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Palestinians To End Pay For Suicide Bomber Families
The leadership of the Palestinian Authority has agreed to halt payments to the families of suicide bombers, US...
Netanyahu Says Does Not Want ‘escalation’ In Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he was not seeking an "escalation" in the Gaza Strip after his...
Gaza Strip In Peril As Hamas Marks Decade In Power
Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing...
Israel To Reduce Gaza Power, Feeding Fears of Unrest
Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after funding cuts by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, an...
Gaza Power Shortage To Worsen As Israel Reduces Supply
Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after funding cuts by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, a...
Israeli Minister In Rare Meeting With Palestinian PM
Israel's finance minister has met the Palestinian premier to discuss measures aimed at improving the Palestinian...
Palestinian Refugees’ Dreams of Returning Home Fade
Fifty years ago, Sobhi Awwad left the ancient West Bank city of Jericho with his parents, running to dodge the...
Palestinian Judge Bans Divorce During Ramadan
50,000 weddings were celebrated in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 2015 The head of Palestinian Islamic...
Palestinians Ban Divorces During Ramadan
The head of Palestinian Islamic courts on Sunday told judges not to grant divorces over Ramadan, fearing the month-long...
Palestinians End Mass Hunger Strike In Israel Jails
Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike since April 17 have ended their mass protest under...
UN Fears Gaza Energy Crisis Could Spark Fresh Violence
The United Nations warned Friday that an energy crisis in the Gaza Strip was severely affecting water supplies and...
Palestinians Stop Work For Hunger-Striking Prisoners
Palestinians were on Monday observing a general strike in solidarity with prisoners refusing food in Israeli jails for...
Palestinians Want To Draw Trump’s Attention To Prisoner Hunger Strike
Palestinians are planning a series of actions to draw US President Donald Trump's attention to a hunger strike by...
‘Dozens Hurt’ As Palestinians Clash With Israeli Forces
Dozens of Palestinians were hurt on Friday in the occupied West Bank and Gaza during clashes with Israeli forces after...
Palestinian President Kicks Off India Visit With Tech Tour
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas began a three-day visit to India on Monday with a tour of an IT facility that is...
Fatah Leads Local Polls In West Bank Cities
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah party was ahead in most of the West Bank's main cities after municipal...
Red Carpet For Gaza Film Festival Minus the Stars
Gaza doesn't have much space for cultural events -- there is no proper cinema in the entire enclave -- but this weekend...
West Bank Votes In Polls Underlining Palestinian Split
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank voted Saturday in municipal elections that underscored deep rifts between...
Palestinian Local Polls Highlight Hamas-Fatah Division
Palestinians vote in municipal elections on Saturday, but only in the West Bank and not the Gaza Strip, illustrating...