Palestine

Numerous countries say they have been invited to join the US president’s newly minted organisation, which critics say could undermine the United Nations

BY PROPOSING to “take over” Gaza, US President Donald Trump has not only stunned the world but also departed from long-standing US policy in supporting a Palestinian state.

The shock move was swiftly condemned by international powers, with Saudi Arabia rejecting the plan outright

THREE Israeli hostages released on Sunday from Gaza were reunited with their families, on the first day of a long-awaited truce aimed at ending more than 15 months of war that has ravaged the Palestin...

ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed victory and said his country’s military “completely transformed reality” in the year since Hamas’s Oct 7 attack, which has left the country fi...

They have become minor celebrities, fielding requests for photographs, hugs and pins wherever they go

Israel’s war in Gaza since the October 7 attack has revived a global push for Palestinians to be given a state of their own.

THE Palestinian government has not received the financial support it had expected from international and regional partners, President Mahmoud Abbas said at an Arab League summit on Thursday (May 16).

A White House spokesperson on Friday (May 10) defended the United States’ decision to oppose a UN resolution declaring support for Palestinian statehood, saying that such a measure should be negotiate...