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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Palestinian olive harvest under attack —again
Palestinian olive harvesters along with Israeli volunteers assisting in the harvest were attacked by settlers armed with iron bars near the West Bank settlement of Yitzhar.
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Clashes in Hebron village, Israeli watchtower burns
Locals at Beit Awwa, a West Bank village in the Hebron district, set fire to an Israeli watchtower during clashes with the army.
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Israel set to raze 3,000-year-old village
The Israeli High Court is set to rule on the forced expulsion of all of the residents of the West Bank village of Khirbat Zanuta, continuously inhabited for 3,000 years.
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200 Palestinians in Malta shipwreck: report
The Action Group for Palestinians in Syria said that at least 200 Palestinian refugees fleeing conflict in the country were aboard the boat that capsized off Malta's coast.
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Netanyahu to ‘strengthen’ settlements in Hebron
Prime Minister Netanyahu ordered Israel’s civil administration to allow settlers back into a stolen Palestinian property in Hebron—in response to the killing of an Israeli soldier.
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Israeli forces clash with al-Quds student protesters
Israeli forces fired tear-gas and rubber bullets to break up protests by Palestinian students at al-Quds university in Jerusalem, with eight students hospitalized.
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Lebanon turns back Palestinians fleeing Syria
Palestinian refugees fleeing the violence in Syria have for the past three weeks been refused entry into Lebanon, with thousands turned back at the border.
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Jerusalem: Israeli forces raze Palestinian homes
Israeli forces razed several buildings in two East Jerusalem neighborhoods, summarily evicitng the families under the pretext that the homes were built without a license.