Tag: Palestine
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Israel refuses to arrest Jewish settlers who ambushed French Mayor
Israel is facing calls to arrest Israeli settlers who attacked a European diplomatic delegation visiting the Palestinian Christian village of Taybeh in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli government said that “the more serious the accusation, the greater the demand for compelling evidence”. Video footage of the incident, however, appears to show masked settlers confronting…
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Mahmoud Abbas postpones Palestinian elections to September 2027
Elections in the state of Palestine schedule for November this year have been postponed to September next year by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. The decree was issued by President Mahmoud Abbas and concerns both presidential and legislative elections. It can be found here. According to the decree, the decision was prompted after obstacles by…
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Malta joins European countries in condemnation of Israel’s E1 settlement plan in Jerusalem
Malta has joined other European countries including France, Spain and Britain over opposition to Israel’s E1 settlement plan in Jerusalem. Foreign Affairs Minister Chris Fearne met with the Ambassador of Palestine to Malta, Fadi Hanania, to convey Malta’s position. Israel has opened tenders for construction in the strategically important E1 area between East Jerusalem and…
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Britain follows the EU’s position and urges Israel not to go ahead with its settlement programme in Jerusalem
Britain is urging Israel not to go ahead with its settlement programme east of Jerusalem after Israel opened a tender for construction developments in the designated E1 area. The tender, which opened for bids on August 5 and closes on October 5, provides for the construction of 3,401 housing units between East Jerusalem and the…
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Benjamin Netanyahu expanded Israel’s borders: will Israel keep them?
Throughout its wars with neighbouring Arab states, Israel has repeatedly captured territory, which it has often gave back. The clearest example is the Sinai Peninsula, which Israel first captured from Egypt during the 1956 Suez Crisis, before withdrawing in stages and completing its withdrawal in March 1957 under intense international pressure. Israel captured Sinai again…
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Trump declares deal reached for Hamas to disarm: Hamas say that disarmament is conditional on Israeli withdrawal
US President Donald Trump has announced that his Board of Peace has concluded an agreement between Hamas and Israel that includes the disarmament of Hamas. Al-Jazeera has confirmed the deal, however a Hamas spokesperson told them that its disarmament was conditional on Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza. The deal was confirmed to Al-Jazeera by one of…
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Foreign Minister in Brussels for Council Meeting and Palestine Donor Meeting
Malta’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Chris Fearne, met Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Mustafa ahead of the Palestine Donor Meeting, which is being held in Brussels today. The Foreign Affairs Minister also attended the morning session of the Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels. The Palestine Donor Group brings together European, Arab and other international partners to…
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Mahmoud Abbas calls for elections in Palestine including Gaza
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for elections in all of Palestine including in Jerusalem and Gaza to be held on Saturday November 29th. The last time elections were held in Palestine was in January 25 2006m in which Hamas won 44,5% of the vote against Fatah’s 41.4%, however support for Hamas in Gaza has…
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Israeli settlers take over ancient Christian village of Taybeh in Palestine: Israel renews airstrikes in Gaza
Illegal Israeli settler have occupied numerous houses in the ancient Christian village of Taybeh in Palestine, effectively bringing most of the village under their control. The illegal invasion was preceded by arson and vandalism and in March this year, illegal Israeli settlers took control of a cement factory in the village. Numerous outposts were also…
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Protests break out against Hamas in Gaza despite repression
Protests have broken out in Gaza against Hamas despite widespread repression and intimidation by Hamas terrorists to prevent the protests from taking place. Hamas has also organised a counter-protest in the guise of a funeral of one of its members killed by Israel last week. The protests, dubbed the “26th June Revolution” are attempting to…
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EU High Representative causes Israel’s ire with apartheid description
EU High Representative Kaja Kallas has stirred the Israeli government’s ire after Euractiv reported that the High Representative compared Israel to apartheid-era South Africa during closed-door meetings with Mexican officials in May. The remarks were reportedly made during Kallas’s visit to Mexico between 20 and 22 May, when she attended the 8th EU-Mexico Summit in…
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Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni demands an apology from the Israeli government over treatment of Italian detainees
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has issued a scathing condemnation of the Israeli government, particularly of Israeli Interior Minister Ben Gvir after the latter published a video in which the Israeli police are seen humiliating and manhandling Italian activists of the Gaza Sumud Flotilla flotilla. Up to 29 Italian citizens have been arrested by Israel…