Palestine

Israeli forces attack worshippers inside Aqsa mosque

Separately, at least 20 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army gunfire during a protest in the northern Gaza Strip near the Gaza-Israel border.

Israel violates Paris protocol by refusing to transfer taxes to the PA

Tel Aviv gets its claws into the tax revenues of the Palestinian Authority, violating the 1994 protocol.

Israeli anchor sparks debate on Israeli occupation in West Bank

Israeli anchor, who criticised the ill-treatment of Palestinian detainees, fired a debate on Israeli occupation in West Bank

In Warsaw Arab nations crowned Netanyahu as the king of the Middle East

The Middle East’s tectonic plates shifted in Warsaw and the aftershocks could be felt for decades to come.

Netanyahu invokes 'pay for slay' to justify latest anti-Palestine stance

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has threatened the Palestinian Authority with a tax revenue blockade, even though the taxes are collected from Palestinians. Here's what's at stake.

Israeli forces kill two Palestinian teens near Gaza-Israel buffer zone

Hassan Shalabi, 14, and Hamza Ashtiwi, 18, were killed by the Israeli army's gunfire during the weekly protests near Gaza-Israel buffer zone, Gaza's health ministry said in a statement.

US blocks UN statement on Hebron monitors -diplomats

UN diplomats say the US does not believe a UNSC statement on Israel's expulsion of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) from Hebron, is appropriate.

State of the Union: Trump’s silence on Palestine means he’ll never end wars

While Syrians, Iraqis and Afghans were asleep or just waking up on Wednesday morning, US President Donald Trump was talking about them in the Capitol Building in Washington DC.

Israeli fire wounds 32 Palestinians - Gaza health ministry

The Palestinians were shot during protests along the border, but none were reported to be in a life-threatening condition, Gaza ministry spokesman Ashraf al Qudra said.

Can Bitcoin save Gaza’s economy?

Bitcoin has become a lifeline for Gaza as the US and Israel treat the territory as a pariah state in an effort to undermine Hamas. Gazans are hoping that cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can fill the void of a national currency.

Israel accuses Amnesty of anti-Semitism over Palestine report

Amnesty International’s recent report, entitled Destination: Occupation has riled an Israeli minister, who accused the organisation of having become “a leader in the anti-Semitic BDS campaign”.

Expelling a UN-backed observer group from West Bank—what does Israel want?

Tel Aviv has drawn criticism for undermining the UN's authority by ending the six-monthly mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, a human rights monitoring group established in 1994.