Israel drops threat to limit Muslims at shrine
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JERUSALEM -- Israel will not limit the number of Muslim worshipers at a hotly disputed Jerusalem site during the holy month of Ramadan, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon decided yesterday, backing away from a threat to restrict access.
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Israel's security minister warns a sacred site in Jerusalem will collapse unless the number of Muslim pilgrims is limited.
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A senior Hamas leader indicated today that the militant group is halting attacks on Israelis while the Palestinians prepare to choose a new leader, the latest sign of change following the death of Yasser Arafat.
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Israel has stopped targeting Palestinian militants for death, Israeli security officials said early Wednesday, fulfilling a key Palestinian demand for a truce to end four years of violence.
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Israel signaled on Saturday it could  ease military operations against Palestinian gunmen if they  halted attacks, but militant group leaders said only a full  Israeli cease-fire could stop fighting.
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NAJAF, Iraq - Followers loyal to radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Friday they were prepared to hand control of the revered Imam Ali Shrine to top Shiite religious authorities, and Iraq's interim prime minister said he would not storm the holy site.    The moves came after a day and night of fighting in Najaf that killed 77 people and wounded 70 others, as al-Sadr militiamen mortared a police station and U.S...
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JERUSALEM - Israel tightened security around Arab East Jerusalem and stopped thousands of West Bank Palestinians from praying at the revered Al-Aqsa mosque on the first Friday of Ramadan, but no violence was reported.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who wants to dismantle some settlements and withdraw from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank, warned Sunday of a crackdown because some of his opponents on the religious right are threatening violence.
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Israel prevented Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh returning to Gaza from a trip abroad on Thursday to stop him bringing in money donated by Muslim states.
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Berlin bans an Islamic conference which officials say planned to lend support to violent attacks on Israelis and Americans.
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JERUSALEM -- Responding to death threats against government ministers, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon ordered law enforcement agencies yesterday to crack down on Jewish extremists opposed to the planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.
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Israel, under pressure from the United States, agreed to marginally loosen restrictions at Gaza's border crossing with Egypt on Thursday, but did not make any longer-term commitment to keep the frontier open.
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Get INQ7 breaking news on your Smart mobile phone in the Philippines. Send INQ7 BREAKING to 386. JERUSALEM--A major thorn in the side of Israeli-Egyptian relations was removed Sunday after Cairo freed an Israeli
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Israel's army received approval Monday to broaden its ground operations against Gaza Strip militants who have been barraging Israeli border towns with deadly rocket fire, military officials said.
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Jordan's parliament moved Sunday to tighten state control over mosque preachers, amending legislation that aims to prevent the kingdom's mosques from being used to propagate extremist ideas.
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JERUSALEM: Israel scaled back its vast operation in northern Gaza despite the deaths of four more Palestinians as tens of thousands of Muslims joined the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at Jerusalem&#39;s Al Aqsa mosque.
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Israel says it will not limit the number of Muslims at Jerusalem's holy site during the Ramadan fasting month.