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US says Kushner may go to Israel for talks on Gaza plan

The United States is considering sending presidential envoy Jared Kushner to Israel as President Donald Trump pushes a peace plan for Gaza, an official said Thursday. The news outlet Axios reported earlier that Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and go-to mediator for the Middle East

Israel reopens once-closed West Bank settlement

Israel officially reopened the West Bank settlement of Ganim on Thursday, more than 20 years after it withdrew from the community, in a move emblematic of the current government's policy of rapid settlement expansion. The smell of freshly-poured asphalt hung in the air above

Blaze forces families to abandon Turkish tour boat

More than 100 people had to abandon ship after a fire engulfed a children's entertainment tour boat off southwestern Turkey on Thursday, officials said. Families were on board for the outing near the coastal resort of Fethiye, which is particularly popular with British