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Moussawi, Watkins Agree that Bolstering Internal Stability Should Be Priority in Lebanon

Hizbullah international relations officer Ammar Moussawi discussed on Tuesday the latest developments in Lebanon with deputy U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Robert Watkins, stressing the need to continue tackling pending issues that concern the Lebanese people.

A statement issued by Hizbullah said that the two officials “placed a priority on bolstering internal stability.”

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Iran to Continue Uranium Enrichment

Iran "will never stop" its controversial uranium enrichment, the country's envoy to the IAEA said on Tuesday, on the sidelines of a Non-Aligned Movement ministerial meeting in Tehran.

"Our enrichment activities will never stop and we are justified in carrying them out, and we will continue to do so under IAEA supervision," Ali Asghar Soltanieh told reporters.

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Israeli Airstrikes Target Hamas Camps in Gaza

Israeli aircraft attacked three Hamas training camps in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, causing no injuries, eyewitnesses in the enclave said.

An Israeli helicopter fired six missiles at two different sites northwest of Gaza city, both training camps for Hamas' military wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, eyewitnesses said.

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Israel Court Rejects Civil Lawsuit over U.S. Activist’s Death in 2003

An Israeli court on Tuesday rejected all claims of negligence in a civil lawsuit brought by the family of U.S. activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed by an Israeli bulldozer during a protest in 2003.

"I reached the conclusion that there was no negligence on the part of the bulldozer driver," said Judge Oded Gershon, reading out his verdict at Haifa District Court in northern Israel.

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Jumblat: Lebanese Have the Right to Wonder about their Fate in Case of a Regional War

Progressive Socialist Party MP Walid Jumblat stressed on Monday the importance of allowing the Lebanese state to control the country’s decision of war and peace.

He said in his weekly editorial in the PSP-affiliated al-Anbaa magazine: “We have no doubt over the effectiveness of the resistance’s rockets in displacing hundreds of thousands of Israelis, but the Lebanese people have the right to wonder about their fate and future in case a regional war should erupt.”

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Netanyahu Says South West Bank Settler Bloc 'Part of Jerusalem'

The Etzion settler bloc, which lies southwest of the Palestinian city of Bethlehem, is an "integral part" of Greater Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.

"Efrat and Gush Etzion are an integral, basic and understood part of Greater Jerusalem," Netanyahu said while visiting Efrat settlement, in remarks relayed by his bureau.

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Report: Netanyahu Warns Lebanon against any Hizbullah Provocation

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that his country would launch a strike against Lebanon if Hizbullah provoked Tel Aviv.

Israeli daily Haaretz reported on Monday that a western diplomat conveyed Netanyahu’s message to the Lebanese government.

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Israel Arrests Settler Minors over W. Bank Attack

Israeli police said on Sunday that they had arrested three minors from the West Bank settlement of Bat Ayin on suspicion of an August 16 petrol bomb attack which injured six Palestinians, one badly.

"Police have arrested three suspects, all of them between the ages of 12 and 13... under suspicion of being connected with the incident two weeks ago in which a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a Palestinian taxi," police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told Agence France Presse.

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Jordan Bars Activists from Crossing into West Bank

Jordan on Sunday barred pro-Palestinian U.S. and European activists from trying to cross into the West Bank for delivering school supplies to students.

"Two buses carrying 100 activists were not allowed to leave the Jordanian side" of Allenby Bridge Crossing, also known as King Hussein Bridge between the West Bank and Jordan, Walid Atallah, a spokesman for the "Welcome to Palestine" campaign in Jordan, told Agence France Presse.

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Israel ex-Soldiers Say Abuse of Palestinian Kids a 'Routine'

Former Israeli soldiers who served in the occupied territories say that mistreatment of Palestinian children by troops is "routine" and occurs even at times of relative calm.

A collection of over 30 testimonies published on Sunday by Breaking the Silence, a group of ex-servicemen critical of army practices, says physical violence, often arbitrary, is used against very young children.

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