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• Thousands enjoy merry Christmas in Bethlehem

  December 24, 2012 6:44 PM

  BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) - Thousands of Christians from the world over packed Manger Square in Bethlehem Monday to celebrate the birth of Jesus in the ancient West Bank town where he was born. For their Palestinian hosts, this holiday season was an especially joyous one, with the hardships of... more »

• White House: Israel has right to defend itself

  November 17, 2012 12:30 PM

  ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - The White House says it believes Israel "has the right to defend itself" against attack and that the Israelis will make their own decisions about their "military tactics and operations." A top aide to President Barack Obama tells reporters traveling with the president to... more »

• Groups fight over ad that may show up soon in New York Subways

  September 19, 2012 12:26 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - Transit officials in New York say an ad that was initially rejected for "demeaning" language is expected to appear at 10 subway stations next week. A Manhattan federal court judge ruled in July that the MTA violated the First Amendment rights of the group seeking to... more »

• Some donkeys in Israel now come with WIFI!

  August 22, 2012 1:23 PM

  It's bringing the past into the present. Living like the days of Jesus Christ, while using the internet. An Israeli historical park has placed wifi routers on donkeys! Now, visitors can tour the rolling hills of southern Galilee learning how people used to live, while they tweet, Facebook, and... more »

• Israel says it had reports of impending attack

  August 6, 2012 1:46 AM

  JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military spokesman says intelligence services had reports of an impending attack from Egypt and therefore were ready to thwart it. Masked gunmen killed 16 Egyptian soldiers at a checkpoint along the border with Gaza and Israel on Sunday, then burst through a security fence with cars... more »

• Panetta says Syria's Assad hastening own demise

  July 29, 2012 5:12 PM

  TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) - U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says Syrian President Bashar Assad is hastening his own demise by using helicopter gunships to kill civilians. Panetta said the tactic ultimately will be "a nail in Assad's coffin." The Pentagon chief commented to reporters Sunday en route from Washington to... more »

• Obama: US hasn't given anything away to Iran

  April 15, 2012 11:42 PM

  CARTAGENA, Colombia (AP) - President Barack Obama says the U.S. hasn't "given away anything" to Iran in the latest round of talks over the Islamic republic's nuclear program. Obama is responding to criticism from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who says the U.S. and world powers gave Iran a "freebie"... more »

• Israel condemns UN settlement probe

  March 22, 2012 3:14 PM

  JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister has rejected a vote by a U.N. body to send a team to investigate Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Benjamin Netanyahu issued his statement Thursday after the U.N. Human Rights Council voted for the inquiry. "This is a hypocritical council with an automatic... more »

• Montel Williams: Israel leads in medical marijuana

  October 30, 2011 11:35 AM

  JERUSALEM (AP) - Emmy Award-winning television personality Montel Williams says Israel is at the forefront of providing patient access to medical marijuana. Williams was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1999. He has since been an outspoken advocate of medical marijuana to relieve pain caused by disease. The former host of... more »

• Convicted spy not allowed at father's funeral

  June 20, 2011 11:43 AM

  SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - A former U.S. Navy intelligence analyst convicted of spying for Israel has not been allowed to attend his father's funeral in Indiana. The White House had spurned requests by Israel to let Jonathan Pollard visit his father before he died Saturday. Morris Pollard was... more »

• UPDATE: Air Force crews, planes from Colo. will aid Israel

  December 5, 2010 11:12 AM

  PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. (AP) - Two U.S. Air Force cargo planes equipped for firefighting are headed to Israel to help fight a devastating wildfire that has killed 41. The C-130s and about 50 Air Force reservist were dispatched from Peterson Air Force Base. The first of the... more »

• 302nd Air Lift Wing on stand-by for fires in Israel

  December 4, 2010 2:24 PM

  The 302nd Air Lift Wing has just released the following statement; "The first of approximately 50 Air Force Reservists and two Modular Airborne Firefighting System equipped C-130 Hercules from Colorado's 302nd Airlift Wing will leave here Saturday, Dec. 4 to begin travel to Israel to provide aerial firefighting support.... more »

• Code Pink to protest Springs beauty store

  November 27, 2010 8:19 AM

  Members the anti-war group Code Pink are staging a demonstration in Colorado Springs on Saturday. They will be protesting at the Ulta cosmetics store in the Promenade Shops at Briargate at 10:00 a.m. The women are protesting the Ahava beauty product line because they are made in Israel. Code... more »