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Bethlehem under lockdown after virus cases confirmed
The Palestinian Authority also announces a two-week ban on tourists and closes down the Church of the Nativity
Q&A: What would Israel annexing the Jordan Valley mean?
Benjamin Netanyahu's pledge, a week ahead of a closely fought general election, is controversial but what would it actually mean?
Israel's Netanyahu in controversial Hebron visit
The Palestinian Authority condemns Netanyahu visit as 'provocative' and politically motivated
Palestinians to file complaint over Honduras' recognizing Jerusalem
President Juan Orlando Hernandez of Honduras announces that his country would open a diplomatic office in Jerusalem
Palestinians reject U.S.-Bahrain peace plan as Israel advises 'surrender'
The Peace to Prosperity economic workshop that begins June 25 is billed as the start of a new approach that will later include political solutions to the long intractable Middle East conflict
U.S. downgrades Palestinian mission into Israel embassy
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the consulate general, a separate office which handled dealings with the Palestinians, is replaced by a new Palestinian Affairs Unit inside the controversial new US embassy in Jerusalem
U.S. cut in aid amounts to 'cheap blackmail,' Palestinians say
'The rights of the Palestinian people are not for sale,' says a member of PLO's executive committee
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas leaves hospital
Abbas walk without assistance and gives a short statement before leaving the hospital near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank
Palestinian government meets in Gaza for first time since 2014
(UPDATED) Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah renews his pledge to end a decade-long split between the Islamist Hamas movement that controls Gaza and his West Bank-based government
Palestinian PM in Gaza on first visit since 2015
The event is meant to be the first significant step in a transfer of powers from Islamist movement Hamas to the Palestinian Authority
Hamas agrees to steps toward Palestinian unity
The Palestinian Islamist movement agrees to dissolve a so-called 'administrative committee' and says it is prepared for elections
Gaza Strip in peril as Hamas marks decade in power
Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing electricity blackouts poverty and Israel s blockade
Hamas eases stance on Israel with new policy document
While the new document does not amount to recognition of Israel as demanded by the international community Hamas officials say it formally softens its stance in a few key areas
Abbas opens Vatican mission, warns over US embassy move
Abbas reiterates his opposition to the possible transfer of the US embassy to Jerusalem as pledged by US President elect Donald Trump
Palestinian teachers suspend 3-week strike
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas promises the teachers a pay increase management review and implementation of a 2013 deal
Palestinian flag flies at UN, Abbas seeks full status
The symbolic gesture occurs against a backdrop of stalemate in the peace process and escalating tensions at holy sites in Jerusalem
Hamas leader in rare talks with Saudi king
Hamas a rival of the West Bank based Palestinian Authority is engaged in indirect contacts with Israel over a long term truce in exchange for an easing of the Jewish state s blockade of Gaza
Israel PM rejects 'dictates' as French FM visits
Netanyahu hits out at international diplomatic efforts to impose proposals which he says neglected to address vital Israeli security concerns
Hamas rejects unilateral dissolution of Palestinian gov't
Hamas: No one told us anything about any decision to change and no one consulted with us about any change in the unity government Fatah acted on its own in all regards
Palestine joins International Criminal Court
The Palestinians call on Israel to also join the global court which was set up in 2002 to try crimes against humanity war crimes and genocide
US jury orders Palestinians to pay over Jerusalem attacks
Israel welcomes the decision as a moral victory but the Palestinians accused the lawsuit of being politically motivated and vowed to appeal
10 years after death, Arafat still Palestinian icon
Ten years after his death Yasser Arafat remains a national hero for a still stateless people
UN tells Israel, Palestinians to stop unilateral actions
Ban: Leaders on both sides must overcome their differences and dispense with the unilateral initiatives that serve only to fuel mistrust and polarization
Israel says UK Palestine vote undermines peace prospects
This comes after British MPs voted 274 to 12 for a non binding motion to recognize the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel as a contribution to securing a negotiated two state solution
Gaza donors meet as US pushes peace talks revival
US Secretary of State John Kerry and 30 of his counterparts join UN Secretary General Ban Ki moon who is seeking a record 1 6 billion 1 3 billion euros in aid to rebuild Gaza
Palestinian unity government holds first Gaza meeting
The gathering came more than three months after the government was sworn in following a landmark reconciliation deal between Fatah and Hamas
Kerry, Abbas meet in New York to discuss Gaza situation
Kerry and Abbas agreed on the importance of providing humanitarian aid in Gaza where a 50 day war with Israel destroyed homes and infrastructure in densely populated Gaza
Hamas denies running 'shadow government' in Gaza
There is a national unity government; talk of a parallel government is totally against reality says Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal
Israel wary of new Gaza violence if Cairo talks fail
Deputy foreign minister Tzahi Hanegbi: There are chances that Hamas will restart its routine of violence this is a possibility we can t ignore
Abbas says may end unity with Hamas over Gaza governance
UPDATED The threat draws an angry reaction from Hamas denouncing the president s allegations as baseless and raising fresh questions over the future of a fragile intra Palestinian unity deal
Pressure mounts for Israel to reverse Palestinian land-grab plan
The United States the United Nations and Egypt all call for an urgent rethink after Sunday s August 31 announcement which angered the Palestinians and alarmed Israeli peace campaigners
Israel to expropriate West Bank land around Bethlehem – army
UPDATED Israel announces it will expropriate 400 hectares 988 acres of Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank angering the Palestinians and alarming Israeli peace campaigners
New Gaza truce holding after shaky start
UPDATED The agreement clinched by Egypt ushers in what is potentially the longest period of calm in the five week conflict and will allow more time for talks on the thorniest issues that separate the two sides
Clock ticks down to end of Gaza truce deadline
As Gaza s residents ventured out into the quiet to try to piece together their battered lives negotiators hold a second round of indirect talks aimed at finding a durable end to the five week confrontation
All quiet on day two of Gaza truce as Cairo talks continue
The enclave was quiet following days of Egyptian brokered mediation to stem violence which has killed 1 940 Palestinians and 67 on the Israeli side since July 8
Fresh 72-hour truce begins in Gaza
UPDATED The agreement which began at 00:01 am 2101 GMT on Sunday August 10 clinched days of frantic mediation to stem a firestorm of violence that has killed 1 939 Palestinians and 67 on the Israeli side since July 8
Israel accepts Egypt's Gaza truce plan, Hamas says no
But the resulting calm was short lived with the Israeli army confirming three rockets from Gaza hit southern Israel
Israel to weigh Egypt Gaza truce, Hamas says no deal
UPDATED Israel s Operation Protective Edge intended to stamp out militant rocket fire has killed 186 people in Gaza by late Monday
Israel PM blames Hamas for teens' kidnapping
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu places responsibility for the teens safe return on the shoulders of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas
Israel says Palestinians kidnapped 3 missing teens
The Jewish seminary students go missing while hitchhiking The search is being carried out in coordination with security forces from the Palestinian Authority
Palestinians to consider 'all options' in response to Israel
Chief Palestinian peace negotiator Saeb Erakat puts the blame for the failure of peace talks on Israel
Israel mulls reprisals for Palestinian unity deal
The office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu describes the deal which opposes all peace talks with Israel as very serious
Prague seeks answers as Palestinian envoy's body flown home
Czech authorities are seeking answers over an arms find at the Palestinian mission in Prague as the body of an envoy killed by an apparently accidental explosion there was flown home
Bloodshed, settlements hike pressure on Mideast talks
Despite relentless US efforts to coax Israel and the Palestinians into reaching an elusive peace agreement tensions between the two sides have shown little sign of abating
Israel 'destroying peace process' with new housing
The current Israeli negotiating position is the worst in more than 20 years said Yasser Abed Rabbo secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation
'Quiet man' Kerry's strategy for Middle East peace
Kerry needs to tread carefully towards the US avowed goal of a two state solution of Israelis and Palestinians living side by side
Palestinian PM Fayyad resigns after row with Abbas
Palestinian prime minister Salam Fayyad resigned on Saturday April 13 after a weeks long falling out with president Mahmud Abbas
Abbas hails 'historic' UN vote
Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas says Palestinians still face a long road to get their own country
US, Israel, Canada blast Palestinian state bid
UPDATED US says the UN vote upgrading Palestine s status creates obstacles to peace between Israel and Palestinians
Truce in Gaza takes effect
Israel and Hamas agree on a truce aimed at ending a week of bloodshed that has killed more than 150 people
