Death toll of civilians, including children and women is escalating in Gaza, amid the continued Israeli bombardment of buildings and infrastructure utilities in the Strip Amid mounting international calls for a ceasefire, Israel has continued [ More … ]
Several Palestinians killed in new wave of Israeli raids on Gaza as Benjamin Netanyahu vows to continue attacks ‘as long as necessary’!! Israel’s bombardment of the Gaza Strip entered its seventh consecutive day with air [ More … ]
The bustling Sheikh Jarrah, one of the historic Jerusalem neighborhoods built outside its Ottoman city walls, faces a new-old wave of Judaization and forced displacement by Jewish and settler groups which forge history in order [ More … ]
A new generation of Palestinians is rising under Netanyahu’s nose and it is saying ‘enough is enough’, says David Hearst, the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Middle East Eye, in a recent article. “Ten years ago, [ More … ]
Hamas has said it fired more than 100 rockets at the Israeli city of Tel Aviv after an Israeli air strike destroyed a tower block in the besieged Gaza Strip. The 13-storey residential tower in [ More … ]
Amnesty International said evidence indicated Israel has launched ‘violent raids on al-Aqsa’ and ‘unprovoked attacks on peaceful demonstrators in Sheikh Jarrah.’ Amnesty International has condemned Israeli violence and forced evictions against Palestinians in occupied East [ More … ]
More than 200 Palestinian worshippers wounded in Al-Aqsa amid growing anger over Israeli plans to evict Palestinian families from occupied East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah. Tens of thousands of worshippers had earlier packed Islam’s third-holiest site [ More … ]
Al-Azhar has condemned in a statement “he Zionist entity’s terror and its brutal violations against the people of the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood in Jerusalem”. “Al-Azhar condemns in the strongest terms the Zionist entity’s terrorism and [ More … ]
Crimes Against Humanity Should Trigger Action to End Repression of Palestinians. Human Rights Watch has released its’ latest human rights report regarding the Israeli Policies saying; Israeli authorities are committing the crimes against humanity of apartheid [ More … ]
Agreement includes a $1.65bn contract for the establishment and operation of a training center for the Greek air force. Greece and Israel have signed their biggest ever defense procurement deal, which Israel said would strengthen [ More … ]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has taken part in selling properties in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian website Al-Qastal reported on Thursday. “The UAE is involved in selling three properties to settlers in Batn al-Hawa neighborhood in the [ More … ]
The recognition of Israel, even by “the once arch-enemies of Israel”, will exacerbate the impossibility of restoring the 1967 borders and further weaken the Palestinian position As the relationship between the Persian Gulf riparian Arab [ More … ]
Israeli soldiers reportedly deliver Shin Bet message to Palestinian doorsteps, while others asked to report at stations for interrogation Israel’s internal intelligence agency Shin Bet is intimidating members and supporters of the Hamas movement in the occupied West [ More … ]
Jordan is ready to play part in relaunching peace negotiations with Palestinian leadership, monarch says Jordan’s King Abdullah II has warned that continued unilateral actions will kill any chance for peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, [ More … ]
With elections looming in both states, and hardliners out to ensure the collapse of the 2015 deal, time is running short for the US president to save it, states a report by the Guardian. For [ More … ]
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