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In Jerusalem's contested Old City, shrinking Armenian community fears displacement after land deal

Jun. 07, 2023 03:54 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — A real estate deal in Jerusalem's Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has sent the historic Armenian community there into a panic as residents search for answers about the feared loss of their homes to a mysterious investor. The 99-year...

3 Palestinian militants killed in Israeli West Bank raid; US slams latest settlement expansion

May. 22, 2023 08:48 AM EDT

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Three Palestinian militants were killed in an Israeli army raid in a West Bank refugee camp early Monday, Palestinian officials said, while the Biden administration sharply condemned Israel’s latest act of settlement expansion. The Palestinian Health...

Abbas urges UN to suspend Israel during first commemoration of 1948 flight of the Palestinians

May. 15, 2023 16:44 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged the United Nations on Monday to suspend Israel’s membership unless it implements resolutions establishing separate Jewish and Arab states and allows the return of Palestinian refugees. Abbas spoke during the first...

Israeli army kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank raid

May. 06, 2023 04:49 AM EDT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians during a military raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. A local armed group said the pair were militants. The deadly raid in the Nur Shams refugee camp near the city of...

Palestinian teachers' strike grows, reflecting deep crisis

Mar. 29, 2023 02:04 AM EDT

AL-AZZA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — In schools across the world, children are halfway into their second semester. But in a Palestinian refugee camp south of Jerusalem, kids wake up at 1 p.m. They kick soccer balls, hang out in barbershops and aimlessly scroll through TikTok. They watch...

3 Palestinian militants killed in attack on Israeli troops

Mar. 12, 2023 09:21 AM EDT

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli forces shot and killed three Palestinian militants Sunday who opened fire on troops in the occupied West Bank, the military said, the latest bloodshed in a year-long wave of violence in the region. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, an armed offshoot of...