5+ hour, 30+ min ago   (773+ words) Palestinian Christians call themselves "living stones" and say they have lived continuously in the Holy Land for the last 2,000 years. Maybe not for much longer, believes Reverend Mitri Raheb. "If the current conditions continue, there will not be a single…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (78+ words) naharnet.com Washington has informed Israel through intensive contacts of the need to de-escalate in Lebanon, sources told Al-Arabiya on Friday. “Washington has stressed to the Lebanese side its commitment to the success of negotiations with Israel,” the sources said....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (86+ words) Naharnet US says Lebanon, Israel 'much closer' to agreeing pilot zone expansion U.S. State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott said in a statement that the seventh round of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel was “fruitful” amid ongoing Israeli attacks on Lebanon....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (141+ words) Naharnet Israel targets Lebanese army in al-Mansouri, wounding soldier The Lebanese Army entered the southern town of al-Mansouri overnight to clear roads after Israeli shelling and strikes. To obstruct the Lebanese soldiers from deploying in the town and clearing the…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (373+ words) Israel refused in talks on Thursday to withdraw from more areas of south Lebanon unless the Lebanese army had full control of an initial two "pilot zones", a Lebanese presidential source told AFP. The seventh round of negotiations between Lebanon…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (333+ words) Israeli prosecutors Thursday charged a settler for the killing of a Palestinian community leader last year in the occupied West Bank, according to an indictment filed in district court. In the document, prosecutors accuse Yinon Levi, who lives in the…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (192+ words) Hezbollah bloc slams authorities 'continued policy of submission and surrender' Naharnet Hezbollah bloc slams authorities 'continued policy of submission and surrender' Hezbollah’s parliamentary bloc on Thursday condemned what it called Lebanese authorities’ “continued policy of submission, surrender, and…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (341+ words) A preliminary date for a new round of negotiations between Lebanon and Israel has been set for September 1 and the U.S. side pledged to follow up on the issues of captives and the border with both sides during this period, sources…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (409+ words) The Israeli army launched strikes overnight into Thursday on Burj al-Shemali, Mansouri and Majdalzoun, wounding four people. Artillery shelling also targeted the areas of Mansouri, Majdalzoun and Haddatha, the National News Agency said, while troops detonated houses and buildings in…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (651+ words) Israel reported on Thursday its first military fatalities in southern Lebanon in more than a month, after carrying out fresh strikes despite ongoing U.S.-backed talks in Rome aimed at ending hostilities. The military identified the two reservists, who were killed…...