NEWS ALERT: Israel Withdraws; Hamas “Rearms”
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Chief Middle East Correspondent reporting from Israel
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Israeli forces appeared to withdraw from the Gaza Strip Tuesday, January 20, in time for the inauguration of Barack Obama as the United States' 44th president, but militant group Hamas said it would rearm, suggesting its conflict with Israel was not over.
BREAKING: U.N. Halts Aid To Gaza After Hamas Seizes Supplies
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Middle East Chief Correspondent
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife) -– The United Nations announced Friday, February 6, it has stopped sending humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip after militants of the Hamas group apparently seized 300 tons of supplies, in the second such incident in as many days.
JERUSALEM BRAINWAVE: Jesus Christ “Risen From Death”, Friends Say (Column)
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife Columns)-- A man claiming to be the Messiah rose up from death Sunday, April 8, after he died at a cross on Golgotha hill near Jerusalem's walls, his friends said.
Half Israel Wants Temple Rebuilt, poll
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Jerusalem Bureau Chief
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife) -- Nearly half of Israelis want the Biblical Temple to be rebuilt in Jerusalem according to a major opinion poll, commissioned by Israel's Knesset Television Channel and monitored by BosNewsLife Saturday, July 24.
URGENT BREAKING NEWS: Christians In Crossfire As Israel Strikes Kill 205 (Developing Story)
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting from the region
BETHLEHEM/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- Minority Christians in Gaza and the West Bank faced a dark night Saturday, December 27, as Israeli air strikes against suspected Hamas militants killed hunderds of Palestinians, and Christmas lights were shut off around Bethlehem, which Christians consider Jesus' birthplace, to protest Israel's actions.
BREAKING NEWS: Kadima “Wins” Israel Elections, Exit Polls Show
George Whitten, BosNewsLife Chief Middle East Correspondent reporting from Jerusalem
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni looked set to become Israel's second female prime minister as her centrist Kadima party won Tuesday's parliamentary election, exit polls showed.
Iran:’Arson Attack At Tomb Esther and Mordechai’
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
JERUSALEM/TEHRAN (BosNewsLife)-- Iranian officials have admitted that fire broke out at an ancient...
BREAKING: World Leaders Lead Charlie Hebdo March Amid Controversy (Live)
WATCH LIVE COVERAGE HERE: http://news.yahoo.com/video/live-video-associated-press-191800766.html
By BosNewsLife News Center
PARIS, FRANCE (BosNewsLife)-- Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among leaders participating in Sunday's march to honor 17 victims of terrorism, which began with a massacre at a satirical weekly and continued with attacks on a Kosher supermarket, after he urged Jewish people to relocate.
Palestinian Christians Report Suffering In Israel, Gaza
By BosNewsLife Middle East Service
GAZA/JERUSALEM (BosNewsLife)-- Palestinian Christians in Israel and across the border in Gaza were facing more difficulties Sunday, August 31, after being forced out of a church in Jerusalem, while in Gaza they were among those rebuilding their lives after weeks of death and destruction.
BREAKING NEWS: Israel Announces Ceasefire (WRAPUP)
(ADDS COMMENTS PRIME MINISTER, HAMAS, DETAILS )
By George Whitten, BosNewsLife Chief Middle East Correspondent, with BosNewsLife Chief International Correspondent Stefan J. Bos
JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (BosNewsLife)-- Israel's Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, announced Saturday, January 17, a unilateral cease fire but said Israeli forces would remain in the Gaza Strip, as the militant group Hamas warned it would not end fighting yet, BosNewsLife monitored.