Palestine
Islamist-Israel clashes kill four Palestinians in West Bank
The Palestinian health ministry confirmed a total of four deaths from Israeli gunfire, including one in Burqin near Jenin and three more in Bidu, an area...
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Ramaphosa: SA backs the rights of Palestine, Western Sahara to self determination
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Ramaphosa told the UN that there would be no peace and justice until Palestinians were free from occupation. He also said South Africa stood in solidarity with Cuba and the people of Western Sahara.
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Israel further eases Gaza restrictions despite unrest
Israel has maintained a tight blockade on the territory since 2007, the year Hamas took power.
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Palestinian president, Israeli defence minister hold rare talks
The meeting included the head of the Israeli military branch responsible for civil affairs in the Palestinian territories, Ghasan Alyan, senior PA official Hussein Al Sheikh and Palestinian intelligence chief Majid Faraj.
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Israel's Bennett seeks US 'reset' in first White House visit
In his first state visit since taking office in June, Bennett will meet Biden on Thursday and attempt to mend ties with America's top Democrat, which were strained under former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, accused of openly favouring the Republican party.
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Ramaphosa: SA concerned about AU move to grant Israel observer status
South Africa's Department of International Relations has accused the commission chair of failing to consult with member states before granting Israel's request.
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SA 'appalled' by Israel's African Union observer status
The AU handed Israel the observer status on Thursday, a move the two parties expected would enable Israel to further help the AU battle the coronavirus pandemic and terrorism on the continent.
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Israel strikes Gaza after incendiary balloon launch
On Thursday, Israel's fire service said that incendiary balloon launches from Gaza had sparked four minor fires in the southern Eshkol region, on the Gaza border.
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Israel PM strikes deal for settlers to leave West Bank outpost
Dozens of settler families several weeks ago started to build the Eviatar wildcat settlement in defiance of both international and Israeli law, sparking fierce protests from Palestinians in nearby villages.
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Palestinians to get million COVID vaccine doses in swap with Israel
Israel 'will receive in return the doses that Pfizer is to send to the Palestinian Authority,' the statement added.
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Palestinian woman shot dead by Israelis in West Bank after attempted attack
The Israeli army said "an assailant arrived in her car and attempted to ram into a number of IDF soldiers" near Hizma, south of Ramallah, before she "exited her vehicle with a knife drawn."
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UN body orders probe of 'systematic' abuses in Israel, Palestinian areas
The resolution, which passed with 24 of the council's 47 members in favour, will spur an unprecedented level of scrutiny on abuses and their 'root causes' in the decades-long Middle East conflict.
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Israel's attacks on Gaza may constitute 'war crimes': UN rights chief
Michelle Bachelet voiced deep concern about the surge in deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians earlier this month.
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Hamas says won't touch 'cent' of aid to rebuild Gaza
Diplomatic efforts are underway to solidify a fragile Egypt-brokered truce that halted the fighting, with plans to rebuild the Gaza Strip where Israeli air strikes damaged infrastructure and levelled buildings.
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Gauteng ANC supports people of Palestine at picket at US Consulate
Members of the African National Congress in Gauteng held a picket outside the American Consulate in Sandton on 26 May 2021 in solidarity with the people of Palestine who have faced a barrage of deadly Israeli air strikes in recent weeks. #ANC #Palestine #USA
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SAJBD: Duarte threat to storm Israeli embassy would violate diplomatic rules
South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) said that Duarte threatened to storm the embassy, which would be in clear violation of all international diplomatic regulations.
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Blinken arrives in Egypt on mission to shore up Gaza truce
The US top diplomat already met with Israeli and Palestinian leaders to throw Washington's support behind the Friday truce that ended 11 days of heavy Israeli bombing of Gaza and rocket fire from the enclave into Israel.
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US vows to reopen Jerusalem consulate, pledges aid for Gaza
The announcements signalled a clean break with US policy under former president Donald Trump who had shuttered the diplomatic mission for Palestinians in 2019 and slashed aid to the Palestinian Authority.
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'Go home' - ANC pickets outside Israeli embassy in Pretoria
The African National Congress held a picket outside the Israeli embassy in Pretoria on 25 May 2021 in solidarity with Palestine following the recent escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine. The party’s deputy secretary-general Jessie Duarte requested that the embassy pack up and leave South Africa. #ANC #Israel #Palestine
