The Latest Breaking News from East Jerusalem

The European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a financing facility with the Palestine Monetary Authority (PMA) to support the Palestinian private sector, amid rising tensions in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

For a Palestinian state to be internationally recognised and built, Israel’s current government would need to halt its relentless opposition to Palestinian statehood and Israel’s main ally, the United States, would need to agree on a two-state solution, which it no longer does.

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Australia will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly meeting in September, joining the United Kingdom, Canada and France in taking the historic step.

Plans to expand in the E1 area east of occupied East Jerusalem would bisect area and isolate Palestinian communities.

In today’s newsletter: ​As international consensus begins to shift on Palestine​, there is still a lack of political will in in key c​ountries​, and questions remain over what this legal clarity will mean on the ground

COMMENT: In the decades since the 1917 Balfour Declaration, the UK has broadly supported official recognition of a state of Palestine. So why has it taken more than a century for a government to sign up to it, asks Donald Macintyre

Two young members of a Palestinian family were left with life-altering injuries when Israeli police opened fire.

Some Israelis chant, ‘Death to Arabs’ and ‘May your village burn,’ as they march through Jerusalem’s Old City.