Israeli minister: 'We hope Australia will fix the mistake they made' - video
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Tag: Palestinian territories
Ramallah construction boom threatens city's architectural heritage
Walk down the streets of Ramallah on any given weekday, and the call to prayer from the city’s mosques is likely to be drowned out by the sound of construction, while dust from newly dug foundations always seems to find its way into homes. The de-fa...
Women in Palestine face violence and political exclusion, campaigner tells UN
Women are being shut out of Palestinian politics and excluded from peace talks, according to Randa Siniora, the first female Palestinian campaigner to address the UN security council. Speaking at the UN on Thursday, she said that while women in the...
Moving Australia's embassy to Jerusalem a 'fatal mistake', Middle Eastern envoys warn
Representatives from 13 Middle Eastern and North African embassies in Australia have condemned Scott Morrison’s signal that the Australian embassy could be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, declaring it a “fatal mistake” that could lead to a breakdo...
Mother of shot Gaza medic: ‘She thought the white coat would protect her’
Gaza’s medics have fine-tuned tactics on how to work in the line of fire without being shot by Israeli snipers. They wear white jackets with reflective, high-visibility stripes. Teams move slowly and deliberately towards casualties with their hands...
Gaza ministry removes baby from list of people killed by Israeli army
Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry has said it has removed an eight-month-old baby from a list of people killed by Israeli troops while authorities investigate to determine the cause of death. The ministry announced last week that Leila al-Ghandour di...
Israeli troops kill dozens of Palestinians in protests as US embassy opens in Jerusalem – live updates
We condemn unreservedly the Israeli government for their brutal, lethal and utterly unjustified actions on the Gaza border, and our thoughts are with all those Palestinians in Gaza whose loved ones have been killed or injured as a result. These acti...
Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians at US embassy protests
Israeli forces have killed 41 Palestinians and wounded at least 900 in Gaza, health officials said, as troops fired bullets at residents protesting against the Monday opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem. Tens of thousands turned out across the co...
Israel at 70: jubilant US embassy opening masks fevered times
Flowers – red, white and blue – form the image of the US flag on the road leading up to the site of the new American mission in Jerusalem. “US embassy” signs have been hoisted in the neighbourhood. The US embassy Twitter account – previously in Tel...
'Haifa is essentially segregated': cracks appear in Israel's capital of coexistence
Ben-Gurion Boulevard climbs from the bustling port on Haifa’s Mediterranean shore up Mount Carmel towards the famous Bahai shrine, its gleaming golden dome surrounded by lush terraced gardens. On the south side of the palm-lined road, on a spring lu...