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Israel swaps missile drills for earthquake rehearsal
JERUSALEM - Israel dropped its annual simulation of a missile attack and held its first major earthquake drill on Sunday instead, but officials insisted the country remained as ready as ever for the possibility of a war with arch-foe Iran.
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Low vote turnout, gains by rebels deal blow to West Bank leaders
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Gains by splittists and a low turnout have dealt a blow to Fatah, the dominant party in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, which had hoped to paper over internal squabbles and a lack of cash with a strong election showing.
Quakes, not Iranian missiles, loom in new Israeli drill
JERUSALEM - Israel held its first major earthquake drill on Sunday, stepping away from simulated Iranian missile salvoes though officials insisted the country remained ready for any war with its arch-foe.
Israeli vice PM welcomes prospect of U.S.-Iran talks
JERUSALEM - Israel's vice prime minister said on Sunday he would welcome direct talks between the United States and Iran if they were aimed at halting what Israel sees as plans by the Islamic Republic to build a nuclear weapon.
West Bank vote held to help plug Palestinian democracy gap
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians voted in elections in the Israeli-occupied West Bank for the first time in six years on Saturday, but their scant choice of candidates put them out of step with democratic revolutions elsewhere in the Arab world.
Israel seizes pro-Palestinian activist ship off Gaza
JERUSALEM - The Israeli navy seized an international pro-Palestinian activist ship on the Mediterranean high seas on Saturday to prevent it breaching Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, a military spokeswoman said.
Israel's top diplomat scorns EU rebuke on Jerusalem settlement
JERUSALEM - Israel's foreign minister on Saturday dismissed criticism by the European Union of Jewish settlement on occupied land the Palestinians seek for a state, advising the 27-nation bloc to attend to its own problems instead.
West Bank vote held to help plug Palestinian democracy gap
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians voted in local elections in the Israel-occupied West Bank on Saturday, their first vote for six years and one with little choice, out of step with democratic revolutions elsewhere in the Arab world.
Iran denounces Beirut bombing, points finger at Israel
DUBAI - Iran on Saturday condemned a car bomb attack in Beirut that killed a prominent Lebanese intelligence official on Friday and suggested that Israel was to blame.
Israel approves more expansion of settlement near Jerusalem
JERUSALEM - Israel on Thursday issued a detailed plan for the building of some 800 new homes on annexed land in the West Bank that is certain to attract further international condemnation of its settlement policies.
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