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Court tells Israel to reroute part of West Bank barrier

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel’s top court ordered the government on Thursday to reroute part of its West Bank barrier to reduce Palestinian hardship, a ruling that could force it to remove a section already built on occupied land. But Israel’s supreme court justices sparked Palestinian anger when they declared …

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Watchdog slams US forces for media deaths

NEW YORK (Reuters) — A media watchdog criticised the US military on Wednesday for consistently failing to investigate the killing of journalists in Iraq by its forces, and said the Pentagon was losing credibility as a result. The report by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ, said …

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Qatar calls on Arabs to talk to Israel after pullout

NEW YORK (AP) — Arab nations should make a gesture towards Israel after its withdrawal from Gaza by talking with their Middle East neighbour to chart a future for the region, Qatar’s foreign minister said. Praising the Israeli pullout after 37 years of occupation in Gaza, Sheikh Hamad Ben Jassim …

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