Palestine
Fragmentation helps Netanyahu re-election hopes
Middle East
January 4, 2019
Fragmentation helps Netanyahu re-election hopes
JERUSALEM (AP) — Barring a devastating legal ruling against him in a series of corruption allegations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin…
Israeli police, settlers clash in eviction of illegal outpost
Middle East
January 3, 2019
Israeli police, settlers clash in eviction of illegal outpost
AMONA, West Bank (Reuters) – Israeli paramilitary police dragged dozens of Jewish settlers out of an illegal outpost in the…
Israeli settlement activity surges in Trump era
Middle East
January 2, 2019
Israeli settlement activity surges in Trump era
JERUSALEM (AP) — With little resistance from a friendly White House, a new Israeli settlement push has launched in the…
US, Israel exit UNESCO, claim bias
World
January 1, 2019
US, Israel exit UNESCO, claim bias
PARIS (AP) — The United States and Israel officially quit UNESCO, the UN’s educational, scientific and cultural agency, at the…
US-Palestinian jailed for life for Jerusalem land sale
Middle East
December 31, 2018
US-Palestinian jailed for life for Jerusalem land sale
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – A Palestinian court sentenced an American-Palestinian who owned property in Jerusalem on Monday to life…
Israel boycott ‘reflects our interests as humans’: BDS Egypt interview
Features/Interviews
December 25, 2018
Israel boycott ‘reflects our interests as humans’: BDS Egypt interview
In April 2015, on the 45th anniversary of an Israeli massacre of 46 Egyptian children at Bahr al-Baqr Primary…
UN World Food Programme announces cutbacks in food assistance in Gaza, West Bank
Middle East
December 19, 2018
UN World Food Programme announces cutbacks in food assistance in Gaza, West Bank
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The World Food Programme announced on Wednesday cuts in food aid affecting some 190,000 impoverished Palestinians…
In 2019, Mideast economic troubles loom as wars wind down
Economy
December 18, 2018
In 2019, Mideast economic troubles loom as wars wind down
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — As the Middle East ushers in 2019, the decade’s ruinous conflicts in Syria, Yemen, Libya…
Israeli forces use live fire on Palestinian protesters as manhunt continues for gunman who killed 2 Israeli soldiers
Middle East
December 17, 2018
Israeli forces use live fire on Palestinian protesters as manhunt continues for gunman who killed 2 Israeli soldiers
Jerusalem (CNN) – Israeli troops used live fire to disperse protesters in the West Bank on Friday amid rising…
Bahraini FM defends Australia’s decision on Jerusalem
Middle East
December 16, 2018
Bahraini FM defends Australia’s decision on Jerusalem
DUBAI (Reuters) – The foreign minister of US ally Bahrain has defended Australia’s formal recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s…