Unlike neighbouring Spain, whose leftist government recognized Palestinian statehood in May 2024 alongside Ireland and Norway and called on other EU countries to do the same, Portugal has taken a more cautious approach
Far-right minister Ben-Gvir, backed by the Prison Service, said he would oppose the National Security Council plan. The proposal stemmed from a petition against Israel's ban on Red Cross prison visits to Palestinian security prisoners since October 7, 2023, though the state has already requested 20 delays in responding to the High Court
Bulldozers arrived in the village of Khalet al-Daba in the southern West Bank, demolishing the remaining buildings and infrastructure, as well as the house of a Palestinian resident who was stabbed in a violent settler raid
An Israeli man was hurt in a clash with three Palestinians at Athens’ Syntagma Square. The incident comes amid rising anti-Israel protests and attacks targeting Israelis in Greece.
Mohammad Issa Ahmad Alawi, 21, was wounded in a settler attack on a village near Ramallah on Friday. His death comes amid a wave of settler violence in several Palestinian villages this month, which has included arson and brutal beatings
In what organizers said was New Zealand's largest march in support of Palestinians, protesters called on their center-right government to impose sanctions on Israel, holding Palestinian flags and bearing signs reading 'Don't normalize genocide' and 'Grow a spine, stand with Palestine'
The Palestinian National Security Forces in Lebanon and PLO groups gave up arms as part of a government deal. The country's 12 Palestinian refugee camps are not state-controlled; other militant Islamic groups did not take part
The Israeli cycling team at the Vuelta a España said it was removing the team's name from cyclists' uniforms for safety reasons following multiple pro-Palestinian protests. Netanyahu on Friday expressed his support for the team for 'not giving in to hatred and threats'
The Israeli authorities are holding Waleed Ahmad's body despite the completion of an official autopsy, the results of which found that the 17-year-old Palestinian suffered from extreme malnutrition, colitis and scabies at the time of his death
New U.S. guidelines would temporarily block visas for Palestinians worldwide and in the West Bank who only hold a Palestinian passport. The ban would affect visas for medical treatment, business, university studies and visits to friends or relatives
The UN could sue the Trump administration at the International Court of Justice or move the session on the two-state solution to its Geneva headquarters. Saudi Arabia, a major supporter of Palestinian state recognition, may also pressure the U.S. to reconsider its decision
Our training endows us with a profound insight into the bodily atrocities waged on the Palestinian people in Gaza. So why aren't many of our Jewish colleagues speaking up?
Residents of the Palestinian village of Umm al-Kheir, where settler Yinon Levi killed villager Awdah Hathaleen last month, claim that the homes were placed there in a bid by the residents of the adjacent Jewish settlement to pressure the Palestinians to leave
By ignoring the killing of Palestinian journalists in Gaza, their Israeli colleagues are adding a moral insult to the ethical and professional injury of under-reporting or even ignoring the plight of Gaza's civilian population for the past 690 days
Sources involved in the talks told Haaretz that Qatar and Egypt think Israel will likely execute its Gaza plan. Palestinian officials are reportedly scrambling to find new proposals before Gaza City residents are forcibly displaced
The Mary Wallopers were cut off for waving a Palestinian flag, calling the festival's claims 'misleading' and chanted 'free Palestine,' as three other bands canceled in protest, and the festival later issued an apology
A senior PLO official said the process will be done gradually and in full coordination with Lebanese authorities, but warned that opposition from Palestinian groups and others is expected
A Palestinian state born in the tunnels of Gaza would be built on blood, and sustained by ransom. But while British Prime Minister Keir Starmer may believe that his pledge to recognize Palestine will create the environment necessary for a lasting peace, his Jewish citizens largely disagree
After a video showed the far-right minister visiting Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti's cell over the weekend, the Prime Minister's hostage coordinator spoke with Ben-Gvir. Freed hostages say his past calls to tighten Palestinian prison conditions worsened their treatment in captivity
Just as the Gaza war has awaked much of the West, the Israeli opposition should also wake up and join in the effort to establish an independent Palestinian state