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India to send second batch of medicines to Palestine as Covid-19 assistance

Noting that pandemic's impact on Gaza has been severe due to fragile health infra, India assured Palestine of providing second batch of medicines and an early supply of vaccines as covid assistance

Palestinians say Israel blocks shipment of coronavirus vaccines to Gaza

The Palestinian Authority said Monday that Israel was preventing it from sending coronavirus vaccines to the Gaza Strip

Syrian Army says Israeli Air Force attacked targets in Southern Syria

The Israeli army told Sputnik that they would not comment on foreign media reports about the IDF attack on targets in the Syrian province

UN chief Guterres sees 'hope' for Israel-Palestinian peace progress

Clearly referring to the former US administration without naming then president Donald Trump, the UN chief said "we were completely locked down in a situation in which there was no progress visible"

Palestinian PM Ishtaye, new UN envoy discuss stalled peace process

Prime Minister said that he briefed Wennesland on the preparations for holding the general elections in the Palestinian territories starting from May 22

Palestine to receive first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines in two weeks

Since the pandemic broke out in the Palestinian territories in March, it has so far registered a total of 148,540 coronavirus cases

Turkey wants better ties with Israel but against its stance on Palestine

Turkey is in favour of normalising relations with Israel, but its Palestine policy is unacceptable for Ankara, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday

Army says 2 rockets fired from Gaza Strip toward southern Israel

The Israeli military said Friday that Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets toward southern Israel.

Israel conflict must be resolved within int'l framework: Palestinian PM

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye said that resolving the conflict with Israel must be within an international framework and based on international law

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Aspiration and realism: How Kashmir and Palestine have a similar story

A great many in Kashmir dreamt of 'azaadi', whose definition changed from one phase to the next. Palestinians also did. But people of both places demonstrated a clear lack of realism, writes T N Ninan

Israel strikes Hamas positions in response to rocket attack from Gaza

The Israeli army said on Sunday that it struck Hamas positions in Gaza on Sunday in response to a rocket attack from the besieged enclave the previous night

Palestine slams Pompeo's decision to visit Israeli settlement

Israeli media earlier reported that Pompeo would make an exceptional visit to a winery at Psagot settlement in the West Bank and the contested Golan Heights during a visit to Israel next week

UAE defends decision to normalise Israel ties, criticises interference

Palestinians have blasted the deals signed by the UAE and Bahrain with Israel, which were brokered by the United States, as acts of betrayal

Palestine vows prevention of further Arab-Israel normalisation of relations

The Palestinian leadership is acting to "prevent more Arab countries from normalizing relations with Israel", a senior official said

Arab-Israel normalisation suited for Trump, Netanyahu's political interests

A Palestinian official said that US-brokered normalization between the two Arab states and Israel is intended for political interests of Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu

EU welcomes establishment of diplomatic relations between Bahrain, Israel

The European Union welcomed on Saturday the US-brokered establishment of diplomatic relations between Bahrain and Israel on the heels of an analogous Israel-UAE agreement

Trump says Iran will sign a deal with US in first month of his re-election

US President Donald Trump said that if he is re-elected in the November elections, Iran will ink a deal with him in the first month and Palestine will get back into the fold

Palestinian FM urges Arab states to dismiss Israel-UAE deal

The Palestinian foreign minister has called on Arab states to dismiss UAE-Israel deal to normalise relations, describing the agreement scheduled to be finalised next week as "an earthquake"

South Africa 'regrets' Palestine's exclusion from UAE-Israel peace deal

The agreement does not commit Israel to halting of plans to further extend Israeli sovereignty over Palestinian territories and its people