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Suspected Jewish attackers torched the home of Saad Dawabsheh in the West Bank village of Duma on July 31, killing his 18-month-old child and seriously injuring his wife and a second son, an act that Israel's prime minister described as terrorism.

Allegations that Putin met with a Quds Force commander come as Obama compares GOP to such hardliners.

Of the nearly 8 million people living in Israel in 2013, 320,000 were Christians.

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is expected to break with his party and oppose the controversial Iran nuclear deal, the Huffington Post reported exclusively Thursday night.

Saudi Arabia and Israel believe that Iran will increase oil production and begin spending heavily on weapons after economic sanctions are lifted.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has high hopes for the new Suez Canal construction — but critics fear it won't live up to the hype.

Experts say the new waterway is unlikely to meet Egypt's projections of higher traffic and increased revenue.

The accused man, identified only by his initials A.S., was sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted of spying for Israel.

"When will everyone realize Pres Obama doesn’t know what he’s doing? Clearly the Iranians have figured this out," Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted.

"If the West and Iran come to a complete understanding and agreement on this issue, sanctions would be the first to be lifted," the editor of Iran Press newspaper said Wednedsay.

President Barack Obama defended the importance of the Iran nuclear deal Wednesday and attempted to counter intense criticism from opponents in the Republican-controlled Congress.

As Congress considers the nuclear deal, Israel's prime minister tried to convince American Jews to oppose it.

Israel jailed a suspected Jewish militant without trial on Tuesday, the first application of the controversial measure against a citizen in a government-ordered crackdown following the lethal torching of a Palestinian home.

Melanoma affects about 2 percent of Americans and is the leading cause of skin cancer deaths in the U.S.

The death of a teenager who was stabbed during an attack on a gay pride parade exposes "hotbeds of hatred and of homophobia," according to a Jerusalem-based LGBT activist.

The move is likely to upset Israel, which is home to many Russian Jews.

Friday's torching of a Palestinian home killed a toddler and seriously injured his parents and brother, causing an outcry abroad.

"Shira [Banki] was murdered for courageously supporting the principle that each and every person has the right to live their life in security and respect," Israel's PM says.

"What happened in Jerusalem goes against the spirit of (the Jewish) people," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

The confrontation was one of three in a matter of hours in which Palestinians died from Israeli-Palestinian violence on one of the most tense days in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in recent months.

Palestinians will lodge a complaint against Israel at the International Criminal Court over the killing of an 18-month-old baby, Mahmoud Abbas said Friday.