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Israel approves detention without trial in crackdown on Jewish extremists

Israeli authorities on Tuesday jailed a suspected Jewish militant without trial. Mordechai Meyer has been placed under “administrative detention”

West Bank

Revenge calls as Palestinian boy dies in 'Jewish settler' arson attack

There have been calls for retribution in the West Bank after a Palestinian toddler was burned alive in an arson attack blamed on Jewish settlers. Ali

Israel

Clashes as Israel demolishes West Bank settlement homes

Israel demolished two apartment blocks on a West Bank settlement on Wednesday after a court ruled that they had been put up illegally on

Gaza

Two Israeli citizens being held in Gaza

Two Israeli citizens are being held in the Gaza Strip, at least one of them by the Hamas militant group, Israeli authorities said on Thursday

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Israel

Gaza blockade opinions range from 'rightful defence' to 'war crime'

Israel refuses to relax the naval blockade on Gaza, even in a symbolic gesture. Our special envoy Luis Carballo asked both Israelis and Palestinians

Gaza

Netanyahu denounces Gaza-bound aid flotilla as Israel intercepts lead ship

Israeli Naval forces have intercepted a ship leading a four-vessel protest flotilla taking aid for Gaza in defiance of the Israeli blockade of the

Gaza

Aid flotilla approaches Gaza

A small flotilla of four boats which set sail two days ago carrying humanitarian aid is expected to enter the waters near the Gaza strip sometime

Gaza

Flotilla prepares to set off on attempt to break Israel's blockade of Gaza

Activists are preparing to set sail in a flotilla of boats, to try and break Israel’s blockade of Gaza. They are due to start their journey from a

Israel

Palestinians put claims of Israeli 'war crimes' to ICC

Details of alleged Israeli war crimes have been put to the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the Palestinian Authority in its first submission of

Gaza

Pro-Palestinian activists prepare flotilla to break Gaza blockade

A group of pro-Palestinian activists describing themselves as politically independent are preparing to try and break the eight -year long Israeli

West Bank

Palestinian unity government resigns Hamas blasts unilateral decision

The Palestinian national unity government, formed to heal the split between Fatah and Hamas has resigned. An inability to exert any influence in the

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Police clash with Palestinian protesters amid Jerusalem light festival

Cinema

Palestinian Cinema Festival opens in Paris

A festival of Palestinian cinema has opened in Paris. It’s the first event of its type in France although similar festivals are already held in

Switzerland

(UPDATE) FIFA's other match: Palestinians drop motion to suspend Israel from world football

The Palestinians have complained for years that Israel discriminates against its players and officials, but the PFA president has been persuaded to back down on FIFA vote.

United Kingdom

Tony Blair to step down as Middle East representative

Tony Blair, a former British prime minister, is to step down as a Quartet representative in the Middle East, the organisation has announced. It comes

Israel

Netanyahu kills bill to throw Palestinians off Jewish buses

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stepped in to quash a law only hours after it went into effect on Wednesday as it threatened to blow up

Cinema

Hair raising story of Palestinian women trapped in a beauty parlor

Presented at The International Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival ‘Dégradé’ by the Palestinian twins Tarzan and Arab Nasser is set in a hair

Vatican

Pope Francis canonises two Palestinian nuns days after state recognition

The Pope has named two Palestinian nuns as saints during a Sunday ceremony in St Peter’s Square. The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was among

Vatican

Pope praises Abbas as 'angel of peace' before canonisation of Palestinian nuns

Pope Francis met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday and called him an ‘angel of peace’. The meeting at the Vatican came days after it

Israel

Israeli soldiers on 'lax' Gaza war rules

A new report with testimonies of former IDF soldiers describes allegations that military operations disregarded civilian safety.