The United Nations has warned that a deadly surge in violence between Israelis and Palestinians is leading them towards a “catastrophe”. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday that the latest flare-up in the six-decade-old conflict was “dangerous in the extreme”. “The violence between Palestinians and the Israelis[…]
OPINION by Jonathan Cook – Among Palestinians and Israelis, the recent upsurge in violence has been variously described as the children’s, lone-wolf, Jerusalem, and smartphone intifadas. Each describes a distinguishing feature of this round of clashes. The steady erosion of Fatah and Hamas’ authority during the post-Oslo years, as the[…]
Dozens of Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces on Friday during clashes across the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, medics said, as Palestinian political factions called for a “Day of Rage.” At the northern entrance to Hebron, a rally organized by Hamas after Friday prayers was suppressed by[…]
One Palestinian was killed and one critically injured by Israeli police in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, on Thursday after an alleged stabbing attack, Israeli media and police said. An Israeli police spokesperson told Ma’an that two Palestinians attempted to board a children’s bus in the city but were blocked[…]
Israeli forces shot and killed a Jewish man in central Jerusalem overnight Wednesday after mistaking him for a “Palestinian attacker,” Israeli police and media said. Israeli media said the man was shot after he attempted to grab a weapon from Israeli security forces after an argument. The man was identified[…]
Israeli forces early Wednesday morning shot and injured a Palestinian teen near the illegal Yitzhar settlement in the occupied West Bank claiming she was carrying a knife, a Palestinian official said. Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian Authority official who monitors settlement activity in the northern West Bank, told Ma’an that Istabraq[…]
OPINION by Ilan Pappe – In the midst of what has become known in Israel as the “knifers’ Intifada”, an unusual scene unfolded in Ramat Gan, where many of the residents are Iraqi Jews. A small slender woman was protecting a man lying on the ground who was being pursued[…]
A Palestinian man has been killed by Israeli forces near the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank after he allegedly tried to stab an Israeli soldier, as violence flared in several other towns across the occupied territories. In a separate incident on Tuesday, an Israeli settler was killed[…]
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon planned a snap visit on Tuesday to try to stem Israeli-Palestinian violence as Israel issued fresh assurances meant to address Muslim fears of Jewish encroachment at a mosque compound at the center of the conflict. Israeli officials said Ban, whose trip was announced in Israel only[…]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday Israeli and Palestinian leaders need to clarify the status of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound to help end a spate of bloodshed and restore stability. Kerry, preparing for meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Germany and then with Palestinian President[…]
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