Palestine

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on Israel on Wednesday to abandon its plans to annex settlements in the occupied West Bank, warning that it threatened the prospects for peace between Israel and the Palestinians.…

The UAE’s ambassador to Washington, Youssef Al Otaiba, said that Israel cannot expect to normalise relations with the Arab world if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank. In the Israeli daily, Yedioth Ahronoth, newspaper on Friday,…

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Tuesday, that Israel must face consequences if it annexes land in the occupied West Bank, pointing to possible European sanctions. At a news conference, Shtayyeh said annexation would…

The Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Anwar Gargash, said that any unilateral move by Israel to annex parts of the occupied West Bank would be a serious setback for the Middle East peace process. “Continued Israeli talk of…

Israeli police officers fatally shot a Palestinian they suspected was carrying a weapon in Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday, a police spokesman said, but the man was later found to have been unarmed, Israeli media reported. “Police units…

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian attacker who tried to run them over with a car in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the military said. No Israelis were hurt in the car-ramming attack near a Jewish settlement, the military…

Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, the traditional birthplace of Jesus, reopened to worshippers and tourists on Tuesday as Palestinian authorities eased coronavirus restrictions in the occupied West Bank. “The birth of our Lord Jesus…

Israel will not miss a “historic opportunity” to extend its sovereignty to parts of the West Bank, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday, calling the move one of his new government’s top tasks. At a meeting of legislators of…

Mosques, churches and businesses in the occupied West Bank will reopen on Tuesday in an easing of coronavirus restrictions, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said on Monday. Shtayyeh said it was time to “cautiously return life…

A woman has died in Gaza Strip after contracting coronavirus, the Palestinian enclave’s first known fatality from the global pandemic, the health ministry said on Saturday. The Gaza health ministry described the fatality as a 77-year-old…