Israel-Palestine Relations

UN places Russia on ‘list of shame’ for killing children, Israel absent

The United Nations has put Russia’s military and allied armed groups on its “list of shame” over the "killing and maiming of hundreds of children" in its war against Ukraine, but Israeli troops have been left off the list despite killing dozens of Palestinian children last year, according to reports.

Israel plans to authorize 1,000 new homes in West Bank

Tel Aviv is seeking to authorize 1,000 new homes for the Eli settlement in the occupied West Bank in response to the shooting that killed four Israeli settlers on Tuesday. It comes a day after an Israeli raid killed seven Palestinians in Jenin, occupied West Bank.

3 Palestinians killed in Israel drone raid on West Bank

An Israeli drone strike hit a vehicle in the northern West Bank and killed three people in a new escalation of attacks on the occupied Palestinian territory.

Iran Leader says Israel to be brought to its knees in West Bank

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said the West Bank is where the Zionist regime will be brought to its knees.  He made the remarks in a meeting with Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, and his accompanying delegation in Tehran on Wednesday.

15-year-old Palestinian girl injured by Israeli troops dies of wounds

A 15-year-old Palestinian girl who was critically wounded during the Israeli army attack in Jenin on Monday, succumbed to her wounds on Wednesday.

UN Middle East envoy ‘deeply alarmed by cycle of violence’ in West Bank

Tor Wennesland, the UN’s special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, says he is “deeply alarmed by the continuing cycle of violence and appalled by the continued loss of civilian lives”. Four Israeli settlers and two Palestinians have been killed in the recent violence in the occupied West Bank.

Four Israeli settlers killed in West Bank shooting

At least four Israeli settlers have been killed and four others wounded in a shooting near an illegal settlement in the occupied West Bank.

Iranian Pres.: West Asia resistance front is now stronger than ever

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has told a Hamas delegation in Tehran headed by the movement’s leader Ismail Haniyah that the victories of the Palestinian resistance shows the Israeli regime’s claim about its deterrence power is false.

Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian youth in West Bank after Jenin massacre

Israeli forces have fatally shot another Palestinian youth during an attack on a village located west of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem. It comes hours after Israeli troops killed five Palestinian people in the Jenin refugee camp.

UN expresses deep concern over Israel’s unrelenting settlement expansion

The United Nations voiced deep concern about Israel’s plan to approve the construction of thousands of new settler units in the occupied West Bank.

5 Palestinians killed, dozens wounded in Israeli raid on Jenin, West Bank

An Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on Monday has killed at least five Palestinians and wounded almost 60, with 10 in critical condition.

Israel set to ramp up settlement expansion in West Bank

Israel’s hardline coalition government has approved plans for the construction of thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank. Given the far-right finance minister sweeping powers, Israel is to expedite the construction of illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, bypassing measures that have been in place for 27 years.

Arab Parliament calls on world body to end silence on Israeli atrocities

The Arab Parliament has urged the international community to end its silence on persisting Israeli atrocities across the occupied Palestine and compel Tel Aviv to abide by the United Nations resolutions barring construction of illegal settlements.

Palestinian youth killed by Israeli forces in Nablus raid

Israeli troops have killed a Palestinian youth and injured two others during a military raid on the West Bank city of Nablus.

Amnesty International urges ICC to investigate Israel’s war crimes in Gaza

Amnesty International has accused Israel of "collective punishment against the civilian population" during last month's fighting between Tel Aviv and Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip. It has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate  possible war crimes.

Leader: Israel’s situation shows Palestine resistance on ‘right path’

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Israeli regime’s troubles show the Palestinian groups are treading the “right path” in their campaign against occupation.

Mentally disabled Palestinian killed by Israeli forces in WB

Israeli troops have killed a mentally disabled young Palestinian man and wounded eight others during a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied northern West Bank city of Nablus.

Israeli soldiers face no charges over death of elderly Palestinian-American

Israeli forces will not face criminal prosecution for the death of an elderly Palestinian-American man who was stopped at a checkpoint, dragged from a car, bound and blindfolded and then left unresponsive on the ground overnight after apparently suffering a heart attack due to his rough treatment.

Palestinian president arrives in Beijing as China seeks larger role in Mideast

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, state media reported, as China has expressed readiness to help facilitate Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Persian Gulf Council calls for global action to stop Israel’s settlement construction plans

Foreign ministers of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council have strongly condemned Israel's plans to build new settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. The top diplomats have urged international action to stop such moves.

Tel Aviv withholding bodies of several Palestinian fighters who died in Israeli prisons: Report

Israeli authorities are still withholding the bodies of 12 Palestinian resistance fighters, who have died in jails across the occupied territories under degrading conditions, an independent Palestinian rights advocacy group reported.

Israelis rally against PM’s ‘overhaul plan’, Palestinian crime deaths

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have rallied across Israel for the 23rd week, protesting controversial plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to overhaul the judiciary as well as deadly violence hitting Palestinian communities.

Palestinian groups: Israel’s plan to divide al-Aqsa Mosque compound ‘declaration of war’

A coalition of Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza has strongly condemned Israel's plan to “divide” time and space at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds between Muslims and Jews, decrying the potential step as a declaration of war.

UN says Israel ‘silencing civil society’ by criminalizing Palestinian rights groups

Israel is “delegitimizing and silencing civil society” by outlawing Palestinian human rights groups and labeling their members as “terrorists", a report by the United Nations’ top human rights body shows.

OIC calls for independent probe into Israel’s killing of Palestinian toddler

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has vehemently condemned the killing of a Palestinian toddler by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank, calling for an independent international investigation into the crime.

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