The resolution also stated that “any actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the Holy City of Jerusalem are illegal.” Haley: U.S. to oppose UNGA call for Israel to return Golan Heights to Syria For first time U.S. opposes UNGA call to return Golan to Syria US…
An Egyptian delegation left Gaza on Wednesday and asked Israel to allow one more chance for calm to be restored to the situation, Liberman said. > Egypt releases 1978 Camp David Accords calling for Palestinian autonomy. > Egypt warns Abbas: No sanctions on Gaza. President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrives…
“Iran has an interest in escalating the situation in Gaza in light of what is happening in Syria,” the senior IDF officer said. > After 130 rockets fired from Gaza, Israelis wake to tentative calm > Iran is the culprit behind Tuesday’s Gaza rocket barrage, Israel says Despite relative calm returning to southern Israel after…
Israel has launched airstrikes against targets throughout the Gaza Strip after the armed wing of the ruling group in the Palestinian territory launched dozens of rockets and mortar shells into southern Israel. The confrontation, which continued into Wednesday morning, is the worst episode of violence between Israel and Hamas since they fought a seven-week-long war…
Putrid water, tear gas has limited effectiveness, Israel says Palestinians appeal for UN help to save them from ‘massacre’ Israeli soldiers and snipers at the border east of Gaza City on May 15. Photographer: Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images Skunk water, sticky foam, sponge grenades and tear gas-spraying drones are among the non-lethal methods Israel has…
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian National Council in Ramallah on Monday. (Majdi Mohammed/AP) In a speech broadcast live on Palestinian TV on Monday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivered what he called a “history lesson” in which he suggested that the Holocaust was the fault of Jews themselves. During…