli company that ... read more
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November 10, 2009 12:27 PM
It is easy to see why Mahmoud Abbas keeps throwing in the towel. It hasn’t gone so well for him since he took over the Palestinian Authority with the promise of leading Palestinians down ... read more
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November 6, 2009 10:24 AM
This weekend Israelis will mark the 14th anniversary of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin with a rally in Tel Aviv. Rabin's grandson, 35-year-old media entrepreneur Jonathan Benartzi, spoke ... read more
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November 4, 2009 10:21 AM
Here is what we know so far about the arms seizure in the Mediterranean sea. It is an Antiguan flagged ship named Francop. (Don't be too distracted by the flag. A ship can fly the flag of a particular country and never go there.) It was intercepted by Israeli naval commandos about 100 miles off the coast of Israel. From my vantage point, I can see it docked at the ... read more
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November 2, 2009 2:40 PM
Over the course of 12 years in which Yaakov (Jack) Teitel allegedly planned and executed attacks, Israeli Police already knew his name and had it connected to violence. 12 years ago he confessed to killing an Arab shepherd, as well as an Arab taxi ... read more
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September 30, 2009 7:58 AM
For the last 3.5 years, with each breathless, erroneous report that has jumped up on a web site stating that the release of Gilad Shalit was imminent, those of us who followed his captivity ... read more
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September 17, 2009 2:05 PM
A Few apples, a jar of honey, the holy Bible, and letters from home are doing their way to an undisclosed location in the Gaza strip. This care package was put together by Noam and Aviva Shalit, for their son Gilad, the Israeli soldier, held by Hammas for the last 1,180 days. Yesterday, hundreds from both sides of Israel-Gaza border, have participated in a rare joint ... read more
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November 19, 2009 10:25 AM
Exclusive – Deal Near on Kidnapped Israeli
Exclusive to Fox News – The pieces are falling in place to strike a deal that will free the kidnapped Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit. Shalit was kidnapped when Palestinian militants dug ... read more