Israel-Palestine conflict

Will Gaza’s incessant bleeding end under the new US leadership?

The US policy will almost certainly remain the same: to support and arm Israel while largely ignoring the Palestinians’ plight in Gaza.

Coca-Cola ad, sparking backlash, gets reinstated amid controversy

On Tuesday morning, the ad disappeared from Coca-Cola’s YouTube channel, prompting speculation that the company had taken it down in response to the backlash. However, the ad was back online by the evening, with a disabled comment section to prevent further negative feedback.

Opinion / How to not handle a crisis communication: A lesson from Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola's botched ad campaign highlights the pitfalls of crisis communication.

27 killed in Israel strike on UN school in Gaza

An Israeli strike on a UN school in Gaza, which was being used as a Hamas compound, killed at least 27 people early today, Palestinian authorities said

Explainer / What is the two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict?

More than seven months into the deadliest Israeli-Palestinian war yet, the US has said there is no way to solve Israel's security issues and the challenge of rebuilding Gaza without steps towards a Palestinian state

Alleged war crimes in Gaza: ICC arrest warrants sought for Netanyahu, Hamas leaders

The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said yesterday he had requested arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his defence chief and three Hamas leaders over alleged war crimes.

Ensure basic health services to Palestinians, PM urges UN

"I hope that the United Nations and other international organisations will take a more effective role in ensuring essential health services for all, especially women and children, there"

Has the war in Gaza exposed limitations of free speech in US?

Protests have rocked US university campuses over the last week as pro-Palestinian students have encamped on the grounds of Columbia, Yale, and New York University, among other prestigious educational institutions, urging universities to divest from the state of Israel amid the ongoing genocide.

January 31, 2020
January 31, 2020

Israeli forces storm Al-Aqsa Mosque, 10 hurt, 3 held

Israeli police forces stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque, leaving at least 10 worshippers injured and detaining three, a Palestinian official is quoted as saying by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency.

March 30, 2019
March 30, 2019

Israeli fire kills Palestinian on Gaza border: Palestinian Health Ministry

Israeli fire kills a Palestinian man near the Gaza border, Palestinian Health officials say, as Israel's forces mass at the frontier ahead of a rally to mark the first anniversary of a surge of Gaza border protests.

March 26, 2019
March 26, 2019

Time to speak up for Palestine

On March 20, 2019, the UN Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue with Michael Lynk, the UN Special Rapporteur on the

August 25, 2018
August 25, 2018

Trump cuts more than $200 million in US aid to Palestinians

The United States is cutting more than $200 million in aid to the Palestinians, the State Department says, amid a deteriorating relationship with the Palestinian leadership.

July 15, 2018
July 15, 2018

Israel, Gaza militants agree to end fierce fighting

Israel and Gaza militant groups agrees a ceasefire, a Palestinian official says, after Israel launched dozens of air strikes against the Palestinian enclave's ruling Hamas group and gunmen fired more than 100 rockets across the border.

May 19, 2018
May 19, 2018

Jerusalem - “A day which will live in infamy” (. . . if history is any guide)

US President Donald J Trump did not mince his words: President Harry S Truman, a Democrat, made the United States the first country to recognise Israel's statehood (May 14, 1948), yet his own December 6, 2017 decision to shift the US embassy to Jerusalem, the first country to do so, on May 14, 2018, may have converted the logical 1948 recognition decision into a 2018 conflict invitation.

May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018

An effective shelving of the two-state solution

With the death toll mounting to 58 last Monday thanks largely to a trigger-happy Israeli military and smiles all around Tel Aviv and Washington the two-state solution is all but dead and buried. When President Trump decided to move the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, all pretence of a negotiated settlement was effectively thrown out the window and what is happening in Gaza today points to a mindset that

May 16, 2018
May 16, 2018

Hold Israel to account

We condemn strongly Israel for its brutal killing of 58 unarmed Palestinians. More than two thousand others have been wounded, and the casualty is mounting. They were protesting in Gaza against shifting the American embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, effectively recognising the annexation of the holy city by Israel.

May 15, 2018
May 15, 2018

Bangladesh condemns killing of Palestinians on Gaza border

Bangladesh strongly condemns the use of force by the Israeli authorities against Palestinians on Monday, May 14, 2018, which left scores of Palestine civilians dead and several thousand injured on the Gaza border.

May 14, 2018
May 14, 2018

52 killed in Gaza violence before US embassy opening

Fifty-two Palestinians are killed by Israeli fire during violent clashes on the Gaza-Israel border coinciding with the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, the health ministry in the strip announces.