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Australia will recognize a Palestinian state at next month’s United Nations General Assembly, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, a move that adds to international pressure on Israel after similar announcements from France, Britain and Canada. “Australia will recognize the State of Palestine at the 80th Session of the United Nations General …

When French President Emmanuel Macron shared his plans to formally recognize Palestinian statehood at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in September, he said there was “no alternative.” “We must build the state of Palestine, ensure its viability and ensure that by accepting its demilitarization and fully recognizing Israel, it …

Mohamed Hijazi squirms as his father unwraps a bandage for him. He cries and kicks his feet, but his dad manages to eventually place the bandage over his eye.  “It’s nothing,” Abu Mohamed tells his child, in a last-ditch effort to calm him down. But the boy is inconsolable.  The …

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel has “operated clans” in Gaza in a video published on social media Thursday after an opposition leader accused him of arming Palestinian militias in order to bolster opposition to Hamas.  When asked about the allegations made by Avigdor Lieberman, leader of one of the opposition parties in the Knesset …

Nahil Sadaqa loves soccer — and one of his favourite teams helps him connect with his Palestinian identity. This club plays in Palestinian colours, its fans wave Palestinian flags, its sponsors include the Bank of Palestine and its jerseys have images of the keffiyeh and the Al-Aqsa Mosque. But the team isn’t …

WARNING: This article contains graphic details of violence. An Illinois landlord who killed a six-year-old Palestinian American boy and severely injured the boy’s mother in a vicious hate-crime attack days after the war in Gaza began was sentenced Friday to 53 years in prison. Joseph Czuba, 73, was found guilty in …

An Israeli probe into its soldiers’ deadly shooting of 15 emergency workers last month in Gaza says it has found evidence of “professional failures” and a deputy commander will be fired. Israel at first claimed the Palestinian medics’ vehicles did not have emergency signals on when troops opened fire but later backtracked. …

2 hours ago News Duration 4:08 A U.S. judge has ruled the Trump administration can deport Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University graduate detained last month for his role in pro-Palestinian protests. Will Creeley, legal director at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, called the decision a ‘clear violation’ of …

4 hours ago News Duration 2:04 The Palestinian Red Crescent has released video clearly showing emergency vehicles with lights flashing before the Israeli military opened fire on them last month, killing 15 paramedics and aid workers later found in a mass grave. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) originally said the …

A teenager from the West Bank who was held in an Israeli prison for six months without being charged died after collapsing in unclear circumstances, becoming the first Palestinian under 18 to die in Israeli detention, officials said. Walid Ahmad, 17, was a healthy high schooler before his arrest in …