Israel considers plan to expand settlement in occupied East Jerusalem
Israeli municipal authorities are discussing plans to advance an illegal settlement in occupied East Jerusalem.

Israeli municipal authorities are discussing plans to advance an illegal settlement in occupied East Jerusalem.



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The agency’s commissioner-general condemns raid as a direct violation of international law.

Seventy-six Palestinian patients and their attendants have returned to Gaza after being stranded for two years.

Israeli settlers have attacked Palestinian villagers, activists, and journalists near Nablus.

Palestinian farmers are being blocked, harassed and arrested as they try to undertake the annual olive harvest.

Israel’s parliament has given preliminary approval to a bill to impose Israeli sovereignty on the occupied West Bank.

Israel’s foreign minister recently said Israeli settlers are “the most law-keeping people on earth”.

Speaking at the opening session of Qatar’s Shura Council, the country’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani condemned a

French President Emmanuel Macron urged full support for the US plan to end the Gaza war.
US president rules out Israeli annexation of the occupied West Bank but analysts question whether he’ll follow through.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas vowed at the UNGA that Palestinians will not leave their homeland.