Israeli fighter jets bomb alleged Hamas facilities in besieged enclave, with a man and a woman reported injured in Rafah Israeli fighter jets bombed multiple alleged Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early on Friday, [ More … ]
United Nations investigators reported on Thursday that Israeli forces who fired on Palestinians during the mass demonstrations on the border with Gaza, killing more than 100 people, may have committed war crimes. The report, by [ More … ]
Palestinians recently ranked corruption as the second largest problem after the economic crisis – higher than the Israeli occupation. Palestinians generally view PA officials as a self-serving, elitist group disconnected from the Palestinian struggle and [ More … ]
Haniyeh attributed Netanyahu’s hostile remarks to ‘panic’ for facing ‘a global boycott’ and ‘a torrent of graft allegations’ Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh has blasted recent criticisms of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan by Israeli [ More … ]
2 Israeli soldiers killed in West Bank shooting Two Israeli were killed and two other wounded in a drive-by shooting near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, according to the Israeli military. In a statement, [ More … ]
A U.S.-sponsored draft resolution that for the first time would have condemned the militant Islamic group Hamas, which controls Gaza, failed to win the required two-thirds majority in the U.N. General Assembly. Before Thursday’s vote, [ More … ]
Israeli settlers prevented the entry of dozens of truckloads of basic supplies and fuel, on Sunday, into the besieged Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing. According to local sources, dozens of Israeli settlers blocked [ More … ]
PLO central council voted to halt all commitments to ‘occupation authorities’ until Israel recognises Palestinian state The Palestine Liberation Organization’s central council has announced that it is suspending its recognition of the state of Israel. [ More … ]
An Israeli Military says the alleged attacker had worked in a factory where the shooting took place in the Barkan industrial area and was still at large A Palestinian gunman has shot dead two Israelis [ More … ]
By: Mohamed Abu Saada* According to a study published by the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), an Israeli think tank, President Donald Trump aims through his proposals known as the “Deal of the Century” [ More … ]
Fatah’s conditions “make reaching reconciliation very impossible”, the head of Hamas’ Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh said yesterday. Speaking at a conference to mark 30 years since the movement was launched, Haniyeh said Hamas “insists” the [ More … ]
Money earmarked for Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza will instead be redirected to programs within Israel’s borders. The US has cut additional aid to the Palestinians for programmes supporting conflict resolution with Israelis, adding [ More … ]
According to MEE Israeli journalist Edy Cohen has claimed that an Emirati pilot participated in the bombing of Palestinian targets in the Gaza Strip three weeks ago during his training on Israeli air force F-35 [ More … ]
Israelis and Palestinians in ‘advanced stages’ of indirect negotiations to defuse tension Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed one Palestinian and wounded eight on Wednesday, the Palestinian Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said. The [ More … ]
Hamas has been holding talks over proposal for national reconciliation and cease-fire with Israel Palestinian resistance group Hamas has some notes on a proposed Egyptian paper for inter-Palestinian reconciliation, a senior group leader said Wednesday. [ More … ]
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