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Activists, along with some local union leaders and elected officials, are encouraging voters frustrated with the president’s support of Israel to vote uncommitted in the March 12 primary.
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Hundreds of people marched on Washington's Capitol building in Olympia Saturday, to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and to show solidarity with Palestinians.
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The Washington Democrat walked back comments she made over the weekend in which she called Israel a "racist state."
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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men sometimes refuse to sit next to women — including on planes. Now an Israeli court says airlines cannot ask a person to change seats based on gender.
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It's part of an effort to combat a global movement that calls for cutting off economic ties in support of Palestinian independence. Israel has not explained how it will enforce the law.
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Recent remarks by senior White House officials had seemed to signal a possible shift in the long-held U.S. view that a two-state solution is integral to peace negotiations.
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A farmer couple from Canada has enlisted the Israeli government's help in moving Jacob Sheep, a breed they say has biblical roots, to Israel. Sheep experts tell a different story about their pedigree.
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Israel's right wing believes it's on the verge of big victories with Trump. Some in the Palestinian private sector are also optimistic. The picture is less clear for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Some women in Israel's ultra-Orthodox community are pressing for greater rights in confrontations playing out at places including a radio station and the most important site for Jewish prayer.
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Peres, 93, suffered a stroke and was taken to a Tel Aviv hospital. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1994 for his role in negotiating an interim peace agreement between Israel and the PLO.