Tag: Israel

Mango, a 19-year-old male Syrian brown bear, rests on a bed as zoo veterinarians and staff prepare him for surgery in the Ramat Gan Zoological Center's animal hospital near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. The 250 kilogram (550 pound) Syrian brown bear is going into surgery to repair a herniated disc in his back after it was discovered in an x-ray, said Sagit Horowitz, the zoological center spokeswoman. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Bear in Israel undergoes surgery to repair disc

Ariel Schalit · May 7, 2014 3:41 pm

In this April 17, 2014 photo, a Palestinian landlord carries his daughter by a sewage tank vehicle that he rents to vacuum his house's underground wastewater storage container, at the Palestinian village of Silwad, adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Ofra, north of the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

In the West Bank, conflict stalls sewage solution

Daniel Estrin · May 7, 2014 11:51 am

Hamas ends ban on West Bank newspaper

Ibrahim Barzak · May 7, 2014 10:23 am

Israeli gas field may supply facility in Egypt

Israeli gas field may supply facility in Egypt

Washington Examiner · May 6, 2014 6:32 pm

In this Thursday, May 1, 2014, photo, Eli Shukron, an archeologist formerly with Israel's Antiquities Authority, walks in the City of David archaeological site near Jerusalem's Old City. Shukron, who excavated at the site for nearly two decades, says he believes there is strong evidence that it is the legendary citadel captured by King David in his conquest of Jerusalem, rekindling a longstanding academic and political debate about using the Bible as a field guide to identifying ancient ruins. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli says he has found King David’s citadel

Daniel Estrin · May 6, 2014 6:27 am

FILE - In this file photo provided on Nov. 24, 2011, by the office of Khaled Mashaal, Palestinian Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas are seen together during their meeting in Cairo, Egypt. A spokesman said Monday, May 5, 2014, that Mashaal and Abbas have held a rare meeting in Doha, Qatar, and agreed to move forward with a reconciliation deal between their rival movements. Abbas was in Doha for a grandson's college graduation. (AP Photo/Office of Khaled Meshaal, File)

Rival Palestinian leaders discuss reconciliation

abdullah-rebhy · May 5, 2014 3:43 pm

An Ethiopian Jew looks at the wall of names at the Armored Corps memorial for fallen soldiers before a ceremony marking the annual Memorial Day for soldiers and civilians killed in more than a century of conflict between Jews and Arabs, in Latrun near Jerusalem, Israel, Monday, May 5, 2014. Israel came to a standstill on Monday as sirens wailed across the country on its annual Memorial Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terrorism. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel honors war dead with somber Memorial Day

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 3:36 pm

Israel’s Peres says politics broke up his marriage

Washington Examiner · May 5, 2014 1:44 pm

In this image taken from video obtained from Youth Against Settlements, a group of Palestinian activists, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Palestinian teen confronts an Israeli soldier in the West Bank city of Hebron. The reprimand of an Israeli soldier, caught on video cursing and pointing a cocked gun toward the head of a Palestinian teen, has triggered the biggest outpouring of frustration by Israeli soldiers in years about their service in the West Bank. (AP Photo/Youth Against Settlements)

Video of clash brings outcry from Israeli troops

Karin Laub · May 5, 2014 7:02 am

Solemn Remembrance in Israel

Solemn Remembrance in Israel

Aryeh Tepper · May 4, 2014 6:15 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, Israel's President Shimon Peres delivers a statement following the death of late Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon at the President's residence in Jerusalem. Among those vying to become Israel's next president are a former defense minister, a former foreign minister, a former finance minister, a respected long-serving lawmaker and a Nobel Prize winner. Amazingly, the man they all seek to replace has held all of those titles and more during a legendary 65-year political career. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israel’s race to succeed President Shimon Peres heats up

Aron Heller · May 3, 2014 6:23 pm

President Obama speaks on minimum wage during an East Room event April 30, 2014 at the White House in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Obama proceeds step by cautious step in foreign affairs

Brian Hughes · May 2, 2014 4:00 am