Palestinians Archives - Page 20 Of 28

Palestinian ‘Naksa Day’ protests come amid heightened Gaza tensions

June 4, 2018

Palestinians are gearing up for Tuesday’s ‘Naksa Day’ . The day is commemorated as the ‘setback’ when Israel took over the West Bank and Gaza as well as East Jerusalem during the Six Day War. Along with Nakba Day and Land Day it makes up one of the key Palestinian protests of the spring and summer every year. This year the events come after months of protests along the Gaza border in which more than one hundred Palestinians have been killed and thousands wounded in clashes.

Gaza terror rocket hits Strip’s own power lines, leaves Palestinians in dark

May 30, 2018

One of the rockets fired by terrorist groups from Gaza at southern Israel Tuesday struck equipment that provides electricity to the southern Gaza Strip, knocking out power to thousands, a spokesperson for Israel’s Electric Company said.

Three Palestinians killed in Israeli strike in southern Gaza

May 27, 2018

Three Palestinians were killed when the Israeli military struck an observation post in the southern Gaza Strip after an explosive device was placed on the security fence with Israel.

White House mulling possible move against Palestinian mission over ICC push

May 23, 2018

The White House is considering action against Palestinian diplomats in Washington after Ramallah asked the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to investigate alleged Israeli crimes, The Times of Israel has learned.

Trump peace deal to make Jerusalem suburb Palestinian capital

May 24, 2018May 22, 2018

The Abu Dis neighborhood bordering east Jerusalem will be the capital of a Palestinian state in US President Donald Trump’s planned peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians, Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid said Monday.

Israel, US Seek to Head Off UN Security Council Resolution Imposing International Force in Gaza

May 22, 2018

Israel and the United States are seeking to prevent the passage of a UN Security Council resolution creating an international force in Gaza.

Erdogan hosts Islamic summit to back Palestinians, condemn Israel

May 18, 2018

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday hosts for the second time in half a year a summit of the world’s main pan-Islamic group seeking to show solidarity with the Palestinians and condemn Israel after deadly clashes at the Gaza border Monday in which some 60 Palestinians were killed by IDF fire.

Iran’s Khamenei: Palestine will be liberated from the enemies

April 16, 2020May 18, 2018

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei said Thursday that ‘Palestine will be liberated from the enemies and Jerusalem will be its capital.’

Erdogan: Turkey will not allow Israel to steal Jerusalem from Palestinians

May 18, 2018May 17, 2018

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that the United Nations had ‘collapsed’ in the face of events in Gaza where Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinian protesters on Monday as the United States relocated its Israel embassy to Jerusalem.

Israel says Hamas curbed Gaza protests after Egyptian warning

May 17, 2018

Palestinian protests on the Gaza-Israel border have dropped off over the past two days, amid reports that Egyptian officials intervened to restore calm.

Hamas official: 50 of those killed in Gaza Monday were members

May 17, 2018

Fifty of the Palestinians killed in a protest in the border region between the Gaza Strip and Israel earlier this week were Hamas members, Hamas Politburo member Salah Bardaweil said on Wednesday.

Two killed as Palestinians protest the ‘Nakba’ in West Bank, Gaza

April 27, 2020May 16, 2018

Two Palestinians were shot dead as over 4,000 people in the West Bank and Gaza took part in protests Tuesday to mark the establishment of Israel, one day after Israeli forces along the Gaza border killed 60 Palestinians.

Israel girds for second day of violence amid fears protests may spread

May 18, 2018May 15, 2018

Israeli forces were gearing up Tuesday for a second straight day of Palestinian protests and the prospect that they may spread, after hours of bloody clashes on the Gaza border Monday left at least 58 Palestinians dead and thousands more injured.

Palestinians say baby, killed by tear gas, among 58 Gaza dead

May 15, 2018

The Gaza Strip’s Hamas-run health ministry said Tuesday morning that a baby was among those killed during violent border clashes along the territory’s border with Israel the previous day, bringing the overall death toll in the day’s bloody events to 58.

Hamas terror chief hopes to see hundreds of thousands storm Israel-Gaza fence

May 11, 2018

The Gaza leader of Hamas said Thursday he hopes to see hundreds of thousands of Palestinians breach the border fence from Gaza into Israel at protests to coincide with next week’s US embassy move to Jerusalem.

Palestinians announce embassy move date to be ‘day of rage’

May 9, 2018

Senior PLO official Ahmad Majdalani said Tuesday that May 14, the day the US is expected to move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, will be ‘a day of rage.’

Israel fears ‘explosion of violence’ as US prepares to open embassy in Jerusalem

May 9, 2018May 7, 2018

Police in Israel has started patrols and security sweeps of a southern Jerusalem neighborhood, anxiously preparing for a US embassy inauguration that Israelis and Palestinians fear may launch a week of violence.

Congress Seeks Showdown On Ending U.S. Aid to Palestinians

May 2, 2018

A delegation of leading Republican members of Congress are urging newly installed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to cut all U.S. taxpayer funding to the Palestinian government over its continued use of American dollars to pay the salaries of terrorists and their families, according to communications between these lawmakers and the State Department.

U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo calls on Palestinians to negotiate

May 1, 2018

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Palestinians to return to the negotiating table with Israel, speaking in Jordan on Monday at the end of a whirlwind Middle East visit.

Saudi prince told Jewish leaders Palestinians must accept Trump’s offer on peace deal

April 30, 2018

Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman recently told Jewish leaders in New York that he’s fed up with Palestinian leaders who should accept the Trump administration’s proposals on a potential peace agreement with Israel, according to a report Sunday.