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Palestinians invoke civil rights on Obama tour
Mar 22, 2013 04:49 EDT
Palestinians sour at Barack Obama's perceived failure to honour their historical struggle have invoked the US civil rights movement and South Africa's apartheid in a bid to win his sympathy.
Obama coming 'to listen' to Israel, Palestinians
Mar 15, 2013 06:10 EDT
US President Barack Obama says his forthcoming trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories is to "listen" to both sides and hear their views on how to move forward after over two years without peace talks.
Obama coming 'to listen' to Israel, Palestinians
Mar 14, 2013 18:31 EDT
US President Barack Obama said Thursday his forthcoming trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories was to "listen" to both sides and hear their views on how to move forward after over two years without peace talks.
Obama in Jerusalem March 20: Israel
Mar 10, 2013 13:38 EDT
US President Barack Obama's three-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories will begin on March 20, Israel said on Sunday, in the first official announcement of the much-anticipated visit.
Russian Patriarch leaves Israel after historic visit
Nov 13, 2012 15:49 EST
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill left Israel on Tuesday after a historic visit marking his growing influence as a religious leader, during which he called for peace and interfaith dialogue.
Russian church confirms patriarch to visit Holy Land
Nov 06, 2012 03:50 EST
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill will this week embark on his first visit to the Holy Land since becoming head of the powerful church in 2009, a church official confirmed on Tuesday.
Russian Orthodox patriarch to visit Holy Land: officials
Nov 05, 2012 18:55 EST
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill is on Friday to begin his first trip to the Holy Land since being elected in 2009, officials said.
Israel arrests suspects in Holocaust museum graffiti
Jun 26, 2012 05:33 EDT
Israeli police arrested three Jewish men suspected of spraying graffiti thanking Hitler for the Holocaust at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum earlier this month, a spokesman said on Tuesday.
Graffiti thanking Hitler found at Israel Holocaust museum
Jun 11, 2012 14:15 EDT
Hebrew graffiti thanking Hitler for the Holocaust and denouncing Zionism was sprayed at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum on Monday, with suspicion falling on ultra-Orthodox opponents of the state of Israel.
Pro-Hitler graffiti at Israel's Holocaust museum
Jun 11, 2012 05:55 EDT
Hebrew graffiti thanking the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler for the Holocaust and denouncing Zionism was sprayed inside the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, an AFP correspondent said on Monday.
Pro-Hitler graffiti found at Israel's Holocaust museum
Jun 11, 2012 03:37 EDT
Hebrew graffiti thanking the Nazi leader Adolf Hitler for the Holocaust and denouncing Zionism were sprayed inside the Yad Vashem Holocaust museum in Jerusalem, an AFP correspondent said on Monday.
Israel remembers Holocaust with 2-minute silence
Apr 19, 2012 08:21 EDT
Millions of Israelis on Thursday stood silently and all road traffic stopped as sirens wailed for two minutes to remember the six million Jews who were killed during the Nazi Holocaust.
Netanyahu denounces Iran threat on Holocaust anniversary
Apr 18, 2012 16:01 EDT
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced Iran's nuclear programme on Wednesday during a ceremony in Jerusalem to commemorate the Nazi Holocaust that killed six million Jews.
European Roma to attend Holocaust Day in Israel
Apr 12, 2012 08:28 EDT
A delegation of European Roma will for the first time attend Holocaust Memorial Day ceremonies in Israel next week, the Association of the Roma in Poland said Thursday.
Archbishop of Canterbury issues Middle East peace call
Apr 08, 2012 15:26 EDT
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, the spiritual leader of the world's Anglicans, used his Easter Sunday address to urge religious leaders in Israel and Palestine to seek a "truly shared future".
Cycling legend Bartali set for Israeli honour
Jan 27, 2012 11:36 EST
Legendary Italian cyclist Gino Bartali could be set for one Israel's highest honours after evidence has come to light that he helped to save the lives of hundreds of Jews during the Second World War.
Tel Aviv reveling in gay tourism boom
Jan 24, 2012 08:31 EST
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Less than an hour away but a world apart from traditional places of pilgrimage in the Holy Land, Israel's free-wheeling city of Tel Aviv has become a Mediterranean hotspot for gay tourism.
US military chief in Israel talks amid Iran tensions
Jan 20, 2012 03:57 EST
US military chief General Martin Dempsey held talks with top Israeli defence officials on Friday on a 24-hour visit expected to focus on mounting tensions with Iran.
Top US military chief on first official visit to Israel
Jan 19, 2012 15:36 EST
Top US military chief General Martin Dempsey arrived in Israel on Thursday, the US embassy said, for talks with political and military leaders that are expected to focus on Iran's nuclear programme.
Top US military chief makes first official visit to Israel
Jan 19, 2012 14:14 EST
Top US military chief General Martin Dempsey arrives in Israel late on Thursday evening for talks with Israel's political and military leaders that are expected to focus on Iran's nuclear programme.
