Palestine

  • PoliticsAOL

    Donald Trump unveils two-state peace plan for Middle East

    US president Donald Trump has unveiled his long-awaited Middle East peace plan, calling for the creation of a State of Palestine with its capital in portions of east Jerusalem. He declared it a "win-win" opportunity for both Israel and

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  • BusinessAOL

    Airbnb to remove listings from illegal Israeli settlements

    About 200 Airbnb listings for houses in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank will be removed in the coming days. According to The Guardian, the announcement comes before publication of damning Human Rights Watch report and follows years

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  • NewsAOL

    Seven killed as Israeli troops fire on Gaza protest

    Israeli soldiers shot dead seven Palestinians, including two boys, who were among thousands of people who thronged to the fortified Gaza Strip border on Friday as part of weekly protests launched half a year ago, Gaza health officials said.

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    Palestinians hold sit-in to save village from bulldozers

    Palestinian activists are staging a sit-in in an attempt to thwart a plan to destroy the village of Khan al-Ahmar, home to 200 people. Five European countries have made a last-ditch appeal to Israel, asking it not go to ahead with the demolition

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    US ends all funding for UN's Palestine refugee agency UNRWA

    Palestinian officials have sharply criticised a US decision to halt funding to the United Nations' agency assisting Palestine refugees across the Middle East, calling it a "flagrant assault" against Palestinian people. The move

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    Gaza conflict: Israeli military carries out dozens of airstrikes

    Israel has launch dozens of airstrikes against Hamas in Gaza, according to CNN. The Israeli military claims the attack was in response to a shooting carried out against soldiers guarding the border. During that incident, four Palestinian