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Lior Mizrahi/Getty Images US Vice President Mike Pence told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he hopes to usher in a “new era” of Middle East peace talks. Pence also told the Israeli Knesset that the US was planning to move its embassy to Jerusalem by 2019. Meanwhile, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas traveled to Brussels […]
Thomson Reuters Vice President Mike Pence met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks on Monday, but Palestinians have boycotted the trip. Pence, an evangelical Christian who has spoken about Christian persecution in the Middle East in the past, will not be Bethlehem, a popular spot for Christians, amid the protests. The US and Israel […]
Two Palestinian youths were shot dead by Israeli troops during clashes on Thursday in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Reuters reports, citing Palestinian medical sources and witnesses. A 16-year-old youth was killed and two others injured in a clash near the Gaza-Israel border fence in which Palestinians threw stones at Israeli troops, […]
Published time: 7 Jan, 2018 17:56 Israel’s police fail to bring Israeli citizens to justice for ideologically motivated crimes against Palestinians in the occupied territories, bringing charges in little over 10 percent of all cases, a rights group says. Israeli human rights group Yesh Din monitored 225 complaints into hate crimes committed by Israelis against […]
Associated Press/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump said in tweets on Tuesday that the United States may withhold future aid payments to Palestinians. Trump said Washington gives Palestinians “hundreds of millions” in aid and gets “no respect or attention.” US Ambassador the UN Nikki Haley echoed Trump’s comments, saying the president doesn’t want to give additional […]
Published time: 30 Dec, 2017 06:52 Scores were injured as thousands of Palestinians clashed with the IDF, which used live ammo, tear gas and rubber bullets on demonstrators throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails in the latest Day of Rage anti-Trump protest. At least 40 people were injured, four seriously, by gunfire in the Gaza Strip […]
Published time: 25 Dec, 2017 04:43 Edited time: 25 Dec, 2017 04:51 Palestinian authorities have condemned the planned construction of new housing units in East Jerusalem as an “Israeli colonial dare,” encouraged by Washington’s controversial recognition of the Holy City as Israel’s capital. On Sunday, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates denounced the […]
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Israel’s High Court has ruled that the Israeli military can’t keep the bodies of slain Palestinians for prisoner and body swaps. Instead of banning the widely-condemned practice, however, the court gave the Israeli government time to enshrine it in law. In ruling that bodies cannot serve as bargaining chips, the court acted on a petition […]
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