OVADIA YOSEF, RABBI AND ISRAELI KINGMAKER, DIES
By MARK LAVIE File – In this Dec. 5, 2002 file photo, Rabbi Ovadia Yosef sits surrounded by members of his staff during a rally of his Ultra-Orthodox Shas party…
Palestinian territories
EGYPT BORDER RESTRICTIONS LEAVE THOUSANDS STRANDED
EGYPT BORDER RESTRICTIONS LEAVE THOUSANDS STRANDED A Palestinian student waits to cross the border from Gaza into Egypt at the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Sept. 29,…
ISRAEL PM: SETTLERS TO RETURN TO CONTESTED HOME
Israeli soldiers stand in the settlement Shaarey Tikva in the West Bank, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013, near the place where an Israeli soldier was killed. A Palestinian lured an Israeli…
ISRAEL: PALESTINIAN ABDUCTS, KILLS ISRAELI SOLDIER
By IAN DEITCH A Palestinian boy walks by shadows cast by members of the Ezz Al-Din Al Qassam militia, the military wing of Hamas during a march in Nuseirat Refugee…
PALESTINIAN ENVOY BLASTS ISRAEL CLAIM IN WEST BANK
By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH FILE – In this Nov. 26, 2007 file photo, Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erekat speaks with reporters outside the White House in Washington. Erekat said Thursday, Sept.…
EGYPT’S MUBARAK WAVES, GRINS AS HIS TRIAL RESUMES
By AYA BATRAWY ALTERNATE CROP OF CAI103 — Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, seated, and his two sons, Gamal Mubarak, left, and Alaa Mubarak, right, attend a hearing in a…
20 YEARS ON, OSLO ACCORDS PROMISE RINGS HOLLOW
By KARIN LAUB In this photo taken Monday, Sept. 9, 2013, a Palestinian man walks by a barrier separating the West Bank town of Abu Dis, from east Jerusalem with…
SUICIDE BOMBS HIT EGYPT MILITARY IN SINAI, KILL 9
By ASHRAF SWEILAM FILE – In this Tuesday, May 21, 2013, file photo, Egyptian Army soldiers patrol in an armored vehicle backed by a helicopter gunship during a sweep through…