The Palestinian Authority (PA) declared a state of emergency in the cities of Bethlehem and Jericho after confirming the spread of coronavirus. The Health Ministry ordered the closure of all…
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Israeli elections, round three: Can the deadlock be broken?
Israeli citizens again had to cast ballots for the third time in a year on 2 March in an attempt to solve the political impasse the system finds itself in…
Netanyahu announces plan to build thousands of illegal settler homes in East Jerusalem
On a recent visit to East Jerusalem neighbourhood Har Homa, also known as Jabal Abu Ghneim, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans to turn the illegal settlement into “a…
Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian, abducting body with bulldozer
Shocking video footage of Israeli military forces violently scooping up and seizing the corpse of a Palestinian shot dead along the Gaza-Israeli fence on 23 February has gone viral, enraging…
UN names 112 companies linked to illegal Israeli settlements
The United Nations human rights office has issued a highly-anticipated database of companies it said has business ties to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move likely…
Bargouthi: What Trump‘s Middle East plan means for Palestinians
One does not need to be an expert on history to realize that the map released by President Donald Trump as a deal for peace between Israel and Palestine is…
Abbas: Trump plan "will not pass" and will end in the dustbin of history
After much delay, the US President Donald Trump has finally released his “peace to prosperity” deal for resolving the Palestine-Israel conflict on Tuesday 28 January. In front of a pro-Israel…
Trump’s peace deal set to be released within days
US President Donald Trump has announced the White House will be releasing their long-awaited peace plan for the Middle East within days. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his political…
Barghouthi: Netanyahu and Gantz, two sides of the same coin
Dr Mustafa Barghouthi, the General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, stated that Netanyahu and Gantz’s very same announcements regarding imposing Israeli control over the Jordan Valleys and enforce Israeli…
NGO reports sharp rise in East Jerusalem house demolitions
NGO Ir Amim has reported a 44 per cent spike in home demolitions in East Jerusalem compared to the same time in the previous year. In a recent report released…