Ian Deitch

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Christian pilgrims hold candles at the church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Jerusalem's Old City, Saturday, April 19, 2014. The "holy fire" was passed among worshippers outside the Church and then taken to the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, where tradition holds Jesus was born, and from there to other Christian communities in Israel and the West Bank. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)

Holy fire ceremony draws thousands in Jerusalem

Ian Deitch · April 19, 2014 9:00 pm

An Israeli soldier stands guard near the scene of a shooting near the Tarqumiya checkpoint, near the West Bank city of Hebron, Monday, April 14, 2014. Police say assailants opened fire on an Israeli vehicle in the West Bank, killing one person and wounding two. (AP Photo/Gil Yohanan) ISRAEL OUT

Hamas praises deadly West Bank shooting

Ian Deitch · April 15, 2014 9:26 pm

Members of the ancient Samaritan community participate in the ritual of Passover Sacrifice on Mount Grizim, overlooking the West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, April 13, 2014. Samaritans descended from the ancient Israelite tribes of Menashe and Efraim but broke away from mainstream Judaism 2,800 years ago. Today, the remaining 700 Samaritans live in the Palestinian city of Nablus in the West Bank and the Israeli seaside town of Holon, south of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

Israeli families gather for ritual Passover meal

Ian Deitch · April 14, 2014 6:05 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday April 1, 2014 photo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, right, jointed by Palestinian chief peace negotiator Saeb Erekat, signs an application to the U.N. agencies in the West Bank city of Ramallah. The Palestinians are not walking away from U.S.-led efforts to reach a peace deal with Israel, a top Palestinian official said Wednesday, a day after their renewed bid for international recognition of a "state of Palestine" threw Washington's already troubled Mideast mission into further disarray. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Israel says it won’t release Palestinian prisoners

Ian Deitch · April 3, 2014 7:03 pm

Israel: 8 Jews killed leaving Iran in the 1990s

Israel: 8 Jews killed leaving Iran in the 1990s

Ian Deitch · March 21, 2014 3:16 pm

Israel: Biggest yet Gaza militant tunnel found

Ian Deitch · March 21, 2014 3:13 pm

Israel fires into Lebanon after border bombing

Israel fires into Lebanon after border bombing

Ian Deitch · March 14, 2014 3:14 pm

Gaza militants fire large rocket barrage at Israel

Ian Deitch · March 12, 2014 6:13 pm

Israeli military medic tends a Syrian man who was wounded in the ongoing violence in Syria, in a military hospital located in the Golan Heights near the border with Syria on Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014. Since the Syrian conflict erupted almost three years ago hundreds of Syrians have received treatment in Israeli hospitals.(AP Photo/Menahem Kahana, Pool)

Israeli premier meets wounded Syrians, blames Iran

Ian Deitch · February 18, 2014 7:06 pm

A general view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Psagot near Ramallah, Monday, Jan. 27, 2014. The Palestinians' "extreme and reckless" rejection of an Israeli suggestion that some Jewish settlers remain in a future Palestinian state proves that they don't want peace, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said Monday. The harshly worded statement follows a flurry of back-and-forth condemnations sparked by an Associated Press report that Netanyahu believes all Jewish settlers should have the right to remain in their homes in a future Palestine. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israel finance minister: Peace talk failure costly

Ian Deitch · January 30, 2014 3:41 pm

FILE - This July 27, 2011, file image from a web posting by al-Qaida's media arm, as-Sahab, provided by IntelCenter, shows al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. Israel on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, said it had foiled an "advanced" al-Qaida plan to carry out a suicide bombing on the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv and bomb other targets, in what analysts said was the first time the global terror network's leadership has been directly involved in plotting an attack inside Israel. The Shin Bet intelligence agency said it had arrested three Palestinians who allegedly plotted bombings, shootings, kidnappings and other attacks, and that the men were recruited by an operative based in the Gaza Strip who worked for al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri. (AP Photo/IntelCenter, File)

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Israel says it foiled al-Qaida plot on US Embassy

Ian Deitch · January 22, 2014 11:02 pm

Jewish educator who survived Soviet Gulag dies

Jewish educator who survived Soviet Gulag dies

Ian Deitch · June 20, 2013 9:43 am