Palestine
Protests as Israel starts Golan Heights drilling
Hundreds of residents and environmentalists protested in the occupied Golan Heights as exploratory oil drilling was initiated by US-owned Afek Oil & Gas.
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Palestine
Israeli settler runs over human rights photographer
Raed Jihad Abu Rmeila, a photographer for the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem was injured after being hit by an Israeli settler vehicle in Hebron.
Palestine
Egypt: court bans Hamas armed group
A Cairo appeals court banned the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, armed wing of Hamas, and declared it a terrorist group with links to the Sinai insurgency.
Palestine
Hezbollah attack Israeli forces in contested area
Hezbollah fighters attacked an Israeli military convoy in the Shaba'a Farms border area—contesed by Israel, Lebanon and Syria—in retaliation for an Israeli air-strike on Syria.
Palestine
Israel high court orders settlement demolished
Israel's Supreme Court issued a rare ruling to demolish a Jewish settlement at Amona in the West Bank. The settlers pledge resistance as a deadline for eviction looms.
Palestine
Fatah under attack over statehood proposal
A Hamas leader said that the draft resolution for Palestinian statehood presented to the UN Security Council is "disastrous," and has "no future in the land of Palestine."
Palestine
UN: Israel must pay in 2006 Lebanon oil slick
The UN General Assembly passed a resolution calling on Israel to pay Lebanon over $850 million for an oil spill caused by air-strikes on a power station during the 2006 war.
Palestine
ISIS in Gaza?
A supposed ISIS flyer circulating on social networks has warned 18 writers and poets in Gaza against what it calls criticizing Islam, stating that ''apostates will be punished."
Palestine
EU Parliament votes to recognize Palestine
The European Parliament passed a resolution supporting recognition of Palestinian statehood and a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict.
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PA official dies after assault by Israeli soldier
The head of the Palestinian Authority committee against the separation wall and settlements died after Israeli soldiers assaulted him in a village near Ramallah.
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‘War crimes’ seen in attacks on Gaza landmarks
Air-strikes on landmark civilian buildings during Israel's Gaza campaign in August amounted to war crimes, Amnesty International charges in a new report.
Palestine
Israel pipeline spill affects Jordan too
Over 80 people were treated for respiratory problems on both sides of the Israel-Jordan border following a massive oil spill from the Trans-Israel Pipeline.