Israeli force-feeding law pits doctors against state
By MIRIAM BERGER Hospital-bound and shackled, Palestinian detainee Mohammed Allan was 60 days into his hunger strike, launched in protest of his detention without charge in an Israeli jail, when…
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Israel cracks down on Jewish extremists with new arrests
By DANIEL ESTRIN Israel intensified its crackdown on Jewish extremists Sunday, jailing two high-profile ultranationalist Israelis for six months without charge and arresting additional suspects in West Bank settlement outposts,…
Family: Father of toddler killed in West Bank arson has died
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH The father of a Palestinian toddler killed in a firebomb attack blamed on Jewish extremists has died of wounds sustained in the same incident, his family said…
In split with Obama, Sen. Chuck Schumer opposes Iran deal
By DONNA CASSATA Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat expected to be the party’s next leader in the Senate, said he will oppose the Iran nuclear deal in spite…
Obama: Critics of Iran nuclear deal ‘selling a fantasy’
President Barack Obama assailed critics of his Iran nuclear deal Wednesday as “selling a fantasy” to the American people, warning Congress that blocking the accord would damage the nation’s credibility…
Obama: Iran vote most important intl. debate since Iraq war
By JULIE PACE President Barack Obama is casting a looming congressional vote on the Iran nuclear deal as the nation’s most consequential foreign policy debate since the authorization of the…
Israeli arrested after West Bank arson that killed toddler
By DANIEL ESTRIN Israel said Tuesday it was interrogating the suspected head of a Jewish extremist group in the first arrest of an Israeli suspect following last week’s arson attack…
Dems still weighing Iran nuclear deal, but happy with Obama outreach
By DEB RIECHMANN Determined to secure support for the Iran nuclear deal, President Barack Obama is making inroads with a tough constituency — his fellow Democrats in Congress. A handful…