Palestine
West Bank villagers hold settlers ‘captive’
Palestinians from Qusra village apprehended 18 settlers and held them captive after they raided Qusra lands, attacked a youth, and attempted to uproot olive trees.
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Palestine
Jordan Valley annexation seen as ‘red line’
An Israeli bill to formally annex the Jordan Valley, decried as "a red line" by Mahmoud Abbas, seems intentionally designed to sabotage the renewed peace process.
Palestine
Bedouin homes demolished in West Bank, Negev
On Christmas Eve, Israeli forces destroyed two "illegal" Bedouin villages in the West Bank, followed two days later by another such demolition in the Negev.
Palestine
Prisoner Samir Issawi released from Israeli jails
Israeli authorities released Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi, who waged one of the longest hunger strikes in history, freeing him to return to his East Jerusalem home.
Palestine
UNRWA: ‘thousands’ at risk in Yarmouk siege
The UN Palestine refugee agency warns that thousands of refugees at Yarmouk camp in Damascus are at risk due to the ongoing siege of the camp by Syrian regime forces.
Palestine
Sudanese refugees march on Jerusalem
Some 150 Sudanese migrants abanoned a desert prison camp to march cross-country on Jerusalem in protest of Israel's draconian new anti-immigration law.
Palestine
Gaza and Yarmouk: fearful symmetry
Some aghast at the suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are strangely unconcerned with that in Yarmouk, the Damascus refugee camp now besieged by Syrian regime forces.
Palestine
Israeli forces attack Mandela commemorations
Dozens of Palestinians were injured as Israeli forces opened fire to disperse protests against the Israeli occupation and commemorating Nelson Mandela.
Palestine
Mass suicide attempt over Gaza war compensation
Members of families who lost relatives in Israel’s 2008 war on Gaza staged a mass suicide attempt in protest over unpaid compensations from the Hamas government.
Palestine
Israel to demolish 15,000 East Jerusalem homes
Municipality officers escorted by Israeli soldiers issued demolition warrants for thousands of Palestinian homes in two East Jerusalem neighborhoods.
Palestine
Israel settlement plans criticized as unlawful
Top UN and EU officials denounced the renewed plans for Israeli settlements announced by the Israeli Prime Minister's Office and Ministry of the Interior.
Palestine
Israeli air-strikes target northern Gaza
Israeli air-strikes targeted the northern Gaza Strip after militants fired rockets into Israel—the first such exchanges in over two months.