Tag: Palestine

Israel destroys home of Palestinian accused after deadly attack

Israel’s military overnight destroyed the home of a Palestinian accused of involvement in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank that led to...

Israel rejects UN appeal to release Gaza employee

Israel on Thursday rejected a UN request to release a United Nations staffer charged with aiding Hamas, on the grounds that he enjoys diplomatic...

Celtic fans raise funds for Palestinian charities

Two Palestinian charities have picked up an unexpected financial windfall with £45000 (52000 euros, $59000) raised by supporters of Scottish Champions Celtic it was...

Outrage on social media after Google ‘erases’ Palestine off world map

Thousands have signed a petition urging Google to reinstate Palestine on the maps service after it replaced the partially recognised state’s name with Israel. Local...

Palestinian designer for rich and famous pops up in West Bank

Rami Kashou’s designs are worn by Hollywood stars and royalty but for the past few days, he has been back home in the occupied...

Qatar to pay Gaza salaries

The wealthy Gulf state of Qatar has pledged to pay one-month salaries for public sector employees in Gaza, to help "alleviate the suffering" caused...

Clashes as Israel destroys Palestinian home over deadly attack

Clashes erupted on Monday as Israel’s military demolished the home of a Palestinian accused of involvement in a February attack outside Jerusalem’s Old City...

Major powers meet to revive Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking

France convenes foreign ministers from major powers on Friday to put Israel-Palestinian peacemaking back on the international agenda and find enough common ground to...

Israel demolishes home of Palestinian attacker

Israeli authorities overnight demolished the home of a Palestinian killed after fatally stabbing a Jewish settler in the West Bank city of Hebron, the Israeli army...

High on Arab Spring, West forgot that Syria was Shia-led

Just before I left Syria last month, a tall and eloquent Franco-Lebanese man walked up to me in a Damascus coffee shop and introduced...

Palestinian ex-refugee wins $1m Global Teacher Prize

Courtesy The Independent A Palestinian woman who grew up as a refugee and who now teaches refugee children has been awarded with a $1million (£707,000)...

Israel air force kills child near Gaza

Israeli planes struck Hamas bases in the Gaza Strip early Saturday, killing a child living near one of the targets and injuring his sister,...

Obama’s two-state solution for Israel, Palestine under threat

Having twice failed to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, the Obama administration is discussing ways to help preserve the prospect of an increasingly threatened two-state solution,...

Israel razing Palestinian homes at ‘alarming’ rate, notes UN

Israel is razing Palestinian homes and other buildings constructed with international aid at an “alarming” rate, the UN says, with more demolitions so far...

Historic Vatican accord with Palestine takes effect

The Vatican’s first accord with the Palestinians — an agreement that Israel has attacked as counter-productive to the Middle East peace process — has...

Israeli raid on Palestenian refugee camp; 2 dead

An Israeli raid on a refugee camp led to clashes, resulting in the deaths of two Palestinians on Wednesday. The Israeli soldiers raided a refugee...

Five killed in attacks in Tel Aviv and Israeli settlement in...

Israel has seen one of its bloodiest days in months, with two Israelis stabbed to death in Tel Aviv and three other people killed...