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Israeli Forces Shoot Palestinian Gunman Dead

Israeli soldiers and police on an arrest mission in the town of Nabi Salah in the occupied West Bank shot dead a...

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Palestinian MP Gets Six Months In Israel Jail Without Trial

Prominent Palestinian politician and rights campaigner Khalida Jarrar has been ordered detained for six months without...

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Gaza May Already Be ‘unlivable’

The Gaza Strip may already be "unlivable", a United Nations official warned Tuesday, after a decade of Hamas rule and a...

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US Reviews Ties With UNESCO Over Hebron Decision

The United States said on Friday it was reviewing ties with UNESCO after the UN cultural agency declared the Old City...

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What Is the Hebron Row?

The United Nations declared the Old City of Hebron a heritage site on Friday, sparking Israeli fury and Palestinian...

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UNESCO Puts Hebron On Endangered Heritage List, Outraging Israel

UNESCO on Friday declared the Old City of Hebron an endangered world heritage site, sparking outrage from Israel in a...

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Palestinians, Israelis Square Off On UNESCO Vote On Hebron

The United Nations' cultural arm will decide whether to declare the Old City of Hebron a protected zone this week, the...

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US Envoy Haley Leading Anti-Palestinian ‘crusade’

A senior Palestinian official on Wednesday blasted US President Donald Trump's United Nations envoy, accusing her of...

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Palestinians Dismiss IS Claim of Israel Policewoman Killing

Palestinian militant factions on Saturday dismissed a claim by the Islamic State group that it was behind the fatal...

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Palestinian Violinist Brings Music To Young Refugees

As a boy, Ramzi Aburedwan found himself caught up in the first Palestinian uprising, a well-known photo at the time...

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In Hebron, ‘miracle’ For Settlers Ended ‘golden Age’ For Palestinians

Its Old City is in constant lockdown, its holy site where the biblical Abraham may have been buried guarded by Israeli...

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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...

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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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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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Clashes Erupt As Palestinians Mark ‘Nakba’

Palestinians marching to remember those displaced at the time of the 1948 founding of Israel clashed with Israeli...

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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...

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Wife of Palestinian Hunger Striker Wants Pope To Intervene

The wife of the leader of a hunger strike by hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has written to Pope...

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Palestinian Fashion Designer Breathes New Life Into Tradition

Palestinian fashion designer Natalie Tahhan is hard at work in her Jerusalem studio, replacing the painstaking...

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Will Trump Save the Middle East Peace Process?

As he plans his first foreign trip and visits to Israel and the Palestinian territories, US President Donald Trump...