French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that France will officially recognise the State of Palestine, a move he plans to formalise at the United Nations General Assembly in September. The announcement, made in a post on X, comes amid mounting international outrage over the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where tens of thousands of civilians remain…
The Palestinian Authority said late Monday that it would lift a ban on the broadcaster Al Jazeera in the West Bank that it put into effect after accusing the outlet of “inciting sedition” and “interfering in internal Palestinian affairs.” The ban, which the Palestinian Authority’s attorney general, Akram Khatib, instituted on Jan. 1, had been…
Firefighters battled wildfires on the outskirts of Jerusalem for a second consecutive day, hoping to extinguish some of the worst blazes in the country in recent years before an expected uptick in winds later on Thursday. The authorities reopened the main highway between Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and allowed evacuees to return to their homes…
Palestinian leaders in the Israeli-occupied West Bank met this week for the first gathering of its kind in years. Their mission: to allow Mahmoud Abbas, the aging Palestinian Authority president, to appoint a longtime loyalist to a newly-minted senior position. On Saturday night, Mr. Abbas formally named Hussein al-Sheikh, a close confidant, as his deputy….
Inside the auditorium, the event went on as planned. The hundreds of students who remained listened and learned. They peered into a world beyond shouted slogans and curated stories. They learned about the region’s politics and power dynamics, and the evolving national identities and echoes of past empires that continue to shape the reality of…
Under the Biden administration, Israel’s far-right finance minister was the rare Israeli official whom the United States rebuked by name for his views, like his opposition to a cease-fire in Gaza. Under the Trump administration, he is a welcome guest in Washington, where top U.S. officials are now aligning with some of his beliefs about…
Israeli operations against militants in the West Bank have escalated to a level not seen since the Second Intifada of the early 2000s. Tens of thousands have been forced to flee their homes, with Israel’s defense minister saying they will not be allowed to return. And for the first time in two decades, Israeli forces…
After President Trump shocked the Arab world last month by suggesting the entire population of Gaza be expelled from the territory, his aides reframed the idea as an invitation to the leaders of the Middle East: Come up with a better plan, or do it our way. “All these countries say how much they care…
For years, the Palestinian administration in the occupied West Bank has doled out hundreds of millions of dollars in stipends to the families of Palestinians jailed or killed by Israel — including those involved in violent attacks. The United States and Israel have long condemned the payments and pressured the Palestinian Authority to end them….
President Trump’s brazen proposal to move all Palestinians out of Gaza and make it a U.S. territory sent shock waves around the world, where it was welcomed by Trump loyalists and members of Israel’s far right; rejected by American allies and adversaries alike; and criticized by experts as a breach of international law. Here’s what…