Palestine, recognised officially as the State of Palestine by the United Nations and other entities, is a de jure sovereign state in Western Asia claiming the West Bank and Gaza Strip with Jerusalem as the designated capital, although its administrative centre is currently located in Ramallah.
Capitals: Ramallah, East Jerusalem
President: Mahmoud Abbas
Prime minister: Mohammad Shtayyeh
Check out our latest news and stories from Palestine.
Nelson flies the Palestinian flag – after the disturbing assassination of Shireen A small Lancashire town achieved the improbable last week by raising the Palestinian…
The death of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has sent shockwaves across the Middle East and Israel and around the world.
Arab News says a projectile fired from Lebanon hit an open area in Israel on Monday and Israeli artillery targeted an area where the attack was launched, the Israeli military said.
Aljazeera says Israel has carried out air raids in central Gaza for the second time this week, with its military saying its fighter jets attacked an underground complex used to produce rocket engines.
The Gaza Strip has been rocked by Israeli airstrikes early Tuesday in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave as tensions rise following a weekend of bloodshed around a Jerusalem holy site.
Israeli forces threaten to raid Al Aqsa tonight. The Palestinians returned to the Al-Aqsa compound on Saturday following Friday’s violent clashes between worshippers and Israeli…
Arab News says Israeli soldiers on Sunday shot and killed two Palestinian women as troops responded to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s call for them to go on the “offensive.”
The Independent says the gunman who killed two people and injured eight others in a shooting in central Tel Aviv on Thursday has been shot dead by security forces.
Arab News says a diplomatic push is underway to prevent a repeat of last year’s Ramadan violence in the occupied Palestinian territories that led to a fourth conflict between Israel and Gaza.
A rare Israeli-Arab summit convenes in Israel on Monday and was attended by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who sought to reassure the U.S.…
Aljazeera says Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian teenager after he allegedly stabbed two officers in the Old City in occupied East Jerusalem.
Why aren’t the same sanctions imposed on Israel when it invades Palestine? Hundreds of tweets and social media posts have highlighted the ‘double standards’ of…
Arab News says a 14-year-old Palestinian boy was killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday.
Aljazeera says A Palestinian man has been shot and killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank village of Nabi Saleh, during a confrontation.
Arab News says Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian teen in West Bank clashes during what Israel described as an operation to demolish the home of a “terrorist”.
The US State Department has called for a thorough criminal investigation into the death of elderly Palestinian man who died while being detained by members…
Israeli treatment of Palestinians is the mechanics of apartheid. According to the study published by Amnesty’s report – the mechanisms and policies by which apartheid…
Palestinian Authority called for the formation of an international commission to investigate the Tantura massacre committed by Israel in the Palestinian village of Tantura in…
Israeli jets Bomb Gaza in the cover of darkness early this morning. Israel’s military confirmed the attack and said early Sunday morning it launched strikes…
Four British Muslim men from Blackburn, England, have been charged with anti-Semitism have entered not-guilty pleas, denying that they were involved in spreading racial hatred…
The Israeli Army has arrested 20 more Palestinians in the West Bank and the military-controlled city of Jerusalem The Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a…
Israeli forces infiltrate Palestinian land Gaza Strip Israeli Occupation Forces infiltrate Palestinian land in southern Gaza strip The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) infiltrated dozens of…
Israeli settlers attack and raise the flag of “Israel” in the courtyards of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. As they broke into the courtyard claiming it was there’s.
Arab News says a new poll has found that nearly 80 per cent of Palestinians want President Mahmoud Abbas to resign.
On Wednesday, TIME Magazine released its annual list of 100 most influential people. This year’s list includes Palestinian activists Muna El Kurd and Mohammed El Kurd.
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