Israel has announced that it would allow Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time, under certain conditions, according to Reuters. Israel today, Sunday, 26 January 2020, announced that it would permit [ More … ]
The United States Congress has advanced a new resolution supporting a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians, which can be brought to the floor for a vote. According to a report in The Hill, lawmakers [ More … ]
China can be a honest broker in pushing forward the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in light of its fair stance on the issue, a senior Palestinian official told Xinhua in a recent interview. Tayeb Abdul Rahim, [ More … ]
Dozens of far-right Israelis toured the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound early on Monday under heavy police protection, official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. According to Wafa, the Israelis entered the compound through the Morrocans’ Gate while [ More … ]
Hundreds of far-right religious Israelis entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday morning on the occasion of the Jewish holiday of Tisha B’av. Tisha B’Av notably commemorates the destruction of the [ More … ]
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the United Nation Security Council on Monday to uphold its responsibilities vis-a-vis international law and protect occupied East Jerusalem from the latest Israeli attempts to “Judaize” the [ More … ]
Three Palestinian security guards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of occupied East Jerusalem were assaulted and detained by Israeli police on Wednesday, as hundreds of right-wing Israelis and settlers took to [ More … ]
Dozens of right-wing Israelis and settlers took to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Thursday, the third day of the Jewish holiday of Passover, as thousands of others performed religious rituals at the Western Wall in [ More … ]
A Palestinian man was killed in the southern West Bank on Sunday evening after allegedly wounding three Israeli police officers, according to Israel’s Channel 2, Anadolu Agency reported. Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in [ More … ]
A large number of Jewish settlers on Sunday morning desecrated the Al-Aqsa Mosque’s courtyards amid tight police protection, on the seventh and final day of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.. Local sources in Occupied Jerusalem [ More … ]
The health of the Palestinian prisoner Bilal Kayed continued to deteriorate on Saturday, as he entered the 25th day of a hunger strike he began in protest of being placed in administrative detention by Israel [ More … ]
A Palestinian car hit an Israeli army vehicle causing it to overturn on Route 60, in the Gush Etzion section of the West Bank. A Palestinian civilian was evacuated for critical injuries after his car [ More … ]
Israel will reduce monthly transfers of tax collected on behalf of the Palestinians in what aides to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as a response to the killing of two Israelis in Palestinian attacks [ More … ]
Israeli troops shot a Palestinian man dead on Thursday in Netanya after the latter allegedly tried to stab two Israelis, according to Israeli police, Anadolu Agency reported. Two Israelis were wounded, according to Israeli [ More … ]
The Israeli government is considering a proposal to build an artificial island off the Gaza Strip that a top official says would give Palestinians living in the besieged enclave their one and only seaport — [ More … ]
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