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FILE - An Israeli Navy vessel patrols in the Mediterranean Sea, while Lebanon and Israel are being called to resume indirect talks over their disputed maritime border with U.S. mediation, off the southern town of Naqoura, Monday, June 6, 2022.

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Israel shoots down Hezbollah drones over Mediterranean

2:38am July 03, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Israeli military on Saturday said it shot down three unmanned aircraft launched by Lebanese militant group Hezbollah moving near an Israeli gas platform in the Mediterranean Sea.

Archimandrite Abdullah Yulio, parish priest of the Melkite Greek Catholic church in Ramallah, speaks during a memorial service in June for the late Palestinian and veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The Palestinian Authority says it has shar

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The bullet that killed Al Jazeera's Shireen Abu Akleh has been sent to U.S. officials

7:32pm July 02, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

An official with the Palestinian Authority tells NPR an agreement was reached to share the bullet with the U.S.

A man cleans up rubble after an earthquake at Sayeh Khosh village in Hormozgan province in Iran, some 620 miles south of the capital Tehran on July 2, 2022.

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A strong earthquake has killed at least 5 in southern Iran

3:48am July 02, 2022

by The Associated Press

Five people were killed and 44 others injured in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Iran on Saturday, state television reported.

Ben & Jerry's' corporate owner found a workaround to sell ice cream in the West Bank

4:57pm June 29, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

The corporate owner of Ben & Jerry's has made a deal to keep selling ice cream in Israel and its West Bank settlements, working around an attempt by the ice cream maker to protest Israeli occupation.

Palestinian artists paint a mural in honor of slain veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Gaza City, after she was killed on May 11. A new U.N. report says Israeli forces fired the shots that killed Abu Akleh and injured a colleague.

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Israeli gunfire killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, U.N. says

10:00am June 24, 2022

by Bill Chappell

"We have found no information suggesting that there was activity by armed Palestinians in the immediate vicinity," U.N. Human Rights Office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said.

Israel's prime minister announces he's stepping down, sparking new elections

5:12am June 21, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett lost his parliamentary majority, setting the stage for Israel's fifth election in just over three years. Elections are likely to take place in October.

Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that Israel's governing coalition has collapsed and the country will hold new elections.

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Israel's prime minister is stepping down, sparking a new round of elections

6:11pm June 20, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett says he will step down, bringing Israel to its fifth round of elections in just over three years. It comes as former leader Benjamin Netanyahu tries to return to power.

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Israel coalition agrees to dissolve and hold early elections

4:53pm June 20, 2022

by Daniel Estrin

In a joint statement released, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid say they've agreed to hold a vote next week to dissolve parliament and hold early elections.

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Karim Sulayman, Raha Mirzadegan, Coral Dolphin and John Taylor Ward perform in Unholy Wars in Charleston, S.C., in May.

An Arab American singer reframes music about the Crusades

2:36pm June 20, 2022

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A new project conceived by Lebanese American tenor Karim Sulayman recasts baroque music that by turns demonizes and exoticizes Arabs and Muslims.

Supporters of Mohammed el-Halabi hold a Palestinian flag and placards as protesters wave Israeli flags, outside the district court in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, Wednesday, June 15, 2022.

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Gaza rocket into Israel breaks 2-month lull, Israel responds

2:27am June 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel early Saturday. Hours later, Israeli aircraft carried out a series of airstrikes.