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EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Palestinian youths mourn at al-Shifa hospital morgue on July 14, 2018 after two teenagers were killed in one of a series of Israeli raids. Aged 15 and 16, the two Palestinians were on a road west of Gaza City when an air strike struck a nearby empty building, the enclave's health ministry said. Israel unleashed a wave of strikes against Gaza on July 14, while scores of rockets were fired back across the border from the territory. / AFP PHOTO / ANAS BABA

Truce holds after Gaza barrage

An Egypt-mediated ceasefire has ended a 24-hour round of Israel- Hamas exchanges that had threatened to devolve into war.

The World

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex after visit to DogPatch, on day two of the 2-day visit to Dublin. 12 Jul 2018 Pictured: Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Photo credit: MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342

Irish Senate backs Israel ban

The Irish Senate has supported a draft law prohibiting the import of goods produced in occupied territories, including Israel.

The Times

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a memorial service for the Altalena affair, at the Nachalat Yitzhak cemetery in Tel Aviv, on May 30, 2018. The Altalena Affair was a violent confrontation that took place in June 1948 by the newly created Israel Defense Forces against the Irgun, one of the Jewish paramilitary groups led by Menachem Begin. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / Heidi levine

Quit Iran deal: Netanyahu

Israel urges Europe to tear up the nuclear deal with Iran.

Roger Boyes

The Times

A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on May 23, 2018 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (R) welcoming Russian President's Special Envoy on Syria Alexander Lavrentiev in the Syrian capital Damascus . / AFP PHOTO / SANA AND AFP PHOTO / STRINGER / == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==

Russia strikes deal with Israel

Russia and Israel have come to an extraordinary agreement over the role of Iranian troops in Syria.

Richard Spencer

National Affairs

Israeli police officers stand guard as a Palestinian couple lift their child up the stairs outside Damascus gate in Jerusalem, Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Israel faced a growing backlash Tuesday and new charges of using excessive force, a day after Israeli troops firing from across a border fence killed dozens of Palestinians and wounded more than 2,700 at a mass protest in Gaza. (AP Photo/Eyal Warshavsky)

Bishop urges restraint in Gaza

Julie Bishop says Australia is “deeply concerned” at the level of violence in Gaza following the single deadliest day since 2014.

Rachel Baxendale

National Affairs

GAZA CITY, GAZA - MAY 14: Medics rush in as Palestinians clash with Israeli soldiers at the border fence with Israel as mass demonstrations at the fence continue on May 14, 2018 in Gaza City, Gaza. Israeli soldiers killed at least 41 Palestinians and wounded over a thousand as the demonstrations coincided with the controversial opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. This marks the deadliest day of violence in Gaza since 2014. Gaza's Hamas rulers have vowed that the marches will continue until the decade-old Israeli blockade of the territory is lifted. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Embassy opening: who went?

Australia’s ambassador to Israel was invited to the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem but did not attend, like dozens of nations which declined.

PRIMROSE RIORDAN

Wall Street Journal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and his wife Sara attend the opening ceremony of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, Monday, May 14, 2018. Amid deadly clashes along the Israeli-Palestinian border, President Donald Trump's top aides and supporters on Monday celebrated the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem as a campaign promised fulfilled. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Killings leave US, Israel isolated

Washington’s allies call on Israel to restrain its forces after dozens of Palestinian protesters are killed in Gaza.

Jessica Donati and Farnaz Fassihi

Greg Sheridan

Hamas to blame for violence

It is absurd to blame Donald Trump’s move of the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem for the deadly violence in Israel.

Greg Sheridan

The World

U.S. President Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump attends the opening ceremony of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, Monday, May 14, 2018. Amid deadly clashes along the Israeli-Palestinian border, President Donald Trump's top aides and supporters on Monday celebrated the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem as a campaign promised fulfilled. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

US now ‘part of the problem’

Donald Trump’s prospects for brokering the Middle East peace ‘deal of the century’ plunged further yesterday.

AnalysisThe Times

Palestinian child and Trump/Netanyahu selfies. Picture: AFP.

Trump just widened the divide

Donald Trump hoped that by backing Israel overtly he could play the skin-in-the-game deal-maker; but there’s always a spoiler.

Richard Spencer

The Times

Palestinians clash with with Israeli forces near the border between the Gaza strip and Israel east of Gaza City on May 14, 2018, as Palestinians protest over the inauguration of the US embassy following its controversial move to Jerusalem. Dozens of Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire on May 14 as tens of thousands protested and clashes erupted along the Gaza border against the US transfer of its embassy to Jerusalem, after months of global outcry, Palestinian anger and exuberant praise from Israelis over President Donald Trump's decision tossing aside decades of precedent. / AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS

US embassy sparks bloodshed

US embassy opening in Jerusalem provokes deadliest day in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since 2014 with at least 55 dead.

Bel Trew

World CommentaryWall Street Journal

A new road sign indicating the way to the new US embassy in Jerusalem is set up on May 7, 2018. The embassy move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is expected to occur on May 14. / AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX

US embassy crosses the line

By ignoring the armistice line, the US is showing it attaches no legal significance to this outdated demarcation.

Eugene Kontorovich

COMMENTThe World

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L), his wife Sara Netanyahu (L), Senior White House Advisor Jared Kushner (3rd L), US President's daughter Ivanka Trump (C), US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin (R) and US ambassador to Israel David Friedman (2nd R) attend the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. The United States moved its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem after months of global outcry, Palestinian anger and exuberant praise from Israelis over President Donald Trump's decision tossing aside decades of precedent. / AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA

Embassy move perfectly legitimate

It is perfectly legitimate for Doanld Trump to move the US embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Greg Sheridan

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