Israel-Palestine
Israel announces travel ban on pro-Palestinian boycott advocates
Middle East
January 8, 2018
Israel announces travel ban on pro-Palestinian boycott advocates
Israel announced the list of 20 foreign organizations whose representatives are to be banned from entering Israel because they advocate for…
Israel says arrested three Turks in Jerusalem amid unrest
Middle East
December 23, 2017
Israel says arrested three Turks in Jerusalem amid unrest
Israeli authorities have arrested three Turkish tourists in Jerusalem over an incident that followed Muslim prayers at a flashpoint holy…
Israel arrests Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi over soldier slapping
Middle East
December 20, 2017
Israel arrests Palestinian girl Ahed Tamimi over soldier slapping
The Israeli army arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian girl on Tuesday after a video showing her slapping Israeli soldiers went viral…
Christmas in Bethlehem: Trump’s Jerusalem shift looms large
Middle East
December 20, 2017
Christmas in Bethlehem: Trump’s Jerusalem shift looms large
President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital looms large in Christmas festivities this year in the traditional birthplace…
Israeli retaliation strikes kill two Palestinian gunmen in Gaza
Middle East
December 9, 2017
Israeli retaliation strikes kill two Palestinian gunmen in Gaza
Israel launched fresh airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday in response to rocket fire from the enclave and the…
Arab countries urge US not to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Middle East
December 5, 2017
Arab countries urge US not to recognize Jerusalem as Israeli capital
Arab countries expressed their concern over a potential move by the United States to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital,…
Israeli military demolishes workshop in West Bank settlement
Middle East
November 29, 2017
Israeli military demolishes workshop in West Bank settlement
The Israeli military has begun demolishing an illegally-built carpentry workshop in a West Bank settlement as dozens of Jewish settlers…
US puts Palestinians on notice: DC office may be shuttered
Middle East
November 18, 2017
US puts Palestinians on notice: DC office may be shuttered
The Trump administration put the Palestinians on notice Friday that it will shutter their office in Washington unless they’ve entered…
Israel’s Labor party elects newcomer Gabbay as leader
Middle East
July 11, 2017
Israel’s Labor party elects newcomer Gabbay as leader
Israel’s Labor party elected political newcomer Avi Gabbay as its leader Monday hoping to inject new blood into the movement…
UK can no longer rely on US leadership over Middle East: lawmakers
World
May 2, 2017
UK can no longer rely on US leadership over Middle East: lawmakers
Britain can no longer rely on US leadership on Middle East policy and must work more closely with Europe to…