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Protesters in Iran, Iraq Burn Israel, US Flags on ‘Quds Day’

May 30, 2019

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranians in the capital Tehran set fire to effigies of U.S. President Donald Trump, while in the Iraqi capital, Iran-backed militiamen marched over a large Israeli flag as part of rallies Friday marking Quds, or Jerusalem Day. The annual protest...

Israel Heads to Election as Netanyahu Fails to Form Government

AP News

May 29, 2019

JERUSALEM — Israel's parliament voted to dissolve itself early Thursday, sending the country to an unprecedented second snap election this year as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a governing c...

City Council Candidate Garcia Touts Business, Veteran Background

David Taub

May 27, 2019

With six candidates in the Aug. 13 special election for the vacant northwest Fresno city council seat, the campaign season is on. Lawrence Garcia welcomed about 50 guests to his fundraiser Thursday at the El...

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Qatar to Send Money for West Bank, Gaza After Israel Truce

AP News

May 7, 2019

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Qatar on Tuesday said it is sending $480 million to Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip after a cease-fire deal ended the deadliest fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants since a 2014 war. Qatar's Foreig...

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Israel’s Gaza Blockade Under Scrutiny After Latest Violence

AP News

May 6, 2019

JERUSALEM — For 12 years, Israel has maintained a blockade over the Gaza Strip, seeking to weaken the territory's militant Hamas rulers. And for 12 years, Hamas has remained firmly in power, developing a thrivi...

Israel Preserves Holocaust Survivors’ Memorabilia for Future

AP News

May 1, 2019

RAMAT GAN, Israel — Under a fluorescent light, an archivist from Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial snaps photos and scans into her mobile database the last remnant that a pair of elderly siblings have of t...

Flag raising ceremony at Fresno City Hall to commemorate Armenian Genocide

Armenian Genocide Recognized in Fresno, But Not at White House

Bill McEwen

April 24, 2019

Almost universally, Armenians are dedicated to ensuring that the genocide of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Turks from 1915 through 1918 is acknowledged and never forgotten. But, for many Americans, it's not a case of forgetting. They are completely u...

Netanyahu Poised to Become Israeli PM for 5th Time

AP News

April 10, 2019

JERUSALEM — Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be headed toward a historic fifth term as Israel's prime minister on Wednesday, with close-to-complete unofficial election results giving his right-wing Likud and othe...

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Israel Decides Netanyahu’s Fate in National Election

AP News

April 9, 2019

JERUSALEM — Israeli voters decided Tuesday whether to give Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu another term in office in a tight election that has become a referendum on his decade in power. "Go to vote. Choos...

Photo of a Palestinian protester burning a tyre during clashes with Israeli troops

Calm Appears to Hold in Gaza Despite Exchange of Fire

AP News

March 27, 2019

JERUSALEM — An unofficial cease-fire appeared to be holding Wednesday between Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers despite limited exchanges of fire. Violence could erupt again this weekend, when large-scale protests are expected along the Israel-Gaza frontier ma...

US Gets 1st Case of Mysterious New Chinese Illness

Poll: Many in US Support Trump Decision to Kill Iran General

Early Voting Means 2020 Primary Is Already Here for Millions

Alaska Pot Shops to Be Among 1st in US to Allow Consumption

Special Report: Nearly Half of Fresno Unified Students Below Grade Level

Salty Water Spat Erupts Over ‘No Man’s Land’ of Mendota Pool

Injuries at Fresno’s Amazon Warehouse Are Triple Industry Average

‘Not the Golden State Anymore’: Middle- and Low-Income People Leave California

Africa’s Richest Man Commissions a Greenhouse Nursery in Nigeria to Supply Farmers With the Best Quality Tomato Seedlings

6-Year-Old Raises Over $250K for Australian Bushfires by Making Cute Clay Koalas

NFL’s Saints Fight to Shield Emails in Catholic Abuse Crisis

Mario Meet Hulk: Nintendo Park Coming to Universal Orlando

California Is a Wondrous Place. I’m Leaving.

Latino Wave Is Changing Fresno’s Small-Town Political Culture

Opinion: California Must End the Plague of Human Trafficking. This Proposal Can Help.

Walters: Voters Face Hundreds of Local Tax Measures

Video: Dyer vs. Janz in GV Wire Mayoral Forum

Video: Alonzo vs. Maxwell in GV Wire City Council Forum

Rabbi Rosove: Two-State Solution Only Road to Peace for Israel, Palestine

Political Activist Sarsour Will Speak at Local CAIR Banquet

Many Fresno Incumbents Fail to Draw Opponents

Early Voting Means 2020 Primary Is Already Here for Millions

The Janz-Dyer Mayoral Battle Is Tight: GV Wire Poll

Money Piling Up to Elect, Oppose Dyer for Mayor

Protesters in Iran, Iraq Burn Israel, US Flags on ‘Quds Day’

Israel Heads to Election as Netanyahu Fails to Form Government

City Council Candidate Garcia Touts Business, Veteran Background

Qatar to Send Money for West Bank, Gaza After Israel Truce

Israel’s Gaza Blockade Under Scrutiny After Latest Violence

Israel Preserves Holocaust Survivors’ Memorabilia for Future

Armenian Genocide Recognized in Fresno, But Not at White House

Netanyahu Poised to Become Israeli PM for 5th Time

Israel Decides Netanyahu’s Fate in National Election

Calm Appears to Hold in Gaza Despite Exchange of Fire

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