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Senior Palestinian official and key member of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr Saeb Erekat, has passed away from COVID-19, said Palestinian party Fatah. He was 65. Erekat died at Israel’s Hadassah-University Medical Center where he was receiving intensive care. The familiar face in Palestinian politics for 40 years and veteran peace negotiator […]
The proposed plan by Jordan’s King Abdullah, welcomed by the Israeli government, to install surveillance cameras in Jerusalem has been rejected by the Palestinians as they fear that it will increase Israel’s control over the area. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes that Tel Aviv “has an interest in cameras being deployed everywhere on the […]
Netanyahu wants a new round of peace talks with Palestine to begin after holding talks with EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini. A source told local Israeli newspaper Haaretz that Netanyahu thinks that the negotiations are necessary because “it’s clear there are areas that will remain under Israeli control under any agreement, just as it’s […]
Hamas leader Ahmad Yousef has stated that there are ongoing indirect “chats” with Israel but a deal could also be reached if Israel is committed to earlier agreements and releases all those who were re-arrested after the abduction of three Israeli settlers last year which eventually led to the war in the summer. Prime Minster […]