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The Texas Senator's call came after the body passed a resolution to condemn Israel's conduct during the 2014 Gaza war. The U.S. was the only country to vote against it.

Sinai Province, an ISIS-affiliated militant group in the Sinai peninsula, claims it fired three rockets into Israel, though Israeli police said the remains of two rockets had been found. No one was injured.

The protester, identified as 17-year-old Mohammed Hani Alcasbah, was reportedly throwing stones at an Israeli military vehicle.

The number of Palestinians being held by Israel has increased by 26 percent since 2011.

The Russian president has been asked to make it easier for former Crimean Jews to be repatriated to the home they left under the Soviet Union.

Egypt's army said on Wednesday more than 100 militants and 17 soldiers were killed after simultaneous assaults on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the deadliest fighting in years in the restive province.

Jerusalem's police chief publicly admitted to the policy for the first time last month, though it's been in place for about a decade.

A series of clashes have left 50 people dead in the biggest attack in Egypt's Sinai region in decades.

Israeli security officials arrested 40 Hamas members involved in the cell, along with its leader.

The Islamic State group accused Hamas of being a weak enforcer of religious diktats in the Gaza Strip.

Unemployment in Gaza stands at 40 percent, while an Israeli assault on Gaza last summer destroyed thousands of homes, but an Israeli official offered a statement to the contrary.

Israel and Jordan have reportedly been in secret talks about the possibility of reopening the Temple Mount to non-Muslim visitors.

As the two powers vie for influence over the civil wars in Yemen and Syria and regional dominance, Tehran and Riyadh have begun using cyber attacks.

Christians had until Eid al-Fitr, the festival at the end of the holy month of Ramadan, to leave, the message reportedly said.

The flotilla is part of a series of protests against Israel's nine-year blockade of Hamas-dominated Gaza.

European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said, however, that tough days lay ahead as a self-imposed June 30 deadline nears.

Israel's economy minister says he backs a plan for the country to rebuild Gaza in exchange for a long-term ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

With a self-imposed deadline approaching on Tuesday, both sides emphasized that major obstacles remained to finalizing a deal.

A broad coalition of U.S. Jewish groups is expressing support this weekend for America's black community following the mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Vatican signed its first treaty with Palestine on Friday, officially recognizing the state in hopes the recognition would spur Israel to work with Palestine to forge a two-state solution.

Israel has taken a hard line against Eritrean migrants seeking asylum there, according to Human Rights Watch.