Tag: Isreal
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Palestinians bury dead after bloodiest day of Israel border protests
Thousands of Palestinians participated in dozens of funerals in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, a day after 60 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during mass protests along the border. Mourners chanted “God is great” in Arabic and “Death to Israel” as they marched the bodies, many of them wrapped in flags to signify political…
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Anti-Trump protesters turned off Bethlehem Christmas lights
Palestinians switched off Christmas lights at Jesus’ traditional birthplace in Bethlehem on Wednesday night in protest at U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. A Christmas tree adorned with lights outside Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, where Christians believe Jesus was born, and another in Ramallah, next to the burial site…
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Donald Trump ignores warnings, formally recognises Jerusalem as Capital of Isreal
President Donald Trump on Wednesday formally recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The president also directed processes commence to formally move the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. World leaders including the EU and Arab countries had cautioned against the move saying it could further worsen the crisis in the Middle East. The…
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Syrian Army Intercepts Israel Missiles Near Damascus
Syrian air defences intercepted at least two Israeli missiles fired at a government “military position” in Damascus province early Saturday but the attack still caused damage, state media reported. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor of the war, said the missiles, presumably Israeli, targeted “positions of the Syrian regime and its allies”…
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Israeli parliament passes law to legalise settlements
Israel’s parliament has voted in favour of a law that would retroactively legalise Israeli settlements built on Palestinian owned land. Sixty of the Knesset’s 120 members voted in favour of the bill after its third and final reading and 52 against it. The remaining members did not take part in the vote, including Prime Minister…