Tag: Palestinian

Palestinian minister dies after confrontation with Israeli police

A Palestinian minister died on Wednesday shortly after an Israeli border policeman shoved and grabbed him by the throat during a protest in the...

East Jerusalem home of Palestinian suicide attacker demolished

Israeli forces on Wednesday demolished the east Jerusalem home of a Palestinian who drove his car into a crowd of pedestrians last month killing...

Palestinian killed by Israeli army in West Bank

A Palestinian was shot dead early Wednesday in clashes which broke out when Israeli troops entered a West Bank refugee camp near Ramallah, sources...

Palestinian teen murder sparks rioting as tensions soar

Violence flared in Jerusalem as angry Palestinian youths clashed with Israeli police following the kidnap and murder of a Palestinian teen in an apparent...

‘Tortured’ Palestinian inmate’s funeral held

Thousands of Palestinian mourners have gathered in the town on Sair in the occupied West Bank for the funeral of Arafat Jaradat, who died...

Israeli PM orders dismantling of Palestinian activists’ tents

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered security forces to evacuate immediately the Palestinians who have gathered in the controversial area near Jerusalem, according...

Syria hits back at UN over Palestinian refugees

Syria on Monday hit back at the United Nations over the fate of Palestinian refugees after UN chief Ban Ki-moon voiced “grave concern” following...

Clashes in Hebron over Palestinian killing

Five people have been injured in clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli soldiers in the West Bank city of Hebron, after a Palestinian teenager...

Israel to keep Palestinian funds for months

Israel will withhold tax revenues from the Palestinian administration until at least March, in response to the Palestinians’ bid for statehood at the UN,...

Palestinian ‘with axe’ killed by Israeli forces in West Bank

Israeli security forces have shot dead a Palestinian man in the West Bank. Details are unclear, but an Israeli police spokeswoman said the man...

Yasser Arafat’s remains exhumed in murder enquiry

The remains of Yasser Arafat have been exhumed as part of an investigation into how the Palestinian leader died. Swiss, French and Russian experts...

Israel must do more to halt abuse of Palestinian rights: UN

Israel must do more to halt a string of serious violations of Palestinian human rights documented by a 2009 fact-finding mission, according to a...

Palestinian comments put Romney in more hot water

Mitt Romney told donors the Palestinians “have no interest whatsoever” in peace with Israel and if elected president he would just kick the issue...

Iran urges Abbas to unite Palestinian groups

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to rally divided groups of Palestinians together to “free their land,” according to his official...

Nine Israel teens indicted for attack on Palestinian

Nine Israeli teenagers, eight of them minors, were on Tuesday charged with taking part in a violent hate attack on a 17-year-old Palestinian from...

Arafat’s widow lodges legal suit over poison claim

The widow and daughter of Yasser Arafat on Tuesday launched legal action in France over claims that the veteran Palestinian leader died of radioactive...

Palestinian, Afghan athletes live Olympic dream

Far from the media's eye, hidden from sponsors and even proper running tracks are athletes living an Olympic dream in conflict areas such as...