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AP – From his ramshackle Gaza home, Palestinian Sobhi Hamami, 61, fondly recalls the 23 years he worked on an Israeli kibbutz, where he learned Hebrew, swam in the pool with Israeli friends and celebrated holidays with his Jewish boss.

AP – From his ramshackle Gaza home, Palestinian Sobhi Hamami, 61, fondly recalls the 23 years he worked on an Israeli kibbutz, where he learned Hebrew, swam in the pool with Israeli friends and celebrated holidays with his Jewish boss.

AFP – Jews and Arabs marched shoulder-to-shoulder in occupied east Jerusalem and in towns across Israel on Friday in a joint protest against the eviction of Palestinians to make way for Jewish settlers.

AFP – Jews and Arabs marched shoulder-to-shoulder in occupied east Jerusalem and in towns across Israel on Friday in a joint protest against the eviction of Palestinians to make way for Jewish settlers.

AFP – A film festival opened on Thursday in a newly restored cinema in Jenin, a West Bank town battered by some of the worst violence of the 2000 Palestinian uprising.

AFP – A film festival opened on Thursday in a newly restored cinema in Jenin, a West Bank town battered by some of the worst violence of the 2000 Palestinian uprising.

AFP – An Arab Israeli and two Druze residents of the occupied Golan Heights were charged on Thursday with spying for Syria and planning a kidnapping, Israeli officials said.

AFP – An Arab Israeli and two Druze residents of the occupied Golan Heights were charged on Thursday with spying for Syria and planning a kidnapping, Israeli officials said.

AP – Reginald Levy, a pilot praised for his cool-headed bravery during a 1972 hijacking by Palestinian militants, has died at the age of 88, his daughter said Thursday.

AP – Reginald Levy, a pilot praised for his cool-headed bravery during a 1972 hijacking by Palestinian militants, has died at the age of 88, his daughter said Thursday.