Could Israel’s Palestinians-only death penalty entrench impunity in the West Bank?

LONDON: The footage, secretly filmed by an onlooker and released by Reuters with a “graphic content” warning, is shocking. On Nov. 27, Israeli border police raiding a building in the West Bank camp of Jenin summarily executed two men who had surrendered. The Palestinian health ministry later named the dead men as Montasir Abdullah, 26, […]

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Spain PM urges world to ‘raise its voice’ for Palestinians

MADRID: Spain’s PM on Thursday called on the international community to “raise its voice” to prevent the plight of Palestinians from being forgotten, during a meeting with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmud Abbas. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez also repeated Madrid’s support for a two-state solution, describing it as “the only possible solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. […]

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Palestinians warn of Israeli seizure of Ibrahimi Mosque’s roof in Hebron

LONDON: Israeli authorities have issued an order to seize the roof of the inner courtyard of the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Hebron, in the south of the occupied West Bank, a Palestinian settlements watchdog revealed. The Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission reported that an Israeli expropriation order, issued on Monday, mandates the seizure […]

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Israel’s annexation plans fuel fears of ‘final solution’ for Palestinians

By Tom Hussain Nearly two years after Hamas militants stormed southern Israel, the war in Gaza has entered a darker, deadlier phase. The territory now faces a reckoning its residents describe as annihilation. Israel’s latest military campaign in Gaza and its West Bank annexation plans have left observers warning that the age-old Palestinian presence across […]

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Israel in talks to resettle Gaza Palestinians in South Sudan, sources say

South Sudan and Israel are discussing a deal to resettle Palestinians from war-torn Gaza in the troubled African nation, three sources told Reuters – a plan quickly dismissed as unacceptable by Palestinian leaders. The sources, who have knowledge of the matter but spoke on condition of anonymity, said no agreement had been reached but talks […]

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Over 30 Palestinians killed trying to reach US group’s food distribution sites, Gaza authorities say

Israeli troops opened fire Saturday (19 July) toward crowds of Palestinians seeking food from distribution hubs run by a US-and Israeli-backed group in southern Gaza, killing at least 32 people, according to witnesses and hospital officials. The two incidents occurred near hubs operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. The organisation launched operations in late May […]

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