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Israeli forces kill Palestinian man at West Bank checkpoint
Jerusalem: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man at a military checkpoint in the northern West Bank, the army and Palestinian officials said. The Israeli military said on Friday that the man,…
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US revokes visas of Palestinian officials ahead of UN assembly
Washington: Secretary of State Marco Rubio has revoked the visas of a number of Palestinian Authority and Palestine Liberation Organisation officials ahead of next month’s annual high-level meeting of the UN General…
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Palestinian runner killed by Israeli fire while seeking food aid in Gaza
Gaza Strip: Palestinian runner Allam Abdullah Al-Amour was killed by Israeli gunfire on Wednesday, August 27, while trying to obtain food aid in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, according to…
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Video: Tearful graduation ceremony in Gaza for over 1,000 children who lost parents
Gaza Strip: More than 1,000 Palestinian children orphaned by the war took part in a graduation ceremony on Monday, August 18, at Gaza’s Al-Wafaa Orphan Village, with no parents there to applaud…
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Ex-Palestinian basketball star killed by Israeli forces while seeking food in Gaza
Gaza Strip: Mohammed Shaalan, a prominent former player for the Palestinian national basketball team, nicknamed “The Earthquake”, was shot dead by Israeli forces while trying to obtain food for his children amid…
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Australia to recognise Palestinian state at UN general assembly
Wellington: Australia will recognise a Palestinian state, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada in signalling they would do so. His remarks followed weeks…
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31 Palestinians shot dead near aid convoy routes in Gaza, hospitals say
Deir al-Balah: At least 31 Palestinians were killed while seeking aid in Gaza, hospitals and witnesses said. Hospital officials said they received bodies from areas along truck convoy routes or near privately…
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‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Salah criticises UEFA over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pele’
Cairo: Egyptian Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah has criticised the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for what he implied was a selective tribute to Palestinian footballer Suleiman Al-Obeid, nicknamed the “Palestinian Pele”.…
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US man who killed Palestinian-American boy dies in prison
A 73-year-old landlord from Illinois, a state in the Midwestern United States (US), who was sentenced to 53 years in prison for the murder of a Palestinian boy has died while in prison…
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Malta to recognise Palestinian state in September
Valleta: Malta has announced that it will formally recognise the State of Palestine during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in September. Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela shared the announcement in…
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Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil files USD 20M claim against Trump admin
New York: On a recent afternoon, Mahmoud Khalil sat in his Manhattan apartment, cradling his 10-week-old son as he thought back to the pre-dawn hours spent pacing a frigid immigration jail in…
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‘Even if they kill me’: Activist Mahmoud Khalil vows to speak up for Palestine
Newark: A Palestinian activist who was detained for more than three months pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and cheered as he was welcomed home Saturday by supporters, including US…
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Video: Israeli soldiers party in Palestinian home after forcefully evicting family in West Bank
A video circulating on social media shows Israeli soldiers celebrating a comrade’s birthday inside a Palestinian home after forcibly evicting its residents. The incident took place in Jaba, a town in the…
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UN conference on Palestinian state postponed because of Middle East tensions
Paris: A top-level UN conference on a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians scheduled for next week has been postponed amid surging tensions in the Middle East, French President Emmanuel Macron…
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Israel seizes Gaza-bound aid ship Madleen with Greta Thunberg on board
Jerusalem: Israeli forces stopped a Gaza-bound aid boat and detained Greta Thunberg and other activists who were on board early Monday, enforcing a longstanding blockade of the Palestinian territory that has been…