Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that he expected his assistance in the return of three teens believed to have been kidnapped.
Israel said on Sunday that Hamas militants had abducted three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank, warning of \”serious consequences\” as it pressed on with a search and detained dozens of Palestinians.
Israel\’s parliament gave initial approval on Wednesday to a law that would prevent the release of any Palestinian prisoners jailed for murder in connection with an attack in which children were killed.
Human Rights Watch labeled the shooting deaths of two Palestinian teenagers by Israeli soldiers during a West Bank protest an Israeli war crime.
Pope Francis told Israeli and Palestinian leaders they \”must respond\” to their people\’s yearning for peace \”undaunted in dialogue\” during an unprecedented prayer meeting among Jews, Christians and Muslims at the Vatican on Sunday.
Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday the United States would work with the new Palestinian unity government \”as we need to\” but would be monitoring its commitment to continued cooperation with Israel.
The new Palestinian unity government brought together rivals Hamas and Fatah, but it has opened a divide between allies Israel and the United States.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas swore in a Palestinian unity government on Monday under a reconciliation deal with Hamas Islamists that led Israel to freeze U.S.-brokered peace talks with the Western-backed leader.
Abraham “Avi” Oved, a Jewish student at UCLA, has been nominated to become the 2015-2016 student regent on the University of California Board of Regents.
The first Latin American pope brought a wave of Latino love with him on his trip to the Holy Land last weekend.
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