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
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Israel carried out fresh strikes on Gaza targeting Hamas early on Saturday morning in response to ‘unverified’ rockets which the army allege were fired from…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told the UN General Assembly last week that he plans to set a date for the first general election in 13 years in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.
BRIEF – ME! – WORLD NEWS BRIEFING In today’s briefing update, There has been an explosion near the US Embassy in Kabul on the 18th anniversary of…
In an article published on Mondoweiss, Zainab Ramahi details the shared struggle against the colonial occupation for Kashmir and Palestine. Ramahi, a Kashmiri living in…
Tel Aviv manufactures its own conspiracy corner involving Hamas and Iran
An attempt to make Palestinian refugees vanish
Is Jared Kushner’s deal of the century about to collapse? Yvonne Ridley reckons the uncertainty of the Israeli elections, the forthcoming US election campaign and the state of the Middle East will scupper Trump’s son-in-law’s plans.
The prince adds “I now begin to understand better their (Arabs’) point of view about Israel. Never realised they see it as a US colony.”
Israeli police fire rubber bullets at Palestinians at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem
Netanyahu struggles to form a government forcing another election
WTX News editor Yvonne Ridley Facebook video shows the destruction caused by the bombs dropped in Gaza by Israel.
Breaking News: Masjid AL-AQSA is on FIRE at the same time as Notre Dame Cathedral in France
“It is a night of colossal victory,” to a crowd of cheering supporters
A symbol of Palestinian opposition to Israeli military rule.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) claims that last night it intercepted another missile launched by the Hamas
One Israeli strike destroyed a building in Gaza City that Israel alleged was a secret headquarters for Hamas security and intelligence.
Israeli forces have opened fire on the Palestinians protesting along the fence that separates the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied territories, killing two and injuring…
Parliament’s first British Palestinian MP prepares for debate on statehood for Palestine this week
Open letter signed by scores of America’s most famous Jews shows support for under-fire Ilhan Omar over anti-semitic claims
Gigi Hadid shows off her Palestinian roots on the cover of the first ever Vogue Arabia
Israel should face justice for Gaza protest killings
Sheikh Abdel Azeem Salhab arrested in East Jerusalem
In a country where any kind of resource is scarce Israel and Egypt have sealed Gaza from the outside world, the perfect melting pot for drug abuse.
Israeli snipers fired into a crowd with battlefield weapons on the Gaza border on the day Razan al-Najjar died giving rise to accusations of war crimes.
As four-year-old Palestinian dies Yvonne Ridley asks how often you read beyond the headlines after seeing key buzz words like Gaza, funeral, Hamas and protests?
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