/tags/east-jerusalem-violence en /node/2079336/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/207176">Mohammed Najib</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2022-05-10 20:45</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> RAMALLAH: Israel has significantly escalated its security crackdown on the West Bank and East Jerusalem in an attempt to prevent Palestinian attacks, according to security experts.</p> <p> It is doing this, they say, by stepping up arrests, using excessive force, demolishing the homes of suspects, and reinforcing its military presence across the West Bank and along the 1,200-kilometer segregation wall that separates the territory from Israel.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2022/05/10/3220131-1444437374.jpg" width="1000" height="597" alt="" title="A Palestinian youth talks to Israeli border guards near the site where Israeli machinery demolish a Palestinian house in the Arab east Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on May 10, 2022. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/west-bank">West Bank</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Tue, 10 May 2022 17:53:35 +0000 Sajjadkk 2079336 at /node/1891841/saudi-arabia <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/121086">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-07-10 19:38</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LONDON: Solving the Palestinian issue and alleviating the suffering of the Palestinian people are among the main constants of ��������Ƶ’s foreign policy, and it will continue to support the Palestinian cause at all levels, the Kingdom’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva has said.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/07/10/2707211-1633666773.jpeg" width="1024" height="579" alt="��������Ƶ’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Wasel attends an interactive dialogue by the Human Rights Council. (Twitter/@KSAPermanentGVA)" title="��������Ƶ’s permanent representative to the UN in Geneva Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Wasel attends an interactive dialogue by the Human Rights Council. (Twitter/@KSAPermanentGVA)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/saudiarabia">��������Ƶ</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">��������Ƶ</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/dr-abdul-aziz-al-wasel">Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Wasel</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/human-rights-council">Human Rights Council</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/saudi-mission-un-2">Saudi Mission to the UN</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/michael-lynk">Michael Lynk</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/al-aqsa-mosque">Al-Aqsa Mosque</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem">East Jerusalem</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/sheikh-jarrah">Sheikh Jarrah</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/palestine">Palestine</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israeli-war-crimes">Israeli war crimes</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/covid-19">COVID-19</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/gaza">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/west-bank">West Bank</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israeli-settlements">Israeli settlements</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/united-nations">United Nations</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div></div></div> Sat, 10 Jul 2021 16:49:26 +0000 sarah.glubb 1891841 at /node/1881096/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/120821">AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1624346087246290100</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2021-06-22 07:03</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JERUSALEM: Palestinians and Jewish settlers hurled stones, chairs and fireworks at each other overnight in a tense Jerusalem neighborhood where settler groups are trying to evict several Palestinian families, officials said Tuesday.<br /> The threatened evictions fueled protests and clashes in the runup to last month’s 11-day Gaza war and pose a test for Israel’s new governing coalition, which includes three pro-settler parties but is hoping to sideline the Palestinian issue to avoid internal divisions.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/22/2678741-1919291149.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="A demonstrator is arrested by Israeli security forces as Palestinian families face eviction, part of an ongoing effort by settlers to take control of homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/palestine">Palestine</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div></div></div> Tue, 22 Jun 2021 07:20:22 +0000 rbksa 1881096 at /node/1879056/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/121086">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AFP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1624030297885445200</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2021-06-18 14:48</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Friday arrested 10 Palestinians during clashes at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, with nine people injured as protesters hurled rocks and officers fired rubber bullets, police and medics said.</p> <p> About 1,000 people gathered in the compound after weekly prayers chanting “God is great” and some hoisting Palestinian flags. Some demonstrators threw stones at police, who raided the site, a reporter said.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/18/2673291-1096182115.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="A demonstrator hurls a stone at Israeli forces during clashes, at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem&#039;s Old City. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/al-aqsa">Al-Aqsa</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div></div></div> Fri, 18 Jun 2021 15:34:00 +0000 rbksa 1879056 at /node/1876651/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Mon, 2021-06-14 23:40</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Palestinian children fly kites on a beach of Gaza City carrying the portraits of the 66 children killed in the Palestinian enclave by Israeli airstrikes during the last conflict between the Jewish state and Hamas.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/14/2666861-128456404.png" width="1000" height="663" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/gaza">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/palestinian">Palestinian</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div></div></div> Mon, 14 Jun 2021 20:48:31 +0000 jonathan.lessware 1876651 at /node/1873581/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2021-06-09 21:34</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> WASHINGTON: The United States on Wednesday urged Israelis and Palestinians to avoid "provocations" and preserve a ceasefire after Israel approved a controversial nationalist march in Jerusalem.<br /> "We believe it's essential to refrain from steps that exacerbate tensions," State Department spokesman Ned Price said when asked about the march.<br /> He said the United States was engaged in diplomacy and wanted to do "everything we can to try to prevent escalations or provocations that might provide a spark to renew violence."<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/09/2658101-503540913.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="" title="Jewish settlers visit the Al-Aqsa mosque compound which is also revered by Jews as the Temple Mount. (File/AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/us">US</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/palestine">Palestine</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/jerusalem">Jerusalem</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase update"> Update </span> Wed, 09 Jun 2021 18:35:19 +0000 zaynab.khojji 1873581 at /node/1871451/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/111606">AFP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">AP</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1622977682765406900</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sun, 2021-06-06 11:02</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Sunday detained for several hours two prominent activists whose campaign against the threatened expulsion of Palestinian families from homes in the flashpoint Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah has found a global audience.<br /> Mona Al-Kurd, 23, was taken into custody on Sunday morning from her home in the Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem district, where a legal battle between Israeli settlers and several Palestinian families has crystallized anger over Israel’s settlement movement.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/06/2653206-478236274.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="Friends and relatives welcome Palestinian activist Mona Al-Kurd as she arrives home in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem after being released from an Israeli police station. (AFP)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/06/2652236-655700385.jpg" width="1130" height="753" alt="" title="Palestinian activist Muna Al-Kurd, center, wears a medal from a marathon as she leaves the site where Israeli police fired tear gas during clashes in the Silwan neighborhood of east Jerusalem on June 4, 2021. (File/AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/palestine">Palestine</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/mona-al-kurd">Mona Al-Kurd</a></div></div></div> Sun, 06 Jun 2021 11:16:41 +0000 rbksa 1871451 at /node/1870436/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/mohammed-abu-zaid">Mohammed Abu Zaid</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Reuters</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1622805486749790500</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2021-06-05 10:58</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> CAIRO: The Gaza Strip on Friday received engineering equipment from Egypt to begin the reconstruction process following the 11-day Israeli war.</p> <p> The equipment will help to remove rubble from buildings destroyed as a result of Israeli airstrikes.</p> <p> It was received by flag-waving Palestinians and came after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi’s commitment to rapidly improve the living conditions of Gazans.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/05/2651151-1063567798.jpg" width="900" height="530" alt="" title="A convoy of bulldozers provided by Egypt arrives at the Palestinian side of the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian Gaza Strip enclave on June 4, 2021. (AFP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/egypt">Egypt</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/gaza">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase special"> Special </span> Sat, 05 Jun 2021 15:22:01 +0000 rbksa 1870436 at /node/1870416/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/eduardo-campos-lima">Eduardo Campos Lima</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2021-06-04 13:46</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> SAO PAULO: Palestinian communities in Latin America and their supporters have organized protests in major cities across the region in response to last month’s Israeli attacks on Gaza.</p> <p> “The attacks were very painful for us,” Jaime Abedrapo, a Palestinian-Chilean political scientist, told Arab News. “We have relatives and friends living there, and we know that those strikes have been frequent over the past years. It’s a systemic problem.”</p> <p> An estimated 1 million Palestinians live in Central and South America, especially in Chile, Honduras, Colombia and El Salvador.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/04/2649366-2074275662.jpg" width="1100" height="665" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/gaza">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div></div></div> Fri, 04 Jun 2021 10:49:36 +0000 Peter Harrison 1870416 at /node/1869946/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/120821">AP</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2021-06-03 18:49</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> WASHINGTON: Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz sought a reaffirmation of US security commitments to Israel on Thursday as the country weathers its greatest domestic political upheaval in years and the aftermath of last month’s war with Hamas in Gaza.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/03/2648296-748741305.jpg" width="1000" height="667" alt="US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meets with Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Thursday, June 3, 2021, at the State Department in Washington. (AP)" title="US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) meets with Israel’s Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Thursday, June 3, 2021, at the State Department in Washington. (AP)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/united-states">United States</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/antony-blinken">Antony Blinken</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/benny-gantz">benny gantz</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/gaza">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/hamas">Hamas</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div></div></div> Thu, 03 Jun 2021 15:49:51 +0000 sarah.glubb 1869946 at /node/1869226/middle-east <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/mohammed-abu-zaid">Mohammed Abu Zaid</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Zaynab Khojji</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1622639459201981300</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2021-06-02 16:16</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi has ordered authorities to speed up equipment delivery to Gaza in order to rebuild the devastated territory.<br /> The instructions came in response to a request by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and a meeting between Abbas Kamel, head of Egypt’s General Intelligence Service (GIS), and Palestinian ministers.<br /> According to Gaza’s Public Works and Housing Ministry, almost 17,000 residential and commercial units were damaged or destroyed during Israel’s 11-day Gaza campaign.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/02/2646336-162185725.jpg" width="1200" height="731" alt="" title="A Palestinian boy carries a mattress as he walks amid the debris of a house destroyed in Israeli air strikes during Israeli-Palestinian fighting, in Gaza City June 2, 2021. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/middleeast">Middle-East</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/egypt">Egypt</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/egyptian-president-abdel-fattah-el-sisi">Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/gaza">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div></div></div> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 13:21:37 +0000 rbksa 1869226 at /node/1869141/media <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/121086">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Zaynab Khojji</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-id field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">ID:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">1622634845041611500</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2021-06-02 14:59</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LONDON: Around 200 Facebook employees signed an open letter last week urging the platform to address mounting criticism that it was censoring Palestinian content and suppressing pro-Palestinian voices.<br /> The letter demanded that Facebook take measures to guarantee the equal treatment of pro-Palestinian content and ensure that such posts are not unfairly taken down or pushed lower in the feed. <br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/02/2646181-1058094784.jpg" width="1115" height="753" alt="" title="A Palestinian woman carries a child near houses destroyed during Israeli-Palestinian fighting, in the northern Gaza Strip June 1, 2021. (Reuters)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/media">Media</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/facebook-0">Facebook</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/palestine">Palestine</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div></div></div> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 11:55:26 +0000 rbksa 1869141 at /node/1869001/gaza-loss-or-injury-beloved-pets-add-grief-and-trauma <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Israel’s latest war on Gaza has killed hundreds and injured thousands but it has also heaped suffering onto the region's animals, and in some cases the children who own them.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-video-section field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Video section:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/video-section/middle-east">Middle east</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Publication Date:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wednesday, June 2, 2021 - 10:15</span></div></div></div> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 07:21:47 +0000 Peter Harrison 1869001 at /node/1868546/world <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/121086">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2021-06-01 15:25</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LONDON: More than 50 former foreign ministers, prime ministers and senior international figures have penned an open letter condemning efforts to interfere with International Criminal Court (ICC) efforts to investigate alleged war crimes in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories.<br /> It follows steps by the former Trump administration in the US to sanction court officials. These steps have since been reversed by the Biden administration.<br /> UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has also been implicated in the campaign to prevent the investigation.<br /></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2021/06/01/2644591-1638988340.jpg" width="1100" height="731" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/world">World</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/israel">Israel</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/gaza">Gaza</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/palestine">Palestine</a></div></div></div> Tue, 01 Jun 2021 12:31:26 +0000 Peter Harrison 1868546 at /node/1868356/palestinian-youths-practice-parkour-rubble-gaza%E2%80%99s-al-jalaa-tower <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> In Palestine the rubble of #alJalaatower, that housed US news agency AP and Qatar-based Al Jazeera, but was razed to the ground by Israeli bombs, has become a playground for youths</p> <p> A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, appeared to hold today after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek shelter from rockets.</p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/east-jerusalem-violence">East Jerusalem violence</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Publication Date:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tuesday, June 1, 2021 - 10:15</span></div></div></div> Tue, 01 Jun 2021 07:15:23 +0000 Peter Harrison 1868356 at