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US gives $5 mn to Palestinians amid pandemic, after years of aid cuts
Middle East

US gives $5 mn to Palestinians amid pandemic, after years of aid cuts

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) — The United States is giving five million dollars to the Palestinians to help them fight…
Gaza resumes coronavirus testing amid shortages
Middle East

Gaza resumes coronavirus testing amid shortages

GAZA (Reuters) — Coronavirus testing has resumed in the Gaza Strip after Israel allowed five testing kits purchased by the…
UN Mideast envoys urge warring parties to cease fighting now
Middle East

UN Mideast envoys urge warring parties to cease fighting now

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations envoys in Middle East hot spots urged all warring parties on Saturday to…
Jerusalem: An eerily different Easter in the time of coronavirus
Middle East

Jerusalem: An eerily different Easter in the time of coronavirus

The coronavirus pandemic has also gripped the Holy Land and Jerusalem’s Old City has come to a near standstill. Bereft…
Lockdown in West Bank, crowds in Gaza: Palestinians divided over coronavirus
Middle East

Lockdown in West Bank, crowds in Gaza: Palestinians divided over coronavirus

GAZA/WEST BANK (Reuters) — Political and physical divisions between Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have induced two very…
Israel seeks immediate resumption of talks on citizens held in Gaza
Middle East

Israel seeks immediate resumption of talks on citizens held in Gaza

JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) – Israel called on Tuesday for the immediate resumption of indirect talks on the return of two Israeli…
Coronavirus outbreak poses dilemma for Palestinians working in Israel
Middle East

Coronavirus outbreak poses dilemma for Palestinians working in Israel

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — At the construction site in Tel Aviv, Jamal Salman and the other Palestinian workers wore…
Coronavirus in the Middle East: Creativity to help knows no bounds
Middle East

Coronavirus in the Middle East: Creativity to help knows no bounds

As the pandemic wreaks havoc across the region, people are rising to the challenge of combating the coronavirus. Refugees, fashion…
Palestinian, Syrian refugees in Lebanon camps brace for virus
Middle East

Palestinian, Syrian refugees in Lebanon camps brace for virus

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinian and Syrian refugees living in overcrowded and rundown camps in Lebanon are bracing for the…
Packed with refugees, Palestinian camps face grave threat if coronavirus spreads
Middle East

Packed with refugees, Palestinian camps face grave threat if coronavirus spreads

BETHLEHEM, West Bank/AMMAN (Reuters) – Malka Abu Aker has seen her crowded refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank swell…
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