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US says Biden's policy backs two-state solution in Mideast

President Biden's approach will be to support "a mutually agreed, two-state solution" to end decades of conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, says acting US envoy to UN Richard Mills.

Palestine to hold first national elections in 15 years

Palestine will hold legislative elections on May 22 and a presidential vote on July 31.

Dozens of Palestinians face eviction threat from occupied Jerusalem homes

Nabil al Kurd is one of the Palestinians under threat of eviction from their homes, as an Israeli court decides to demolish the properties they built in two districts of the occupied East Jerusalem to expand Jewish settlement.

Israeli troops kill Palestinian teenager by shooting him in stomach

Thirteen-year-old teenager was targeted in Mughayir village and was transported in critical condition to a hospital in Ramallah where he died, Palestinian officials say.

Palestinians decry Bahrain's decision to import from Israeli settlements

PLO accuses Manama of contradicting UN resolutions after a Bahraini minister said Israeli imports won’t be subject to distinctions between products made within Israel and those from illegal settlements in occupied territory.

Right-wing Israelis harass EU envoys at illegal settlement site

Several EU envoys, who had travelled to Givat Hamatos in East Jerusalem to protest planned construction of new settlements, heckled and called "anti-Semites" by shouting protesters.

Israel's plan to annex West Bank portions 'unacceptable': Jordan

Any unilateral Israeli measure to annex Palestinian lands in the occupied West Bank will undermine regional peace, Jordan's King Abdullah tells British lawmakers.

Israel police kill unarmed Palestinian with special needs

The Palestinians' official news agency Wafa identified the dead man as Eyad Hallak, a resident of the Wadi Joz neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem with special needs.

Biden hits out at Netanyahu over plans to annex occupied West Bank

Former US vice president told an online fundraiser by members of the Jewish community in the US that he was opposed to the move.

Will Mahmoud Abbas follow up tough talk on Israel with action?

The Palestinian Authority leader repeated his declaration that Palestinians will absolve agreements with Israel but has yet to clarify what happens now.

Bernie Sanders calls Netanyahu 'reactionary racist'

Sanders said if he is elected, he would "take into consideration" moving the US embassy back to Tel Aviv, adding Middle East policy should be about protecting Israel "but you cannot ignore the suffering of the Palestinian people."

Analysis: UN report on business of Jewish settlements exposes US biases

Illegal Jewish settlements on occupied Palestinian land have turned into a lucrative business for many Israeli companies, according to the latest UN report, but the US snubs the UN's findings, revealing its inherent prejudice towards Palestinians.