As part of Operation Protective Edge against the Hamas movement in 2014, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) demolished 32 underground "terror tunnels" along the Gaza border, 14 of which crossed into Israel.
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The head of the UN relief and works agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) warned on Wednesday that despite weathering a “truly existential crisis” over funding last year, money to continue operations this year in the Gaza Strip will only last...
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A key architect of the long-awaited U.S. plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace is warning that “nothing can be meaningfully fixed” until Gaza’s Hamas rulers and Palestinian Islamic Jihad renounce their vows to destroy Israel and stop violent acts
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The senior Trump campaign adviser tweeted a video captioned "Rockets fired into Israel from Gaza." But the video wasn't from Gaza and wasn't filmed in 2019.
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My friend Andrew Rubin is an amputee. He’s lost his right hand, lower arm, right foot, and lower leg.
He used to be an avid runner and cyclist. He can’t do much of that anymore, although his walking is getting much better. Soon he might be able...
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Several years ago, a student in my Israel-Palestine course approached me after class with a question. Why, he wanted to know, did I care so much about this subject?
The student liked my course, considered it fair-minded and had no complaints about...
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Sunday March 24, 2019
In late March and early April 2019 I traveled to Jordan and the West Bank (Palestine) with two colleagues, Sonia Dettman and S. Komarovsky, first to attend the Lancet Palestine Health Alliance conference in Amman and then to...
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While the book’s critics blasted it for alleged anti-Semitism and its definition of Intifada, their opponents argued that the former act racist toward Palestinians.
Michael J. Armstrong
Security,
An expert gives us his assessment.
On May 4 and 5, Gaza Strip militants fired more than 690 rockets and mortar shells at Israel. The attacks killed three civilians and wounded 130, making Israel’s news media ask...
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GAZA (Sputnik) - Palestinians and foreign activists who support their struggle for independence are preparing a musical performance as an alternative to Eurovision in Israel, which they criticise for ignoring the problem of occupation.
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A hockey game in Bratislava, Slovakia. | (REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko)
A woman sells plastic turf in Yiwu, China. | (REUTERS/Aly Song)
Boys play basketball in Caracas, Venezuela. | (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Children play in Gaza City. | (MOHAMMED...
Related topics: Slovakia, Reuters, China, Venezuela, World Photos, Gaza Strip
In 2000, a Palestinian-American biologist went back to her homeland for the first time in 18 years and was disturbed to see how few spaces there were for children to play. She loved taking her four-year-old daughter out to playgrounds in...
According to media reports, a new Israel-Palestine peace plan, which US President Donald Trump has previously called the 'deal of the century', is expected to be unveiled next month.
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Portuguese soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has donated $1.5 million to feed the fasting people in the besieged Gaza Strip, Palestine, against the backdrop of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
The Juventus star striker has never hid the fact that he is...
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Fox News contributor calls for destruction of Palestine
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — An American author and Fox News contributor called for Palestine to be “flattened” on Twitter after Israeli warplanes carried out over 300 airstrikes across...
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There is a major difference between saying you oppose Israeli policy and saying you oppose Jews.
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March 26, 2019
In late March and early April 2019 I traveled to Jordan and the West Bank (Palestine) with two colleagues, Sonia Dettman and S. Komarovsky, first to attend the Lancet Palestine Health Alliance conference in Amman and then to explore...
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Do all Palestinians have the right to citizenship in whatever state rules historic Palestine? After all, they or their recent ancestors were bonafide citizens of British-Mandate Palestine. Doesn’t the right of return to their homes now in the...
The Gaza border area has been a scene of violent clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli military since the former launched their anti-Israeli campaign, dubbed the Great March of Return, in March 2018. Since then, nearly 300 Palestinian...
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At the front gate of the residential Al-Qamar building, which was flattened by an Israeli air strike a week ago, a Palestinian band arrives with their instruments. They sweep away small stones and building remnants as they prepare to start their...
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