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U.N. Palestinian refugee agency narrows shortfall after U.S. cuts

September 30th, 20180 NEW YORK — A United Nations agency that supports Palestinian refugees received contributions of $118 million on Thursday, narrowing a budget gap for this year to $68...

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Palestinian president urges Trump to rescind Jerusalem, aid decisions

September 28th, 20180 UNITED NATIONS — On Thursday, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the United States to reverse its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and cuts...

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Why Israel demolishes: Khan Al-Ahmar as representation of greater genocide

September 24th, 20180 Like vultures, Israeli soldiers descended on Khan Al-Ahmar, on Sept. 14, recreating a menacing scene with which the residents of this small Palestinian village, located...

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Oslo Accords 25 years later, peace hopes a fading memory

September 14th, 20180 The Oslo Accords 25 years later. As Palestinians prepare to lower the flag over their shuttered mission in Washington, no one can predict when they'll return to the...

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Ahed Tamimi to address civil right group’s annual gala

September 12th, 20180 DEARBORN — Famed Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi, held at an Israeli jail at 16 for slapping an Israeli officer, will be the keynote speaker at the Arab American...

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Twenty-five years on, Oslo Accords peace hopes a fading memory

September 12th, 20180 JERUSALEM — As Palestinians prepare to lower the flag over their shuttered mission in Washington, no one can predict when they will return to the city where just a...

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Trump administration closing PLO office in Washington

September 11th, 20180 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration on Monday threatened tough action against the International Criminal Court should it try to prosecute Americans for alleged...

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Israel closing embassy in Asuncion after Paraguay moves mission back to Tel Aviv

September 9th, 20180 JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also the foreign minister, ordered the closure of Israel’s embassy in Asuncion, Paraguay on Wednesday...

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Lana Del Ray cancels Israel festival appearance

September 5th, 20180 Pop singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey has canceled her September 7 appearance at Israel’s Meteor Festival. Del Rey (real name Elizabeth Woolridge Grant) had pulled...

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Seventy U.S. lawmakers urge for immediate humanitarian aid for Gaza

August 4th, 20180 GAZA — Seventy members of the U.S. Congress are urging the Trump administration to immediately reinstate U.S. aid in order to alleviate the growing humanitarian crisis...

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Ahed Tamimi freed from Israeli prison pledge to continue resistance

July 30th, 20180 WEST BANK - Ahed Tamimi, a Palestinian teenager released by Israel on Sunday after completing a prison term for kicking and slapping an Israeli soldier said she wanted...

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Gaza artist takes on Trump despite disabilities

July 13th, 20180 GAZA — How can an artist capture the anger of a people when the most powerful politician in the world tries to discard their rights? Mahmoud al-Moqayad may have...

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Jewish American BDS activist denied entry into Israel

July 6th, 20180 WEST BANK — A Prominent Jewish American activist, Ariel Gold, was denied entry into Israel on Sunday, July 1, over her activism in the Boycott, Divestment and...

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Four Arab states support U.S. ‘deal of the century’ in the Middle East

July 1st, 20180 AMMAN/WASHINGTON — Four Arab states have backed the U.S. plan for the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, regardless of the position of Palestinian Authority (PA)...

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Palestinian hit in face by tear gas canister fired by Israeli soldier in Gaza protests

June 12th, 20180 GAZA - A Palestinian hit in the face by a tear-gas canister fired by an Israeli soldier, was on life support in a Gaza hospital on Friday. Israel says it uses...

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Israel’s premature celebration: Gazans have crossed the fear barrier

May 25th, 20180 Sixty Palestinians were killed in Gaza on May 15, simply for protesting and demanding their Right of Return as guaranteed by international law. Fifty more were killed...

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International court’s prosecutor warns Israel on Gaza violence, expresses “grave concern”

May 16th, 20180 AMSTERDAM - The office of the prosecutor of the world’s permanent war crimes court on Wednesday expressed “grave concern” about escalating violence in Gaza against...

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France says Middle East is ‘explosive,’ criticizes U.S. policy and unjustified Israeli violence

May 15th, 20180 PARIS - French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Tuesday described the situation in the Middle East as “explosive” and criticized the United States for...

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Palestinians hold protest in Cannes against Israeli killing in Gaza

May 15th, 20180 CANNES, France - Hollywood actor Benicio del Toro joined Palestinians at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday in a demonstration against the Israeli army’s killing of...

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Pro-Trump pastor who claims Islam is a “cult” picked to lead prayer at opening of U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem

May 14th, 20180 WASHINGTON - An anti-gay, pro-Trump pastor from Dallas will give the opening prayer Monday night at the introduction ceremony of the new US embassy in Jerusalem. Pastor...

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Israeli occupation forces kill dozens, injure hundreds of Palestinians in Gaza

May 14th, 20180 GAZA - Israeli occupation forces killed dozens of Palestinians taking part in mass protests on the Gaza border on Monday as the United States opened its embassy to...

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Israeli forces kill Palestinian near Gaza border

March 3rd, 20180 GAZA - Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on Saturday, Palestinian officials said. An Israeli military...

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State Department: U.S. ready to open Jerusalem embassy in May

February 25th, 20180 WASHINGTON - The United States said on Friday it will open its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in May, a move from Tel Aviv that reverses decades of U.S. policy and is...

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U.S. State Department designates Hamas leader as “terrorist”

January 31st, 20180 WASHINGTON - The State Department said on Wednesday it had designated Ismail Haniyeh, leader of the Hamas Movement, as a "terrorist". The State Department said in a...

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Frustrated Palestinians snub Pence, tell Trump Jerusalem is not for sale

January 26th, 20180 DAVOS, Switzerland — President Trump threatened on Thursday to withhold aid to the Palestinians if they did not pursue peace with Israel, saying they had snubbed the...

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Amena Khan loses her L’Oreal gig after 2014 tweet calling Israel a “child killers” unearthed

January 24th, 20180 LONDON - Just days into her role, a British Muslim model has quit a major beauty brand's campaign after right-wing media outlets published her tweets from 2014, in which...

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Trump administration to provide $60 million in Palestinian aid, withhold $65 million

January 16th, 20180 WASHINGTON - The United States will give a U.N. agency $60 million in aid for Palestinians but will withhold a further $65 million “for future consideration,” a U.S....

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Israeli court upholds entry ban on U.S. student over her BDS activities