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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

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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

The Independent UK

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…

France 24

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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.

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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…

France 24

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

The Independent UK

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…

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Zenger

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…

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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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Israel Authorizes Nine West Bank Outposts, Despite US Opposition

Israel granted retroactive authorization on Sunday to nine Jewish settler outposts in the occupied West Bank and announced mass-construction of new homes within established settlements, moves likely to draw US admonition. The first to publish the decisions by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet were two pro-settler politicians whose inclusion…

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Al Jazeera

Palestinians decry ‘lethal assault’ as Israel promises crackdown

Arab League meeting denouncing Israeli actions comes amid one of the deadliest periods of violence.

The Independent UK

Arab leaders condemn Israeli actions in Jerusalem, West Bank

Dozens of leaders and senior officials from Arab and Islamic countries have condemned recent Israeli measures in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, where violence has surged between Israel and the Palestinians

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CIA Chief Warns Netanyahu, Abbas of ‘Third Intifada’

A senior official in Tel Aviv revealed on Tuesday that the head of the CIA, William Burns, warned both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of the danger of a third Palestinian uprising in the near future. The official said he was not surprised by Burns’…

Axios

U.S asked Israel and Palestinian Authority to "pause" actions in West Bank and at UN

The U.S. wants the temporary pause to include Israeli settlement activity in the West Bank and Palestinian moves at the UN.

Reuters

Israel to Chad: need to curb Iran, Hezbollah clout in Sahel

Chadian President Mahamat Deby, in Israel to open an embassy on Thursday, heard his hosts' concern about what they described as the clout of their arch-foes Iran and Hezbollah in Africa's Sahel region.

Al Jazeera

US presses PA to accept plan to quash Palestinian armed groups

The US is putting the onus on the Palestinian Authority to improve security in the West Bank, despite Israeli raids.

Axios

Blinken pressed Abbas to accept U.S. security plan for Jenin and Nablus

The Palestinians had many reservations about the plan, the U.S. and Israeli officials said.

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