Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered police to prevent government ministers and Knesset members from entering al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to Israeli media. Clashes have rocked the Jerusalem site in recent weeks amid a surge in tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. The Haaretz newspaper quoted an official as saying[…]
OPINION by Daoud Kuttab – The escalating violence in Palestine is the result of many long-standing, festering issues, but mostly, it’s the outcome of a total absence of hope. When Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced from the UN rostrum that Palestinians are no longer obliged to adhere to the Oslo[…]
As tensions escalate in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, South Africans will be able to gain greater insight into the on-going Israel-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of award-winning Israeli journalist, Amira Hass. The outspoken journalist will be in South Africa later this month on a speaking tour hosted by[…]
Senior Israeli army officials said Tuesday that the killing of 13-year-old Abed al-Rahman Obeidallah in Aida refugee camp was a “mistake,” although conflicting accounts have been reported about the circumstances of the shooting. Israeli news site Haaretz quoted a senior Israeli army officer as saying the killing of the Palestinian[…]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday he did not want a spike in deadly violence in East Jerusalem and the Israeli-occupied West Bank to spiral into armed confrontation with Israel. Four Israelis have been killed since Thursday in a stabbing and a drive-by shooting blamed on Palestinian militants. Police[…]
Israeli forces shot and injured six Palestinians with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets during clashes in Bireh north of Ramallah overnight Monday, medics said. The clashes, which lasted up to 12 hours, also saw dozens of Palestinians suffer excessive tear gas inhalation. Palestinian protesters threw stones at Israeli forces[…]
Israel has announced that it will implement a series of punitive measures against Palestinians amid an escalation in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Israel will expedite the demolition of homes belonging to Palestinians allegedly involved in armed attacks, as well[…]
OPINION by Khaled Diab – It was meant to be the handshake to end all hostilities. When Yasser Arafat shook hands with Yitzhak Rabin on the back lawn of the White House on September 13, 1993, it seemed that the world had finally taken heed of Arafat’s call, two decades[…]
A teenager has been killed and more than 200 Palestinians injured as clashes with Israeli forces and settlers continued in the occupied West Bank. The violence followed Israel’s decision to bar Palestinians from accessing Jerusalem’s Old City unless they were residents, a move Hamas called “racist and illegal”. Israeli forces[…]
The raising of the Palestinian flag, a symbol of identity for its people, at the headquarters of the United Nations is a historic gesture that will bring pride to the broader Palestinian population across the world, according to the state’s new South African ambassador. The flag was raised high at[…]
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