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More Palestinian-Israeli violence with a shooting at a bus station

A lone gunman thought to be Palestinian opened fire killing an Israeli soldier and wounding 11 other people at a bus station in the southern Israeli

Israel

Palestinian security forces unable to stop youths setting fire to Joseph's Tomb in Nablus

Enraged Palestinian youths have attacked Joseph’s tomb in Nablus, one of the Jewish faith’s holiest places, and set it on fire before being pushed

Israel

Israel agents 'incite' stone-throwing in West Bank

A correspondent from Reuters news agency said he observed Israeli undercover agents disguised as Palestinian youths “inciting” stone throwing in

Israel

Violence intensifies between Palestinians and Israeli security forces

Violence between Palestinians and Israeli security forces has broken out in a number of locations across the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Violence

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Israeli police and Palestinians clash after stabbing attacks

Fresh clashes have erupted between Israeli police and Palestinians in east Jerusalem. The unrest came just hours after two stabbing attacks left two

Israel

Israeli security forces and Palestinians clash amid heightened tensions

Clashes have erupted between Israeli security forces and Palestinians in Jerusalem. It comes after days of unrest at the al-Aqsa compound

West Bank

Christians protest against Israel's 'divisive' separation barrier

Israeli security forces dispersed a group of Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, towards the end of a demonstration against

Israel

[Live] Q&A session with euronews reporters on the Gaza flotilla

Israel

Updates from the 'Freedom Flotilla' to Gaza

Gaza

Knesset to punish Arab Knesset politician over Gaza flotilla

A flotilla of boats being prepared by activists to try and break Israel’s blockade of Gaza is about to set sail as soon as weather conditions

Israel

Israeli PM rejects international 'diktats' on Palestinian-Israeli conflict

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he rejects what he called “International Diktats” or the forcing of peace plans on Israel. His

Culture news

Arab and Israeli musicians in sweet harmony

The Polyphony Foundation aims to bring young Arab and Jewish musicians together. The foundation was created in 2011 by New York residents Deborah and

Switzerland

FIFA: Palestinians drop vote to get Israel suspended from world football

A handshake between the representatives of Israeli and Palestinian football associations at the FIFA congress marks the end of the motion to get

Israel

Palestinians insist on vote to kick Israel out of FIFA

The Palestinian Football Association (PFA) has refused to withdraw its request for a vote on whether Israel should be kicked out of FIFA. The world

Israel

Israel invites bids for more settler homes

Israel has invited tenders to build 77 homes in two settlements on occupied land in East Jerusalem. Most of them are said to be reissues of existing

USA

Israel-Palestine path to peace 'hard to find' says Obama

In fresh rebuke of Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Barack Obama has criticised the Israeli leader’s rejection of a two-state solution to the

West Bank

Palestinian leadership halts security ties with Israel

The leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) has voted to suspend all security cooperation with Israel, a move which could further escalate tensions.

Italy

Italy urges recognition of Palestinian state

Italian MPs have backed a non-binding resolution that urges the government to recognise Palestine as a state. Italy’s Chamber of Deputies voted by

Sweden

Abbas visits Stockholm after Swedes recognise Palestinian statehood

The Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is in Sweden for talks with the country’s new Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. It is his first visit to the

USA

Palestinian resolution fails at UN Security Council

Palestinians express disappointment after failing to get a UN resolution approved which would have called for Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian land