Tag: Palestine
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Trump in speech to UN says world body ‘not even coming close to living up’ to its potential
UNITED NATIONS — President Donald Trump returned to the United Nations on Tuesday to boast of his second-term foreign policy achievements and lash out at the ... -
How Israel could retaliate to the growing push for recognition of a Palestinian state
France and Saudi Arabia hope to use this year’s United Nations General Assembly and the increasingly horrific war in Gaza to inject urgency into the quest ... -
UK set to recognize Palestinian state despite opposition from the US
The U.K. was expected to recognize a Palestinian state yesterday despite opposition from the U.S., after judging that Israel has not met conditions it set over ... -
Ships carrying aid, activists and celebrities set sail from Barcelona to Gaza
A flotilla of ships departed from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip yesterday with humanitarian aid, activists and celebrities on board seeking to break the Israeli blockade ... -
More than 70 arrested at protests in support of banned group Palestine Action
More than 70 people were arrested Saturday at protests in the U.K. against the Palestine Action group being proscribed a terrorist organization by the British government ... -
Turkey’s Erdogan again rejects US proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan again rejected a U.S. proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza and said Israel should pay for the damage it caused there ... -
Xi pledges more Gaza aid and talks trade at summit with Arab leaders
Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated calls for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promised more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza as he opened ... -
Spain, Ireland and Norway make a joint move to recognize a Palestinian state
Norway, Ireland and Spain recognized a Palestinian state in a historic move yesterday. Several European Union countries indicated in recent weeks that they plan to make ... -
Palestinians mark 76 years of dispossession as a larger catastrophe may unfold in Gaza
Palestinians today will mark the 76th year of their mass expulsion from what is now Israel, an event that is at the core of their national ... -
Police break up pro-Palestinian student protest in Berlin as demos spread across Europe
Berlin police yesterday broke up a protest by several hundred pro-Palestinian activists who had occupied a courtyard on Berlin’s Free University earlier in the day. The ... -
Palestinians in Gaza begin Ramadan with hunger worsening
Palestinians began fasting for Ramadan yesterday as the Muslim holy month arrived with cease-fire talks at a standstill, hunger worsening across the Gaza Strip and no ... -
Saudi top diplomat says it won’t recognize Israel without a path to a Palestinian state
Saudi Arabia’s top diplomat said the kingdom will not normalize relations with Israel or contribute to Gaza’s reconstruction without a credible path to a Palestinian state — a ... -
In first call with Palestinian president Abbas, Biden discusses support for humanitarian aid to Gaza
President Joe Biden on Saturday spoke with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, urging the leaders to allow humanitarian aid to the ... -
A year of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians just escalated. Is this an uprising?
Airstrikes targeting Palestinian militants in a crowded residential area. Armored bulldozers plowing through narrow streets, crushing cars and piling up debris. Protesters burning tires. A mounting ... -
UN to commemorate Palestinians’ 1948 flight from Israel for the first time
For the first time, the United Nations will officially commemorate the flight of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians from what is now Israel on the 75th ...
