Tag: Palestine
Jordan, Palestine reiterate commitment to continued peace efforts
Jordan and Palestine on Wednesday stressed commitment to continued efforts to attain desired peace, the state-run Petra news agency reported.
Palestine may abandon autonomy, return responsibility to Israel
Palestinians may decide to dissolve the existing self-governing bodies and return the responsibility over the territories and its large population…
Palestine to seek full UN membership in spite of U.S. veto threat
Palestine will continue to seek a full membership in the UN inspite of the U.S. veto which seems even more…
Trump urges Israel, Palestine to make “significant compromises” for peace
U.S. President Donald Trump told Israel on Friday that it too would need to make “significant compromises” for peace with…
Palestinians ‘will not be blackmailed’ by Trump’s aid threat – Official
President Donald Trump’s threat that the U.S. might cut aid to Palestinians has been met with anger, with one Palestinian…
Palestinians protest against U.S. Jerusalem recognition plan
Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in Gaza city Wednesday against a possible move by the U.S. to change the status quo…
Jerusalem: Arab League to hold emergency meeting
The Arab League (AL) is to hold an emergency meeting at the level of foreign ministers on Saturday to discuss…
Nigerian artists stage solidarity event for Palestinian poet, Ashraf Fayadh
Nigerian artists will on Thursday, 14 January stage a solidarity event for Palestinian poet, Ashraf Fayadh, who has been condemned…
Israel erects wall to protect Jews in east Jerusalem
Jerusalem (AFP) – Israeli police on Sunday began erecting a wall in east Jerusalem to protect a Jewish neighbourhood subject…
Israel PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, calls for peace talks with Palestinians
AFP – Israel’s prime minister went to the United Nations on Thursday to call for an immediate resumption of peace…
Palestine, Isreali delegates in historic handshake
A potentially historic handshake between Jibril Rajoub, President of the Palestinian Football Association, and Ofer Enei, his Israeli counterpart, promises…
Netanyahu suspends plan to separate Palestinians, Israelis on same buses
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Wednesday ordered the suspension of a plan to separate Palestinian and Israeli passengers on…
Pope Francis describes Mahmoud Abbas an angel of peace
Pope Francis on Saturday praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a meeting at the Vatican that underscored the Holy See’s…
Netanyahu denies reneging on Palestinian state speech
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denies reneging on a 2009 speech in which he acknowledged the need for the creation…
Palestinian fisherman killed by Israeli fire
A Palestinian fisherman was shot dead by Israeli forces Saturday off the coast of the Gaza Strip, a spokesman for…
Egypt declares Palestinian movement Hamas ‘terrorist’
An Egyptian court on Saturday declared Hamas a “terrorist” organisation, a judicial source said, weeks after the Palestinian Islamist movement’s…
UN accuses Israel of razing 77 Palestinians homes
The United Nations has accused Israel of illegally demolishing the homes of 77 Palestinians, mostly children, this week in annexed…
Israeli president calls on Abbas to renew peace talks
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday urged his Palestinian counterpart to renew peace talks instead of pursuing efforts at the…
US kicks as Israel’s ‘war crimes’ come under ICC scrutiny
The United States on Friday condemned as “tragic irony” the International Criminal Court’s decision to open a preliminary probe into…
Asian Cup: Ray Wilkins’s Jordan thrash Palestine 5-1
Hamza Aldaradreh scored the first hat-trick of the Asian Cup on Friday as Jordan hammered Palestine 5-1 to keep themselves…
Honda, Okazaki star as Japan beat Palestine 4-0
Defending champions Japan thrashed Palestine 4-0 in their Asian Cup opener on Monday, giving them the perfect start in their…
Palestine statehood: World awaits UN Security Council vote
The UN Security Council will vote later Tuesday on a draft resolution on Palestinian statehood, Jordan’s ambassador and diplomats said.…
Palestinian knifeman wounds two Israeli police
A knife-wielding Palestinian wounded two Israeli police officers on Friday in Jerusalem’s Old City, the scene of months of tensions,…
Netanyahu says Europe ‘learned nothing’ from Holocaust
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Europeans appeared to have learned nothing from the Holocaust, after an EU…
Israel arrests 8 Palestinians for incitement on Internet
Israeli police said Monday that eight Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem have been arrested for allegedly inciting anti-Jewish violence in…
S.African court bans pro-Palestinian protests against Israel goods
South African retailer Woolworths on Tuesday secured a court order banning pro-Palestine activists from protesting in its shops against goods…
Netanyahu warns of ‘grave mistake’ if France recognises Palestine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Sunday that France’s parliament would be making a “grave mistake” if it recognises a…
West Bank home torched in suspected settler attack
Suspected Jewish extremists firebombed a house in a Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, its mayor…
Three of Israel synagogue dead were US citizens, 1 British
All four victims of Tuesday’s deadly Palestinian attack on a Jerusalem synagogue were Israelis with dual nationality, three of whom…
Four Israelis killed in Jerusalem synagogue attack
Two Palestinians armed with a gun and axes attacked a Jerusalem synagogue on Tuesday killing four Israelis, police said. It…