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- ‘Complete blow to peace process’: US envoy to Israel castigated for West Bank annexation comments
Palestinians and left-wing Israelis have slammed the US ambassador to Israel for saying Israel “has the right” to annex parts of the West Bank, labeling him “spokesman of the settlers.”Jun 9, 2019 08:58World News - 'I was afraid to protest when I was 8. Not anymore' – 18-yo Palestinian icon Ahed Tamimi to RTPalestinian activist Ahed Tamimi grew up protesting the Israeli occupation. She took part in her first rally when she was eight, and a decade later, she doesn't believe in reasoning with Israel.Jun 8, 2019 23:02World News
- ‘Conquer and Divide’: Israeli NGO launches interactive map highlighting 52-years of occupationTo mark the 52nd anniversary of Israel’s territorial encroachment into the West Bank, human rights NGO B’Tselem has unveiled a new interactive map creatively illustrating the decades-long history of the occupation.Jun 5, 2019 17:02World News
- Iran’s Khamenei slams US’ ‘dastardly’ Middle East peace plan as ‘betrayal of Islamic world’While Trump has called the yet-unveiled Israel-Palestine peace plan by the US the “deal of the century,” Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei dubbed it a “betrayal” and urged Gulf nations not to back it.Jun 5, 2019 14:24World News
- I desperately want to see an end to Israel’s abuse of Palestinians – Ken LivingstoneJust two months since Netanyahu’s Likud party was re-elected with its biggest-ever number of seats, Israel has been thrown into chaos because he has failed to put together a coalition.Jun 5, 2019 11:55
- Naksa Day: Here’s what you need to know as Palestinians remember the 1967 Israeli occupationThis week, Palestinians mark the 52nd anniversary of Naksa Day, when Israel occupied the West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza, Sinai and the Golan Heights in the 1967 Six Day War, sparking a mass exodus of Palestinians from their homes.Jun 5, 2019 11:38World News
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