Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Feb 12, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) JERUSALEM – Ministers of the Israeli cabinet on Tuesday rejected calls by Western powers to halt settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, vowing to build thousands of new housing units and legalizing unauthorized outposts. Foreign ministers […]
In this file photo dated to June 14, 2020, an Israeli worker in full hazmat suit sprays disinfectant on the boarding stairs of an Israir Airlines Airbus A320 airplane, at the Ben Gurion International Airport near the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Israel's leading airline El Al on Feb […]
Israeli protesters lift national flags as they rally in central Tel Aviv, on Feb 11, 2023, against controversial legal reforms being touted by the country's hard-right government. (PHOTO / AFP) JERUSALEM – Tens of thousands of Israelis demonstrated late Saturday against a controversial government-proposed reform of the country's judicial system, according to Israeli media. Footage […]
Palestinian protesters burn tyres to block a road leading into Jericho in the occupied West Bank, on Feb 6, 2023, following a raid in town by Israeli forces. (PHOTO / AFP) RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israeli forces killed a 17-year-old Palestinian on Tuesday during a raid in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry […]
A Palestinan man speaks on his mobile phone in the aftermath of a gunfight at the scene of a raid by Israeli forces on an office where they said Palestinian militants were hiding in Jericho in the West Bank on Feb 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) JERICHO, West Bank – Israeli forces killed a number […]
Sudan's army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan meets with Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Feb 2, 2023 in the first official visit by a top Israeli diplomat to Khartoum. (PHOTO / AFP) KHARTOUM — Israel and Sudan have finalised a deal to normalize relations, with a signing ceremony expected following a transfer of power from […]
Palestinians carry the body of one of the 9 reported victims killed during an Israeli raid on the West Bank's Jenin refugee camp, as they begin his funeral procession in the city of the same name, on Jan 26, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) JENIN, West Bank – Israeli commandos killed nine Palestinians, including an elderly […]
Israeli left wing protesters attend a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new hard-right government in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on Jan 14, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) JERUSALEM – Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered in different Israeli cities on Saturday evening to protest the new government's plan to implement widespread reforms […]
A picture taken from the southern Lebanese village of Houla shows Israeli soldiers, standing guard behind the border fence, on a road in the northern Israeli kibbutz of Manara on Oct 7, 2022. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT / AFP) BEIRUT – The Lebanese army on Friday opened fire at an Israeli drone that violated the airspace in […]
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaks during the Jerusalem Post 10th annual conference in Jerusalem on Oct 12, 2021. (Gil COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) JERUSALEM – Turkish Ambassador Sakir Ozkan Torunlar presented his credentials to Israel's President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday, marking the latest step in rebuilding relations between the two countries after years of acrimony.In a […]
An Israeli flag flies in a street in front of the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the patriarchs, in the West Bank town of Hebron, on May 26, 2022. (HAZEM BADER / AFP) JERUSALEM – Israeli security cabinet announced on Friday a series of punitive measures against the Palestinian Authority. The move comes in […]
Israeli Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu (center) attends a session to elect the new speaker of the Knesset (Israeli parliament) at its Plenum Hall in Jerusalem on Dec 13, 2022. (GIL COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) JERUSALEM – Senior Israeli military officials and veterans have voiced concerns over possible control over key posts by the ultra-nationalist partners in […]
This Oct 13, 2021 file photo shows construction in the Israeli settlement of Rahalim, located near the village of Yatma, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) RAMALLAH – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Saturday warned of "escalation of settlement activities" in the West Bank and East Jerusalem with […]
A view shows the plenum at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, June 30, 2022. (ARIEL SCHALIT / AP) RAMALLAH – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) on Wednesday rejected some draft resolutions of the Israeli Knesset, or parliament, calling them a political decision to fully annex most of the West Bank territories.On Tuesday, the Israeli […]
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki speaks during a press conference at the United Nations headquarters on May 20, 2021 in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS / AFP) RAMALLAH – Palestine on Sunday slammed the US move to pressure the United Nations not to update its list of companies operating in Israeli settlements in the occupied […]
A ball of fire and a plume of smoke rise above buildings in south of City Strip as Israeli warplanes target the Palestinian enclave, early on Dec 4, 2022. (STR / AFP) GAZA – Israeli fighter jets on Sunday carried out a series of airstrikes on facilities belonging to militant groups in the Gaza Strip […]
RAMALLAH – Two Palestinian militants were killed on Thursday during clashes with Israeli soldiers in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, Palestinian medics and local sources said. The incident happened in the Al-Hadaf neighborhood in the Jenin refugee camp, said medics in the city of Jenin. One of the killed is a […]
Israeli security forces take up positions during clashes with Palestinian protesters in the West Bank village of Beit Ummar, near Hebron, Nov 29, 2022. (MAHMOUD ILLEAN / AP) RAMALLAH/GAZA – Five Palestinians were killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in four separate incidents in the West Bank, prompting condemnation and calls for stopping the Israeli […]
An Israeli flag flies in a street in front of the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the patriarchs, in the West Bank town of Hebron, on May 26, 2022. (HAZEM BADER / AFP) RAMALLAH, West Bank – Israeli forces killed at least three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, […]
Israeli police inspect the scene of an explosion at a bus stop in Jerusalem, Nov 23, 2022. (MAYA ALLERUZZO / AP) JERUSALEM – Two explosions at bus stops on Jerusalem's outskirts killed one person and wounded at least 14 others on Wednesday, health officials said, in what Israeli police said appeared to be an attack by […]
Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli prime minister and the head of Likud party, speaks to his supporters after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Nov 2, 2022. (OREN ZIV / AP) JERUSALEM – Former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on track to regain top office […]
An Israeli flag flies in a street in front of the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the patriarchs, in the West Bank town of Hebron, on May 26, 2022. (HAZEM BADER / AFP) GENEVA – A Palestinian human rights group told a UN panel on Monday it had been subject to threats and "mafia […]
Palestinian protesters hurl rocks during clashes with Israeli security forces at the northern entrance to the city of Ramallah, near the Israeli settlement of Beit El in the occupied West Bank, after a demonstration by students from Birzeit University on Nov 5, 2022. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) RAMALLAH – A Palestinian was killed and another […]
Israel's ex-premier and leader of the Likud party Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at campaign headquarters in Jerusalem early on Nov 2, 2022, after the end of voting for national elections. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) JERUSALEM – The right-wing bloc of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won the general elections with a clear majority in […]
Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye speaks during a joint press conference with Libya's interim prime minister in the Libyan capital Tripoli, on Feb 14, 2022. (MAHMUD TURKIA / AFP) RAMALLAH – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Wednesday said that the results of the Israeli parliamentary elections would not produce a peace partner with the […]
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid signs the deal setting a maritime border between Israel and Lebanon, at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem Oct 27, 2022. (RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP) JERUSALEM – The Israeli government approved on Thursday a maritime demarcation deal with Lebanon, setting for the first time a border between the […]
Mourners carry the body of Ahmad Mohammad Daraghmeh, one of two Palestinians killed during an Israeli arrest operation in the West Bank city of Jenin, during his funeral in the same city, on Oct 7, 2022. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) RAMALLAH — An escalation of tension in the West Bank would fuel an atmosphere of […]
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid makes an opening statement as he chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Oct 2, 2022. (MAYA ALLERUZZO / POOL / AP) JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid on Sunday welcomed a US-brokered proposal for demarcating a maritime border with Lebanon, saying it could increase profits for both countries […]
A photo shows the Jalame checkpoint, where an Israeli soldier and two Palestinians were killed in overnight clashes, near the northern West Bank city of Jenin on Sept 14, 2022. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH – An Israeli army officer and two Palestinians were killed Wednesday in an exchange of fire at an Israeli army […]
People inspect the flat of Raad Hazem, a Palestinian who had carried out a dead shooting attack in Tel Aviv earlier in April, after Israeli forces carried out a demolition there overnight in the city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Sept 6, 2022. (ABBAS MOMANI / AFP) GAZA – Israeli forces killed […]