RIYADH — Prince Turki Al-Faisal, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Jerusalem Empowerment Fund, underlined the need to intensify efforts for economic and social empowerment of Palestinians. ''Palestine, and Jerusalem in particular, are going (...)
The European Union has unveiled a financial aid package of up to €1.6 billion to support the Palestinian Authority (PA) and fund projects in the West Bank, Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip.
The offer comes as Israel expanded its military offensive (...)
At least 34 people were killed and some 117 others were injured as two Russian ballistic missiles struck the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy. Kyiv says it's the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in the space of a week.
The missiles (...)
The screws on Russia must be urgently tightened through fresh sanctions after the devastating attack against the Ukrainian city of Sumy, foreign ministers of the European Union said as they gathered for a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday.
Two Russian (...)
The Israeli army on Saturday said it has fully encircled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, completing the construction of the Morag Corridor to sever the city from neighboring Khan Younis.
"Forces of the 36th Division have completed the encirclement (...)
Hundreds of Israeli soldiers from various units, including elite and special forces, have signed a new petition urging the government to secure a prisoner exchange deal and bring an end to the ongoing war in Gaza, Israeli broadcaster KAN reported on (...)
Israel has released a Palestinian man who was controversially arrested at the age of 13, after he spent nearly a decade in jail.
Ahmad Manasra has been reunited with his family, his lawyer Khaled Zabarqa told CNN.
"Ahmad has completed his 10-year (...)
ANTALYA — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan on Friday rejected any proposal involving the forced displacement of Palestinians. He stressed that the residents of Gaza are deprived of the basic necessities of life.
Speaking at the (...)
RIYADH — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned Israel's decision to shut down six schools operated by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in East Jerusalem.
In a statement on Friday, the Kingdom (...)
Israel's military has transformed every bit of Gazan territory within about half a mile of the Israeli border into a wasteland.
Armored bulldozers have systematically leveled one home after another. Combat engineers have laid explosives and (...)
A 17-year-old Palestinian boy died following "likely prolonged malnutrition" in an Israeli prison, according to an autopsy carried out by an Israeli pathologist.
The teenager, Walid Khalid Ahmad, is the first minor to have died in Israeli custody (...)
Israeli soldiers killed a Palestinian American teenager and wounded two others in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, according to Palestinian officials.
Ramallah Gov. Laila Ghannam said a 14-year-old Palestinian American boy was shot dead by Israeli (...)
Dozens of protesters gathered Monday outside the Jerusalem residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to call for a deal securing the release of all hostages.
The gathering took place ahead of Netanyahu's trip to Washington, where the (...)
Over 500 illegal Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, according to Palestinian authorities.
In a statement, the Jerusalem Governorate confirmed the incursion took place under the heavy protection (...)
"I'm the only survivor who saw what happened to my colleagues," Munther Abed says, scrolling through pictures of his fellow paramedics on his phone.
He survived the Israeli attack that killed 15 emergency workers in Gaza by diving to the floor in (...)
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz announced Wednesday a major expansion of the military's operation in Gaza involving the seizure of large areas of land that would be "incorporated into Israel's security zones."
In the statement, Katz said the (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has strongly condemned the recent Israeli actions in Jerusalem and Gaza, denouncing what it described as blatant violations of international law and humanitarian norms.
In an official statement released on Tuesday, the Kingdom (...)
VIENNA — Saudi Arabia strongly condemned the ongoing attacks and violations committed by Israel against the Palestinian people, especially the systematic targeting of civilians. This was stated by Ambassador Abdulmohsen bin Khothaila, Saudi (...)
In a small village in the Hebron hills of the occupied West Bank, Hamdan Ballal stood outside his house in a track suit with a black eye.
He held the hand of his 18-month-old daughter, who stood in a pool of his dried blood.
Things looked quite (...)
A Palestinian Oscar winner has been detained in the occupied West Bank following an outbreak of violence between Israeli settlers and Palestinians, activists say.
Hamdan Ballal, who was one of four co-directors of No Other Land, had his house (...)
CAIRO — A meeting of the members of the Arab-Islamic Ministerial Committee and a senior official of the European Union condemned the resumption of hostilities and the targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. In a (...)
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia condemned on Monday the new Israeli move to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed condemnation of Israeli occupation authorities' announcement about the (...)
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired the head of the nation's security service over its failure to anticipate the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas.
The Israeli cabinet met on Thursday evening to formally approve the early dismissal of (...)
Hamas fired rockets at Israel from Gaza Thursday, the militant group's first response to Israel's renewed offensive in the Strip that shattered a fragile two-month ceasefire.
Israel resumed its offensive on Gaza on Tuesday, first bombarding the (...)
In Gaza, Palestinians have been burying their dead.
At Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis in the south of the Strip, Alaa Abu Hihal stands cradling his baby son Mohammed in his arms.
The child's tiny face peeps out of a white shroud.
Mohammed was one of (...)
