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Israeli forces detained nine Palestinians overnight Wednesday, locals and Israel's army said.

Israeli police officers assaulted a Palestinian man from Jerusalem on Thursday morning after he tried to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, witnesses said.

Syrian President Bashar Assad during an interview broadcast on al-Manar television on Thursday, May 30, 2013.

After years of futility in his first six NHL seasons with the New York Islanders and Florida Panthers, the star goaltender found a home - and the playoffs - in Vancouver.

More than 40 women on their way to Gaza as part of a delegation for World Women's Day are staging a sit-in inside the Cairo International Airport after being refused entry into the country since Tuesday, airport officials in Egypt and activists said Thursday.

It concludes Thursday with a stop somewhat closer to home. Before leaving the state, Netanyahu is scheduled to visit the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles.

THE ASSAULT on Israel's legitimacy comes from many directions and on a variety of fronts, especially in the form of economic and academic boycotts.

The White House says President Barack Obama has asked National Security Adviser Susan Rice to travel to Israel in May. Her visit comes after bilateral talks this week between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Obama.

I know that Sarah Palin and the other self-appointed PC police say I can't use the term "retarded" anymore for those who are "mentally disabled," but they don't have to write short headlines.

In this photo taken Monday, March 3, 2014, Palestinians work in a construction site in the West Bank village of Lubban al-Sharkiyeh.

The Israeli navy seized a ship in the Red Sea on Wednesday that was carrying dozens of advanced Iranian-supplied rockets made in Syria and intended for Palestinian guerrillas in the Gaza Strip, the military said.

The Israeli military says its forces raided a ship in the Red Sea and seized dozens of advanced rockets from Iran destined for Palestinian militants in Gaza.

Mohammad Javad Zarif said the West "cannot entertain illusions" of Iran completely ending its uranium enrichment program.

Police in the San Francisco suburb of Hercules responded aggressively when a transgender teenager showed up at his high school health center saying he had just been beaten and sexually assaulted in a school bathroom.

JERUSALEM: Israeli troops shot two Hezbollah fighters who tried to plant a bomb near the fence between the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syrian-held territory on Wednesday, the army said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by his wife Sara, right, speaks before the screening of the television documentary "Israel: The Royal Tour" at Paramount Studios on Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Los Angeles.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling on the Palestinian leader to recognize Israel as a Jewish state, to prove that he is truly prepared to end the conflict between the two sides.

Israeli police on Tuesday arrested three Palestinian boys in the Old City of Jerusalem, a Ma'an reporter said.

Suspect arrested by police for attck that took place last week in the Geha Interchange near Petah Tikva; victim still hospitalized with moderate wounds.