Israel-Palestine Conflict

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Israel-Palestine conflict

The story has been the same for several decades, but the area is different in that the Israelis have mostly run operations against militants living in Gaza. (File Image: AP)

AA EDIT | Israel Strikes Again, World Mute

The direct toll in the latest operation was 10 Palestinians

05 Jul 2023 12:00 AM

Lia Tal, 40, rushes with her children and partner to take shelter as a siren sounds a warning of incoming rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, In Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, May 20, 2021. (AP/Heidi Levine)

Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire to end bloody 11-day war

The fighting erupted on May 10, when Hamas militants in Gaza fired long-range rockets toward Jerusalem

21 May 2021 11:08 AM

The seminary, in the town of Sderot, was empty at the time of the rocket attack as students had left to return to their homes elsewhere to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath, which begins on Friday with their families. (Photo: AP)

Israeli jets hit Gaza after rocket fire into Sderot on Jewish Sabbath

The Israeli army said on Friday that it ‘holds Hamas responsible for all events transpiring within the Gaza Strip and emanating from it.’

14 Jun 2019 2:21 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales ahead of the inauguration ceremony of Guatemala's embassy in Jerusalem. (Photo: AFP)

Guatemala opens Israel embassy in Jerusalem after US move

The US and Guatemalan moves break with decades of international consensus.

16 May 2018 2:53 PM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L), meets with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi in Amman, Jordan, April 30, 2018. (Photo: AP)

Pompeo says Israel, Palestinian peace still US priority

Pompeo said the United States is open to a two-state solution to the conflict if both parties agree, calling it a 'likely outcome'.

30 Apr 2018 4:15 PM

Tamimi's father Bassem has said she was upset when she approached the soldiers after her 15-year-old cousin was shot with a rubber bullet. (Photo: AFP)

Israeli court indicts 16-yr-old Ahed Tamimi for slapping Israeli troops

Ever since the footage was released, Palestinians have hailed the 16-year-old Tamimi as an icon in their fight against Israel.

02 Jan 2018 11:47 AM

The resolution said the ministers would meet again within a month and held out the possibility that an emergency Arab summit would be held in Jordan to discuss Jerusalem. (Photo: AFP)

Arab leaders ask US to reverse Trump’s Jerusalem decision

Jerusalem's status lies at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Trump's move was widely perceived as siding with Israel.

10 Dec 2017 10:47 AM

'The president has called for calm and moderation and we are hoping that the voices of tolerance prevail over purveyors of hate,' White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary told reporters. (Photo: AFP)

Trump calls for calm, moderation in Middle East

Shah defended Trump's decision on Jerusalem, saying, ‘…recognise reality, and recognise Jerusalem as the capital.’

09 Dec 2017 12:33 PM

Wearing traditional Palestinian keffiyeh scarves or the colours of the Palestinian flag, protesters also held placards denouncing Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem and the West Bank. (Photo: AFP)

Muslims pray outside White House to condemn Trump’s Jerusalem decision

Worshippers laid out their prayer mats at a park in front of the president’s residence.

09 Dec 2017 11:41 AM

The world waited with bated breath since Monday amid reports of ‘delay’ in President Donald Trump’s statement. (Photo: AFP)

The what, why, how of Trump's Jerusalem declaration

'Israel is a sovereign nation with the right...to determine its own capital,' Trump said in his speech.

07 Dec 2017 5:56 PM

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