Harshly condemned by rights groups A law approving the death penalty for Palestinians who are convicted of murdering Israelis has been passed by Israel’s parliament. The bill’s passage means that the death penalty by hanging is now the default punishment for West Bank Palestinians, who are convicted of nationalistic killings. It came after the culmination […]

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The highly-revered Palestinian journalist was shot on Wednesday Truly deplorable scenes in Jerusalem as Israeli forces are pictured beating mourning members of the crowd gathered for Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s state funeral. Akleh was killed on Wednesday, May 11 after she was struck by gunfire along with another journalist during IDF raids in […]

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She is said to have been wearing a vest clearly marked as ‘PRESS’ Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh has been shot dead during a raid by Israeli forces in West Bank. According to the news outlet, Akleh was shot by IDF troops carrying out raids in the city of Jenin, located within the historically […]

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The protesters briefly entered Israel “Dozens” of people from Lebanon managed to storm border fences and enter the country. Footage broadcast live on social media showed crowds make for the Israeli northern and eastern border fences, whilst waving Palestinian flags. The Independent reports that at the same time hundreds of people in Jordan attempted the […]

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