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Israeli forces have seriously wounded a child in the West Bank. AFP Photo
08:44 GMT

A 12 year old boy was seriously wounded when he was shot by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Tuesday.

May 21, 2013

US Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in the Middle East on Tuesday (AFP)
08:45 GMT

The US Secretary of State is making his fourth regional visit in two months as he tries to set the terms for a peace settlement between Israel and Palestine

An Israeli security officer stands infront of Al Haram Al Sharif in Jerusalem, the third holiest site in Islam. Israelis frequently prevent Muslims from praying and launch attacks against non-Jewish worshippers. AFP Photo
04:00 GMT

After increasing violations on Islamic and Christian holy sites in East Jerusalem, UNESCO planned a trip to the holy city to investigate but Israel has barred the UN commission from entering the city over fears that Palestinians will "politicize the issue'.

May 16, 2013

Best friends? Fatah and Hamas vow to set-up a united Palestinian government. Photo for illustrative purposes only.
05:00 GMT

Opposing Palestinian factions have reached an agreement to work on forming a unity government.

May 15, 2013

Palestinian protest for Nakba Day in Bethlehem
08:33 GMT

Nakba Day for Palestinians remembering their 'loss' 65 years on in the West Bank did not go unmarked- by violence and injuries resulting after Israelis opened fire on a rally in Bethlehem.

May 12, 2013

Palestinians demonstrate at Al Aqsa mosque following Friday prayers outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City on Friday, May 10. AFP Photo
12:35 GMT

In the aftermath of Israeli violations at Al Haram Al Sharif in East Jerusalem on Wednesday such as the obstruction of prayers and the arrest of the Grand Mufti, Jordan has taken immediate action to try and hold Israel responsible for its actions.

May 10, 2013

The old city, and within it sites such as Al Haram Al Sharif and the Wailing Wall, lie in East Jerusalem.
11:33 GMT

A new report, the first of its kind made by the UN, has provided insight on the ways in which Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem since the 1967 war has significantly decreased their standards of living, housing, health care and education.

May 9, 2013

Israel has given the go-ahead to build nearly 300 homes in the settlement of Beit El near Ramallah.
10:52 GMT

Israel has given the go-ahead to build nearly 300 homes in the settlement of Beit El near Ramallah, a spokesman said, just two days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu allegedly ordered a freeze on construction.

May 8, 2013

Jerusalem Mufti Mohamed Hussein (r) at the al-Aqsa mosque
14:37 GMT

Israeli police say they released Mohamed Hussein, the top Muslim cleric in the Holy Land, on Tuesday

Israeli border guards stand guard outside the al-Aqsa mosque on Tuesday. (Photo: AFP / AHMAD GHARABLI)
12:56 GMT

Jordan’s Parliament votes to expel Israel’s ambassador from the Kingdom in retaliation for Israeli measures against Al-Aqsa mosque.

May 7, 2013

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a freeze on publishing tenders for new West Bank settler homes to avoid hampering US efforts to renew peace talks.
15:09 GMT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a freeze on publishing tenders for new West Bank settler homes to avoid hampering US efforts to renew peace talks.

May 3, 2013

Tensions ran rife in the West Bank earlier this week as Palestinian land was burned and destroyed by Israeli settlers in retaliation to the stabbing of an Israeli man on Tuesday. AFP photo
06:00 GMT

The stabbing of an Israeli man on Tuesday by a Palestinian in the West Bank, near the city of Nablus, has sparked Israel settlers in the local area to plan building a "revenge colony" as payback.

April 30, 2013

US Secretary of State John Kerry makes a statement with Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani after a meeting with the Arab League at Blair House in Washington, DC, on April 29, 2013. (Photo: AFP / JIM WATSON)
08:55 GMT

Arab states appeared to soften their 2002 peace plan on Monday when a top Qatari official said Israel and the Palestinians could trade land rather than conform exactly to their 1967 borders.

Israeli security forces gather near the site where an Israeli settler was stabbed in the Tapuah junction near the northern West Bank city of Nablus (AFP PHOTO /JAAFAR ASHTIYEH)
08:46 GMT

An Israeli settler was pronounced dead at the scene after being stabbed and shot by a Palestinian man, near the West Bank city of Nablus on Tuesday morning, whilst a confirmed Israeli airstrike killed one Palestinian in the Gaza Strip

April 14, 2013

Palestine caretaker PM Salam Fayyad
07:47 GMT

Palestine Prime Minister Salam Fayyad's resignation has been accepted by President Mahmoud Abbas but he'll carry on as a caretaker PM