Israel Palestine Relations

With US-brokered deal between Israel and UAE, a geopolitical earthquake just hit West Asia

This deal will certainly encourage the other gulf sheikhdoms — Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia — all of which have had covert and overt business and intelligence dealings with Israel, to follow the Emirates’ lead

Photos: Israeli strikes leave four children dead on Gaza beach

Over 200 people have been killed in the Israeli air strikes in Gaza. Most recently children were killed at a beach in Gaza strip.

Donald Trump's West Asia plan robs Palestinians of nearly everything they had been fighting for

For Mahmoud Abbas, the ailing octogenarian president of the Palestinian Authority, his life’s work — a viable state side-by-side with Israel — is quickly slipping away

Donald Trump's 'Middle East Plan': A deal that has two elections, rather than West Asian peace, as its focus

For President Donald Trump, it is a plan that builds on his decision to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem — a huge political success among his conservative Jewish donors and evangelicals that, contrary to predictions, did not touch off a violent reaction in the region

Argentina arrive in Israel for Uruguay friendly with Lionel Messi vs Luis Suarez the main attraction

Argentina and Uruguay, the two South American giants, will face off on Monday evening in a match expected to pit Messi against his Barcelona strike partner Luis Suarez.

Israel's security forces should be prosecuted for war crimes against Palestinians in Gaza, says UN panel; Benjamin Netanyahu rejects report

Israeli security forces may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in killing 189 Palestinians and wounding more than 6,100 at weekly protests in Gaza last year, United Nations investigators said on Thursday.

US ambassador to Israel David Friedman is a 'son of a dog': Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas labelled the US ambassador to Israel David Friedman a "son of a dog" during an attack on Donald Trump's policies

Donald Trump 'not sure' if Israel wants peace with Palestine, says settlements complicate issue

Donald Trump said in an interview published on Sunday that he was "not necessarily sure" Israel was seeking to reach a peace agreement with the Palestinians

Upto four years of incarceration for employers: Israel approves tough law to keep out Palestinian workers

The Israeli parliament has approved a tough new law to keep out Palestinian workers, as part of measures to quell a five-month wave of violence. The Knesset yesterday said on its website that the bill sponsored by internal security minister Gilad Erdan passed its third reading "by a large majority"

Jailed by Israel: How 14-year-old schoolgirl Malak is a new symbol of Palestine's anger

A 14-year-old schoolgirl jailed for trying to attack Israeli soldiers has become a symbol of Palestinian anger over the arrests of children in the occupied territories.