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Saudi Crown Prince Meets with Palestinian President

Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, met in Jeddah on Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, the Saudi Press Agency reported. During the meeting, they reviewed the latest developments in the Palestinian territories and stressed the importance of continuing the exerted efforts to…

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Palestine’s Abbas in Saudi Arabia for King Salman, MBS meetings

Abbas’s visit coincides with the arrival of a delegation from his rival Hamas to Saudi Arabia.

Al Jazeera

Abbas Arrives in Jeddah to ‘Hold Talks, Strengthen Saudi-Palestinian Relations’

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived on Monday in Jeddah on an official visit at the invitation of Saudi Arabia, the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported. He was received at King Abdulaziz International Airport by Prince Badr bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, deputy governor of Makkah region. WAFA added that Abbas would…

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In a First, UN to Commemorate Nakba Day in May

The UN will commemorate Nakba Day, which marks the creation of the state of Israel in historical Palestine, for the first time in 2023, according to media reports Saturday. "Commemorating the Nakba must be at the top of our priorities in order to preserve our narrative, which we must adhere…

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Palestinian Authority blocks registration of legal aid group

The Palestinian Authority has blocked the registration of a legal advocacy group representing critics and opponents detained in Palestinian jails, a move condemned as the authority’s latest effort to stifle civil society in the occupied West Bank

The Independent UK

The Abraham Accords: 'Palestinian leaders don’t realise that the region is changing'

Palestinian human rights lawyer and former diplomat Ghaith al-Omari, a prominent advocate of the two-state solution and negotiations with Israel, gave FRANCE 24 a lengthy interview on a recent visit to Paris. In this last of a three-part series, he discussed the Abraham Accords, which saw the normalisation of diplomatic…

France 24

Hamas Sentences 2 Palestinians to Death for ‘Collaborating’ with Israel

A Hamas-linked military court in the Gaza Strip sentenced on Monday two people to death and four others to life in prison for “collaborating” with Israel. In a statement, the court said the death sentences would be carried out one by firing squad and the other by hanging. The four…

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Palestinian Authority’s Abbas has ‘cut down’ every potential successor

Palestinian human rights lawyer and former diplomat Ghaith al-Omari, a prominent advocate of the two-state solution and negotiations with Israel, gave FRANCE 24 a lengthy interview on a recent visit to Paris. In this second of a two-part series, he lamented the Palestinian Authority’s stagnation under longstanding President Mahmoud Abbas.

France 24

Azerbaijan to Open Representative Office in Ramallah

The President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, sent a letter to the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, confirming his country's desire to boost bilateral ties and open a representative office soon, according to sources in the Palestinian presidency. The message was delivered by Azeri Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, who was at the…

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Azerbaijan Opens Embassy in Israel amid Tension with Iran

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov inaugurated Wednesday his country’s embassy in Tel Aviv. Azerbaijan appointed its first ever ambassador to Israel on Wednesday, amid escalating tensions with its large southern neighbor Iran. The step could worsen the trust crisis between Baku and its southern neighbor Tehran. Bayramov arrived Wednesday morning…

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Palestinian teachers' strike grows, reflecting deep crisis

It's the middle of the semester, yet a million kids across the Israeli-occupied West Bank are out of school

The Independent UK

Trapped and jobless, Gaza youths look for a way out

Sabreen Abu Jazar was only hours from completing the perilous journey from Gaza to meet her husband in Europe last month when her migrant boat flipped and sank 100 metres from the Greek coast. Her body was finally returned home this week.

Reuters

Celebratory gunfire hits a transformer in Hebron: ‘We came close to a horrendous disaster’

Videos filmed on March 14, 2023 show armed supporters of the Palestinian political movement Fatah firing celebratory gunshots into the air in Hebron in the West Bank. The men were celebrating their party’s victory in student elections held at the city’s polytechnic university. However, this celebratory gunfire, a common occurrence…

France 24

Palestinian police fire tear gas, disperse militant funeral

Palestinian security forces have fired tear gas canisters and flash grenades at angry Palestinian protesters during a funeral for a militant in the occupied West Bank

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France 24

Israeli settlers rampage after deadly Palestinian attack in West Bank

Scores of Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage in the northern West Bank late Sunday, setting dozens of cars and homes on fire after two settlers were killed by a Palestinian gunman. Palestinian medics said one man was killed and four others were badly wounded in what appeared to…

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Israelis and Palestinians meet for talks on how to de-escalate recent wave of attacks

Sunday's meeting followed the killing of two Israelis in the occupied West Bank, the latest violence in a wave of fighting that has has left dozens dead on both sides of the conflict in recent months.

France 24

Two Israelis killed in West Bank as Israeli, Palestinian officials meet in Jordan

A Palestinian gunman on Sunday opened fire at an Israeli car in the occupied West Bank, killing two Israelis, senior politicians and Israeli settler leaders said. The shooting cast a shadow over a high-level meeting between Palestinian and Israeli delegations in neighbouring Jordan meant to reduce surging violence ahead of…

The Independent UK

Palestinians: Officials will meet with Israel over violence

The Palestinian president’s office says a high-level Palestinian delegation will meet with top Israeli officials in Jordan

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Palestine’s Qorei Laid to Rest in Military Funeral

The Palestinians bid farewell on Thursday to Ahmed Qorei (Abu Alaa), 85, who served as the first speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council. The funeral was held at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah where Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas laid a wreath of flowers on his coffin. "Abu Al Alaa spent…

The Independent UK

Ahmed Qureia, top Palestinian negotiator with Israel, dies

Ahmed Qureia, a former Palestinian prime minister and one of the architects of interim peace deals with Israel, has died at age 85

Zenger

Israeli Supreme Court Denies Petition That The Government Transferred Money To The Palestinians

The Israeli Supreme Court struck down a petition that claimed the previous government illegally transferred 500 million shekels.

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Abbas Requests that Blinken Make Israel Stop Unilateral Measures

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has underscored the need for Israel to stop all unilateral measures, including settlement construction, home demolitions, raids on cities and villages, and extrajudicial killings. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held telephone talks with Abbas on Saturday to discuss the potential escalation and asked him not…

The Independent UK

Ukraine in mind, US frantic to avert Mideast showdown at UN

The Biden administration is scrambling to avert a diplomatic crisis this week at the United Nations over Israeli settlement activity

Zenger

Mike Pompeo Calls Palestinian Authority President A ‘known Terrorist’

Reported presidential hopeful Mike Pompeo, the former U

Los Angeles Times

Is the two-state solution for Israel, Palestine dead? Maybe. But what's the alternative?

WASHINGTON — The intractable conflict between Israelis and Palestinians over land, rights and safety has entered a new phase, one plumbing new depths of hatred and radical intransigence that the U.S. government no longer seems in a position to resolve or even mitigate.

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