Palestinian
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US end funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency
Sep 1, 2018The United States announced it was halting funding for the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees Friday after declaring the organization was “irredeemably flawed. Washington has long been the UN Relief and Works Agency’s (UNRWA) largest... -
‘Resistance continues’, says Palestinian teen freed from Israel jail
Jul 29, 2018A Palestinian teenager released by Israel on Sunday after completing a prison term for kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier urged continued struggle against Israeli occupation of the West Bank, a call echoed by the Palestinian... -
Gaza massacre film earns rave reviews at Cannes
May 16, 2018A “devastating” film about the massacre of an extended Palestinian family in Gaza by Israeli forces in 2009 has been hailed by critics at the Cannes film festival. Italian filmmaker Stefano Savona spent nine years trying... -
Israeli forces kill two Palestinians near border as Gaza buries dead
May 16, 2018Palestinians buried the dead on Tuesday from the bloodiest day in Gaza in years, after Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians near the Gaza-Israel border during demonstrations against the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. Israeli... -
Israel against Palestinians as human rights violation: Sheikh Hasina
May 16, 2018Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says Israel has violated human rights by using force against Palestinians. Her condemnation came when her Turkish counterpart Binali Yıldırım phoned her on Tuesday evening, her Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim told the... -
Two Palestinians killed as Israel-Gaza border protests resume
Apr 6, 2018Israeli troops shot dead two Palestinian protesters and wounded at least 150 along the Israel-Gaza border on Friday, Gaza medical officials said, raising the death toll to 22 in the week-long disturbances. They said the men... -
Angered by Trump, Palestinian protesters disrupt business seminar U.S. helped organize
Jan 30, 2018Palestinians protesting against U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy on Jerusalem halted a U.S.-coordinated Palestinian marketing workshop in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, damaging an American diplomatic vehicle as it sped away. Protesters threw tomatoes at... -
Timetable for unveiling U.S. peace plan depends on Palestinians
Jan 23, 2018U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Tuesday the timetable for presenting a U.S. plan on Middle East peace depends on when the Palestinians would return to negotiations. “The White House has been working with our... -
U.S. threatens to withhold aid cash to Palestinians
Jan 3, 2018U.S. President Donald Trump said in tweets on Tuesday that the United States may withhold future aid payments to Palestinians, accusing them of being “no longer willing to talk peace” with Israel. Trump said that Washington... -
Israel indicts Palestinian teenage girl who punched soldier
Jan 2, 2018Israel indicted a 16-year-old Palestinian girl on Monday on charges including assault for punching an Israeli soldier in the face two weeks ago, an incident which made her into a hero for Palestinians and was seen...