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Israel Attacks Targets in Gaza Strip

Gaza, Apr 11 (Prensa Latina) Israeli tanks shelled today several points in the eastern part of Gaza City, allegedly belonging to the Palestinian Hamas movement.

April 12, 2018
Published in World News

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he addresses a health conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 27, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen/File Photo

Israel's Netanyahu Puts African Migrant Deal with UNHCR on Hold

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday he was putting on hold an agreement with the UN refugee agency to relocate thousands of African migrants to Western countries.

April 3, 2018
Published in World News

Palestinians march to mark Land Day east of Gaza City

Will the "Great March of Return" protests in Palestine lead to military escalation?

The death toll from Friday's rally is the largest since the last Israeli war on Gaza in the summer of 2014. Since then Gaza has seen a long period of calm but difficult economic conditions and the Israeli blockade may be the final chapter in the four-year truce between Hamas and Israel.

March 30, 2018
Published in World News

16 dead as Palestinians March to Demand their lands from Israel

GAZA, March 30, 2018 - It’s been a deadly day of clashes on the border of Gaza and Israel, as thousands marched to the border at the start of a six-week protest, dubbed the Great March of Return.

March 30, 2018
Published in World News

Eritreans protest outside the Rwandan embassy in Israel in late January. Jim Hollander/EPA

Anger mounts as Israel begins detention and deportation of African asylum seekers

Around 20,000 Israelis and African migrants took to the streets in Tel Aviv on February 24, protesting against a government policy of detaining and deporting African asylum seekers who refuse to leave the country. A few days earlier, a group of Eritrean asylum seekers held at a detention centre in Israel went on hunger strike in protest against their imminent expulsion from the country.

March 4, 2018
Published in Diaspora

A woman grieves during the funeral of the four Palestinian children from the Baker family, whom medics said were killed by an Israeli shell fired in Gaza City. | Photo: Reuters

Over 1,000 Palestinians Died in Gaza Due to Israeli Blockade

Over 1,000 Palestinians have died in the Gaza strip as a result of Israel's military blockade, which has been ongoing for more than a decade, the strip's collective of charitable organizations has warned.

February 26, 2018
Published in World News

The Israeli leader has been facing a series of probes involving allegations of financial corruption. | Photo: Reuters FILE

Israel: Anti-Netanyahu, 'StripperGate' Protesters Flood Tel Aviv

Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv to protest the alleged involvement of Prime Minister (PM) Benjamin Netanyahu's son in an infamous “stripper scandal,” during the “March of Shame 2017” demonstrations.

January 14, 2018
Published in World News

An American flag flies outside the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France.

US, Israel Quit UN’s Cultural Agency Citing Bias

PARIS, October 13, 2017- (Reuters) The US and Israel announced on Thursday they were quitting the UN’s cultural agency UNESCO, after Washington accused it of anti-Israeli bias.

October 14, 2017
Published in World News

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