A panel of United Nations experts has called on the international community to take action to stop systematic demolition of houses, arbitrary displacement and forced evictions of Palestinian people in the occupied West Bank.
Thousands of Israelis have demonstrated outside the parliament and elsewhere across the occupied territories against a reform plan proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet, which seeks to change the judicial system and weaken the supreme court.
Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria. At least 37,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria.
Israel’s far-right cabinet has approved the legalisation of nine illegal settler outposts in the occupied West Bank. The move drew condemnation from the Palestinian Authority (PA), calling it an “open war” against Palestinians.
Israel bombed the Gaza Strip on Monday. Tel Aviv claims the air attacks were a response to a rocket fire from the Palestinian territory over the weekend.
The commander of Iran’s Quds Force has visited Syria’s Latakia Province to assess the needs of people there after the recent massive earthquakes that rocked the region.
Tens of thousands of protesters have marched for a sixth straight week in Tel Aviv against the so-called legal reforms planned by the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israeli forces have shot dead forty-two Palestinians, including nine children, since the beginning of the year, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
Around 20,000 Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem are reportedly slated for demolition, according to watchdogs, with residents forced to pay up to $20,000 if they do not comply and evacuate their homes.
A leading United Nations official has called for the facilitation of aid access to rebel-held areas in Syria’s northwest, warning that relief stocks will soon be depleted.
The NetBlocks internet observatory says Twitter has been restricted in Turkey since Wednesday as online criticism mounted of the government’s response to the devastating quake.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has visited southern Turkey to inspect the areas badly affected by the magnitude 7.8 and 7.6 earthquakes that hit the country earlier this week. Anger grew among local people over what they say was a slow Ankara's response to the rescue and relief effort.
Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has highlighted the country’s need for humanitarian assistance after the recent devastating earthquake. He warned that the US sanctions have worsened the circumstances as the illegal bans are preventing the delivery of humanitarian aid to the war-torn country.
A controversial Israeli minister from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's extreme-right cabinet has vowed that Tel Aviv's settlement activities in the occupied West Bank will continue unabated. This is while many countries including Israel’s allies, have condemned such plans, illegal under international law.
As desperate search operations continue for possible survivors in quake-hit areas of Turkey and Syria, the death toll from the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the two countries has surpassed 7,900, authorities have confirmed.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared a three month state of emergency in the country after Monday’s devastating quake and its aftershocks.
