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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. (AFP/File)

November 6th, 2018 - 10:55 GMT

UN, EU Warn Israel Squeezing Palestinian Authority Further Could Topple it

The United Nations and the European Union have rejected Israeli plans to deduct funds from Palestinian tax revenues, which Israel usually collects for the Palestinian Authority (PA) in exchange for an agreed rate.

The Knesset (Israel’s parliament) has approved a controversial national law which officially defines Israel as the ‘national homeland of the Jewish people. (AFP/ File)

August 27th, 2018 - 01:28 GMT

Arab Knesset Members Seek U.N. Censure of Israel's ‘Nation-State’ Law

Knesset members during the vote (AFP/File Photo)

March 11th, 2018 - 11:21 GMT

Qatar Condemns the Israeli Knesset Law to Withdraw the Jerusalem Identity from Palestinians

A former concentration camp prisoner at the memorial site of the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau in Oswiecim (AFP/File Photo)

February 28th, 2018 - 12:26 GMT

US Congressman Suggests Jews Could Have Survived Holocaust if Armed

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during CPAC 2018 Feb. 22, 2018 in National Harbor, Maryland. The American Conservative Union hosted its annual Conservative Political Action Conference to discuss conservative agenda. (Alex Wong / Getty Images / AFP)

February 24th, 2018 - 07:28 GMT

US to Move Israeli Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May for Israel's 70th Anniversary

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in Jerusalem on Jan. 22, 2018 (ARIEL SCHALIT / POOL / AFP)

January 22nd, 2018 - 03:17 GMT

Pence Announces US Embassy Will Move to Jerusalem Next Year

"Since its establishment to date, Israel relies on the principle of force, the usurpation of rights and the displacement, taking advantage of the veto power and the international laxity" (AFP/File)

December 13th, 2017 - 01:37 GMT

No Peace Without Justice, No Justice Without Human Rights: Lebanon Pres. Speech on Jerusalem

A destroyed ambulance in Gaza, 2014. Moshe Ya'alon was defense minister during Israel's bloody bombing campaign of the enclave (Wikimedia)

November 28th, 2017 - 03:42 GMT

‘Proud’ of Killing the Most Palestinians: How Israeli Officials Get Away With Boasting Abuses

Today marks one hundred years since Britain signed a declaration that ultimately led to calamitous effects. Although the original motives behind the Balfour Declaration were to some extent understandable, its impact went far beyond the original scope of the letter.

November 2nd, 2017 - 02:43 GMT

A Century after Balfour: A Look Back On Its Impact Today

"They want to break our spirits," says Eritrean community organiser Teklit Michael. (AFP)

July 5th, 2017 - 07:00 GMT

African Migrants in Israel Fall Victim to New Tax as Tel Aviv Amplifies Offensive Against People of Colour

“Where are all the Arabs? They left you and joined us,” the settlers jeer (screenshot)

February 12th, 2017 - 08:48 GMT

'If war breaks out the Jews will come here and kill you all' Israeli settlers threaten Palestinians in viral video

Kiryat Arba Jewish settlement on the outskirts of Hebron (Hazem Bader/AFP)

February 8th, 2017 - 11:07 GMT

Here is everyone who has condemned Israel’s law legalizing settlements on Palestinian land

Palestinians hold a protest beside illegal Israeli settlements. (AFP/File)

February 7th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Israeli law normalizing colonial settlements denounced as ‘land theft’ and a ‘war crime’