Israel demolishes family home of Palestinian attacker
The Israeli military on Tuesday demolished the family home of a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank who killed an Israeli in a Jewish...
Arab-Israeli conflict
UN human rights chief: Gazans ‘caged in a toxic slum’
Israel was sharply criticised at a U.N. human rights body on Friday for its killings of protesters in Gaza and treatment of the Palestinians, but...
Palestinians condemn UAE, Bahrain for cycle race in Israel
Palestinians have expressed outrage at teams from the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain for taking part in the opening legs of the Giro d’Italia cycling...
Kushner stresses Trump’s Mideast peace optimism but details scant
US President Donald Trump remains committed and optimistic about achieving Israeli-Palestinian peace, his son-in-law and senior adviser told the sides on Thursday during his first...
Arab League chief says Israel ‘playing with fire’ over Jerusalem
The Arab League has warned Israel is “playing with fire” over the “red line” of Jerusalem and its foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting...
News podcast: World Refugee Day
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Video celebrating Palestinian baby’s death inflames Israel debate on Jewish violence (Video)
By Dan Williams Video footage of Jewish zealots mocking the death by arson of a Palestinian baby has sparked outrage in Israel, even as some...
Two Palestinian stabbers shot dead in Jerusalem attack – police
Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians who had gone on a stabbing spree along a popular walkway in Jerusalem on Wednesday in what police...
Three Israelis found guilty of Palestinian teen’s murder
By Dan Williams Two Jewish minors were found guilty on Monday of the 2014 murder of a Palestinian teenager in Jerusalem, but the Israeli court...
Israel suspends EU role in peace process with Palestinians
By Ori Lewis Israel said on Sunday it was suspending contacts with European Union bodies involved in peace efforts with the Palestinians after the bloc...
Two Palestinians ram cars into Israeli soldiers, shot dead
Two Palestinians rammed vehicles into Israeli soldiers in separate attacks in the occupied West Bank on Friday and were then shot dead, Israeli police and...
Israeli forces kill 2 Palestinian assailants; Netanyahu strategy debated (Updated)
By Dan Williams Military commanders and the Netanyahu government sparred over the right strategy to end two months of stabbings and shootings on Thursday as...
Kerry says Palestinian attacks ‘acts of terrorism’ that must be condemned
By Lesley Wroughton US Secretary of State John Kerry began a one-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories on Tuesday by describing a wave...
Kerry calls for calm as Palestinian attacks on Israelis surge (Updated)
By Jeffrey Heller A Palestinian knifed an Israeli soldier to death in the occupied West Bank on Monday and in Jerusalem two Palestinian girls stabbed...
Five dead in Palestinian attacks in Tel Aviv, West Bank – Israel
A Palestinian fatally stabbed two people in a Tel Aviv office building and three other people were killed in an attack in the occupied West...
Undercover Israeli troops raid hospital, kill Palestinian
Israeli undercover forces raided a West Bank hospital on Thursday and shot dead a Palestinian during an attempt to detain another man suspected of carrying...
Israel fumes over planned EU labelling of ‘settlement’ products
By Steven Scheer, Tova Cohen and Robin Emmott Few issues have caused more friction between Israel and the European Union than EU plans to impose...
Israeli troops kill Palestinian assailant in West Bank – army
Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank on Thursday after he ignored calls to halt and attempted to attack one of...
Palestinians attack Israeli soldiers, civilians, with knives, one killed – Israel (Update 1)
Three Palestinians attacked Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank and civilians in the Tel Aviv suburbs with knives on Monday and one of them...
Knife-wielding Palestinians strike in West Bank, Jerusalem; two dead
By Dan Williams Knife-wielding Palestinians attacked Israelis in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank on Friday and police said they had shot dead two assailants,...