Jaishankar speaks to Palestinian PM, reiterates India's long-standing position on Palestine External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held talks with Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh The Hindu · Dec 9, 2023
‘Alarming’: Palestinians accuse ICC prosecutor of bias after Israel visit While the ICC offers an alternative to Israeli courts, no arrest warrants have been issued against Israeli officials. Al Jazeera · Dec 9, 2023
Any attempt to run Gaza like the West Bank will fail – and Hamas will benefit The next administration is more likely to appear by default than by design, says Tahani Mustafa, senior Palestine analyst at the International Crisis Group The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2023
Fatah In Freefall As Hamas And Israel Wage War Fatah, the largest Palestinian party, has seen its popularity plunge during the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, from where the Islamists violently ousted rivals Fatah in 2007. International Business Times · Dec 7, 2023
The daily, grinding violence in the West Bank is worse than ever before. Why does it go unseen? The Israeli government is stripping away our freedoms – economic, physical, even the ability to celebrate, says health researcher Layth Hanbali The Guardian - UK · Dec 2, 2023
Clashes over fossil fuels, Gaza war at COP28 climate summit Israel’s assault on Gaza resumes the day after the summit reaches an agreement over a long-sought rehabilitation fund. Al Jazeera · Dec 1, 2023
Blinken Says Gaza Truce 'Producing Results', Should Continue Visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Israeli leaders on Thursday that a temporary truce in their war with Hamas was "producing results" and should continue. International Business Times · Nov 30, 2023
‘No work and no olives’: harvest rots as West Bank farmers cut off from trees With olives the largest single agricultural product on the West Bank, Palestinians say Israeli restrictions and settler violence are losing them $70m The Guardian - UK · Nov 30, 2023
Hamas releases 16 more hostages amid intense efforts to extend Gaza truce Ten Israelis, two Russian citizens and four Thais have been handed over to the Red Cross in Gaza, according to the Israeli military The Guardian - US · Nov 29, 2023
A brief history of the US-Israel 'special relationship' shows how connections have shifted since long before the 1948 founding of the Jewish state In his first remarks after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel, President Joe Biden affirmed the United States offered “rock solid and unwavering” support to Israel, “just as we have (done) from the moment the United States became the first nation to recognize Israel, 11 minutes after its… The Conversation · Nov 29, 2023
The beginning of the end? The hypothetical future of Palestinian politics Could Hamas’s rival, the PA, return to rule Gaza? Would Palestinians even accept it? Al Jazeera · Nov 28, 2023
Rare Survey Details How Gazans Wary Of Hamas Before Israel Attack Many Gazans were hostile to Hamas ahead of the group's brutal October 7 attack on Israel, with some describing its rule as a second occupation, according to rare polling data analyzed by a US-Palestinian researcher. International Business Times · Nov 28, 2023
Hamas cannot continue to rule Gaza, says EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell says Hamas is a terrorist organisation and calls for return of Palestinian Authority to Gaza The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023
Corrupt, discredited: could a reformed Palestinian Authority run Gaza? The west’s preferred vehicle to govern a Gaza shorn of Hamas is a body whose authority has been undermined by all sides The Guardian - UK · Nov 27, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Nov 26, 2023 Disappointed, disenchanted, defiant: inside the world of the West Bank’s angry armed youths A new generation of young Palestinian militants speak about their beliefs and what drives them to take up the fight
The Guardian - UK · Nov 23, 2023 David Cameron expresses hopes over temporary truce during visit to Israel UK foreign secretary hopes situation will provide opportunity to ‘get hostages out and get aid into Gaza’
Al Jazeera · Nov 20, 2023 Macron tells Netanyahu ‘too many civilian losses’ in Israel’s war on Gaza French president spoke to Israeli prime minister as Paris prepared more humanitarian aid for Gaza.
WEKU · Nov 20, 2023 Israel's lack of a strategy is the strategy Netanyahu offers no long-term answer in Gaza — which fits the way some Israelis view the conflict with Palestinians.
The Independent UK · Nov 19, 2023 David Lammy visits Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories Mr Lammy will also meet with the Palestinian Authority’s deputy foreign minister Amal Jadu in the West Bank.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 18, 2023 Joe Biden says Gaza and West Bank should be ‘reunited’ under Palestinian Authority; reiterates call for two-state solution – as it happened In Washington Post on Saturday, Biden writes: ‘After this war is over, the voices of Palestinian people … must be at the center of post-crisis governance’
Al Jazeera · Nov 17, 2023 ‘Pipe dream’: Why is the US pushing the Palestinian Authority to lead Gaza? Analysts say talk of the Palestinian Authority governing a destroyed post-conflict Gaza is premature and unrealistic.
The Conversation · Nov 17, 2023 View from The Hill: as war rages in the Middle East, Australian parliamentarians try to promote understanding In federal parliament, there are “friendship” groups for almost everything, from AUKUS to arthritis, and for many countries.
Al Jazeera · Nov 15, 2023 ‘Hospitals are not battlegrounds’: World reacts to Israel’s al-Shifa raid Criticism of Israel’s attack on Gaza’s largest hospital is adding to global disquiet over its war on the enclave.
The Guardian - UK · Nov 14, 2023 UK rows back on ex-PM’s claim Israel is outside remit of international criminal court Government appears to withdraw from past assertion by Boris Johnson amid shift to more pointed criticism of Israeli campaign in Gaza
The Conversation · Nov 14, 2023 As calls grow louder for a Gaza ceasefire, Netanyahu is providing few clues about his strategy or post-war plans More than five weeks into Israel’s war with Hamas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not outlined his future vision for Gaza.