Tag: Palestine
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…