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Is any vessel in international waters subject to boarding and killing of passengers by countries like Israel?

February 23rd, 2011
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Is any vessel in international waters subject to boarding and killing of passengers by countries like Israel?
Who is on the list of countries with the right to board ships in international…

Israel planes hit Gaza targets after rocket fire (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

A wounded Palestinian woman is carried into a hospital after Israeli warplanes struck in the central Gaza Strip November 19, 2010. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu MustafaReuters - Israeli warplanes struck four targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday in response to militant rocket and mortar fire, the Israeli army said.


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Israel and U.S. struggle to conclude settlement pact (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

A Palestinian man inspects damages following Israeli air raids in the central town of Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. Israeli warplanes struck three sites in the Islamist-run Palestinian Gaza Strip on Friday, wounding six people after a rocket and mortar rounds were fired into Israel from the coastal enclave.(AFP/Said Khatib)Reuters - Talks between Israeli and U.S. officials aimed at reviving Middle East peace talks have hit snags over incentives promised by Washington to persuade Israel to resume a freeze…

Israel warplanes attack Gaza target after rockets: witnesses (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

An Israeli woman is reflected in an American flag which is hung inside a bulldozer at a construction site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Givat Zeev near Jerusalem November 18, 2010. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - Israeli warplanes raided at least two targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian witnesses and Hamas officials said.


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Israel and U.S. struggling to conclude settlement pact (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, smoke rises following explosions caused by Israeli military operations in Gaza City. The publication of the names and photographs of two hundred Israeli soldiers on a Web site calling them 'war criminals' drew a condemnation Friday from the Israeli military. Alongside the photographs, the site also published the addresses and ID numbers of many of the Israelis, including senior commanders and low-ranking soldiers, who it said participated in the three-week offensive Israel launched in Gaza in late 2008. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)Reuters - Talks between Israeli and U.S. officials aimed at reviving Middle East peace negotiations have hit snags over incentives promised by Washington to persuade Israel to resume a freeze…

Israel pullback alarms Lebanon border town (Reuters)

November 17th, 2010

A woman walks past concrete security blocks in the village of Ghajar on the Israeli-Lebanese border November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Nir EliasReuters - Israel said on Wednesday it would withdraw troops from a village straddling the Lebanese border, in a gesture to the United Nations that drew residents onto the streets…

Eyeing Iran, Israel slates missile shield for 2015 (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Reuters - Israel’s multi-layered air defense network will be fully deployed by 2015, combining short-range rocket interceptors with kamikaze satellites that blow up ballistic missiles in space, officials said on…

Israel plans 1,300 homes in Arab East Jerusalem (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Israel is pushing ahead with plans to build 1,300 new apartments for Jewish families in Arab East Jerusalem, the Interior Ministry said on Monday, despite fierce opposition from…

Threat of action needed to stop Iran nukes: Israel (Reuters)

November 8th, 2010

Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the West on Monday to convince Iran that it would be willing to take military action to prevent Tehran from producing…

Israel set to present Lebanese border plan to U.N. (Reuters)

November 7th, 2010

Reuters - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will on Monday present a plan to the United Nations for Israel’s withdrawal from part of a disputed village along the Lebanese border, a…