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50 Years After Six-Day War, Israeli-Palestinian Divide Widens

Israelis and Palestinians mark 50 years since the Six-Day War next week as the gap between them further widens, with...

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Keeping Memories Alive In Years Since Six-Day War

Some use photographs, others seek global solidarity or throw themselves into campaigning for peace. Fifty years after...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Palestinian Prisoners In Israel Jails End Hunger Strike

Hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails on hunger strike since April 17 have ended their protest,...

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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...

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Hamas Executes Three Over Commander’s Murder

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas executed three people in the Gaza Strip on Thursday over the assassination of...

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Palestinian President Wants US To Mediate Hunger Strike

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Thursday he has asked the United States to mediate on a standoff between...

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UN To Honour Two Ghanaian Peacekeepers Posthumously

Two fallen peacekeepers from Ghana will be honoured at the United Nations Headquarters on Wednesday, 24 May, to mark...

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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...

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City of Prayer and Conflict

Donald Trump was on Monday to become the first serving US president to visit the Western Wall, the holiest site where...

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Trump Visits Israel Amid Tight Security

US President Donald Trump is visiting Israel and the Palestinian territories, as he continues his Middle East trip. He...

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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...

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Three Sentenced To Death Over Hamas Commander Assassination

A court in the Gaza Strip on Sunday sentenced three men to death over the assassination of a Hamas military commander...

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Three Sentenced To Death Over Killing of Hamas Commander

A court in the Gaza Strip on Sunday sentenced three men to death over the assassination of a Hamas military commander...

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‘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...

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Hamas Winds Up Trial of Military Leader’s Alleged Killers

A military court in Gaza on Wednesday concluded the trial of three men accused of assassinating a Hamas military leader...

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Palestinian Killed By Israeli Settler In West Bank Clash

A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli settler on Thursday during a clash near the city of Nablus in the occupied West...