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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu noted on Sunday a "significant decline" in Palestinian attacks on Israelis, after six months of near-daily violence that has cost more than 200 lives.
 

Three Palestinians carried out two attacks - a shooting and a car-ramming - on Israelis in the southern occupied West Bank on March 14 before they were shot dead, the Israeli army said.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden ruled out a military solution to end Syria's conflict in remarks published on March 7, calling for a political transition despite the difficulty.

A global Muslim body called yesterday for a ban on products from Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and pledged full support for the "inalienable rights" of the Palestinians.

Bulgaria's Prime Minister Boyko Borisov will discuss trade, energy and economic matters with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu during a working visit to Israel starting on Wednesday.

A controversial bill that would compel NGOs receiving most of their funding from foreign governments to declare it in official reports passed its first reading in the Israeli parliament early on Feb. 9.

A Palestinian was shot dead on Feb. 1 after trying to stab Israeli soldiers near a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank, Israel's army said.

Turkey has "strongly condemned" Israel's expropriation of some 150 hectares of land in the West Bank, underlining the unlawfulness of the move by Israel.

The European Union reinforced on Jan. 18 its position that products made in Israeli settlements must be clearly labelled in Europe, despite growing tensions with Israel over the issue, but stressed that the bloc opposes any boycott of the Jewish state. 

Israel on Jan. 19 arrested a Palestinian teen accused of stabbing a Jewish woman to death in the occupied West Bank and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to demolish his home after the attack provoked Israeli outrage.