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Palestinians hold first Bethlehem marathon
Sunday 21 April 2013
Palestinians and their supporters are running the West Bank's first marathon.
Rockets fired across Egyptian border hit Israeli resort town Eilat
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Militants in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula fired at least two rockets at Israel's southern resort town of Eilat early Wednesday, officials said, highlighting what Israel says is a dire security situation across its border.
Carmen Weinstein: Leader of Egypt's Jewish community
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Carmen Weinstein, who died on 13 April at the age of 82, was the leader of Egypt's dwindling and aging Jewish community, known for her tireless work preserving synagogues and a once-sprawling Jewish cemetery. She is due to be buried in the Bassatine cemetery she had worked to save since 1978. It is the only Jewish cemetery left in Cairo and is the largest in Egypt.
At 65, modern Israel is falling short of Zionism's most basic goal
Tuesday 16 April 2013
This was meant to be a state like any other: now it flouts international law
French railway company SNCF accused of banning black and Asian employees during visit of Israeli President Shimon Peres
Tuesday 16 April 2013
A race row has broken out in France over claims that the state railway company, SNCF, made effort to ensure that Israeli President Shimon Peres did not meet black or Asian employees in case they were Muslims.
And you thought your family politics were bad... what’s it like to be the child of a politician?
Sunday 14 April 2013
It can inspire you to follow in your parents’ footsteps – or embarrass you to death, discovers Simon Usborne
Also showing: The Gatekeepers, Simon Killer, Flying Blind and First Position
Saturday 13 April 2013
The Gatekeepers (101 mins, 15)
Palestinian Prime Minister, Salam Fayyad, resigns in big blow to the peace process
Saturday 13 April 2013
Mr Fayyad has quit after clashes with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas
Ian Burrell: Now Portsmouth will finally be run by people who care
Saturday 13 April 2013
Today I’m looking forward to my first game as an owner of my football club. Not just me – thousands of other fans have forked out money for a share of Portsmouth FC and saved it from going to the wall.
Beware the Black Cube: intelligence agency slaps Vincent Tchenguiz with a lawsuit
Thursday 11 April 2013
Wealthy businessman faces legal wrath of Israeli veterans he hired to help in £300m fight with SFO
The women whose prayers anger Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community
Thursday 11 April 2013
The arrest of Rabbi Susan Silverman attracted unexpected attention when her famous sister - the comedian Sarah Silverman - tweeted about it
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad offers resignation in bitter dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas
Thursday 11 April 2013
Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has offered to resign because of an increasingly bitter dispute with President Mahmoud Abbas over the extent of his authority, officials said today.
England slip to seventh in Fifa world rankings
Thursday 11 April 2013
Draw with Montenegro sees Portugal and Croatia go ahead
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'Something passed underneath us, quite close': Airbus A320 has close encounter with UFO
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Rocky Horror star Tim Curry 'suffers major stroke'
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Lord of the Sings: Sir Christopher Lee, 91, to release heavy metal album
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Exclusive: Woolwich killings suspect Michael Adebolajo was inspired by cleric banned from UK after urging followers to behead enemies of Islam
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