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Video: Car blast reported in Kiryat Gat, 1 killed

ALBAWABA - At least one person was killed in a car explosion in Israel's Kiryat Gat on Thursday. A car blast was reported in Kiryat Gat, a city in Southern Israel. A video was released on social media showing thick black smoke rising into the sky following the explosion. A man was killed Thursday in a car explosion in Kiryat Gat. A spokesperson for Magen David Adom (MDA) stated, "At ...

Palestinian supporters of Hamas attend a rally against Israel's West Bank annexation plans, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on July 3, 2020. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas pledged unity against Israel's West Bank annexation plans in a rare joint conference earlier in the week, as signs emerged of a rift between Israel and Washington over the project. SAID KHATIB / AFP

July 5th, 2020 - 10:05 GMT

Abbas Warns a 3rd Palestinian Uprising is Around The Corner if Israel Goes Ahead With Annexation

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July 5th, 2020 - 09:51 GMT

Benny Gantz Says Israel is Not 'Necessarily' Behind Every Mysterious Incident in Iran

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wears a face mask against Covid-19, bearing the US and Israeli flags, during a press conference with US special representative for Iran at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on June 30, 2020. ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP

July 5th, 2020 - 09:27 GMT

Netanyahu Wants to Annex Now Because of What He Sees as American Retreat

Palestinian protesters use slingshots to hurl stones towards Israeli forces during a demonstration in the village of Kfar Qaddum in the occupied West Bank against the Jewish state's plans to annex part of the Palestinian territory on July 3, 2020. Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas pledged the previous day a united campaign against Israel's prospective plans to annex territory in the occupied West Bank, in a rare joint press conference, spurred by their common opposition to US President Donald Trump

July 5th, 2020 - 06:31 GMT

Netanyahu Falters in His Plan to Annex Palestinian Lands

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July 4th, 2020 - 09:02 GMT

UN Suspends Two Staff Members For 'Car Sex' in Tel Aviv

Demonstrations were held in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Jericho, attended by a handful of left-wing Israeli politicians opposed to annexation. ABBAS MOMANI / AFP

July 2nd, 2020 - 10:32 GMT

Israel Backs Down on West Bank Annexation in Face of World Opposition

The plan -- endorsed by Washington -- would see the creation of a Palestinian state, but on reduced territory, and without Palestinians' core demand of a capital in east Jerusalem. SAID KHATIB / AFP

July 2nd, 2020 - 07:11 GMT

Netanyahu Turns Against Plans to Annex West Bank

A Palestinian woman fastens a national flag as a mask on the face of a girl during a demonstration against Israel's West Bank annexation plans in Gaza City on July 1, 2020. Expectations of a major Israeli announcement on controversial annexations in the occupied West Bank dimmed, as global criticism of the project mounted and Palestinian protesters began gathering in Gaza. Mohammed ABED / AFP

July 1st, 2020 - 11:48 GMT

Israel’s Annexation Marks An End to Any ME Peace

A Palestinian shepherd stands near the Israeli Hamra checkpoint, which separates the areas of the Palestinian Authority classified A and classified B in the Jordan Valley east of Nablus on July 1, 2020. The Oslo Agreements on self-rule signed by the Israelis and Palestinians in the 1990s divide the West Bank into Areas A, B and C. Area C, under full Israeli control, constitutes some 60 percent of the West Bank. The settlements and parts of the Jordan Valley that Israel seeks to annex are mainly in Area C. T

July 1st, 2020 - 11:25 GMT

Jordan's Cold Peace With Israel Could Become a Cold War

A Palestinian demonstrator flashes the victory sign during a rally as Palestinians call for a "Day of Rage" to protest Israel's plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, in Gaza City on July 1, 2020. Expectations of a major Israeli announcement on controversial annexations in the occupied West Bank dimmed, as global criticism of the project mounted and Palestinian protesters began gathering in Gaza. MAHMUD HAMS / AFP

July 1st, 2020 - 11:09 GMT

Israeli Plan to Annex Parts of The West Bank, Jordan Valley Hits Brick Wall

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a speech during his visit to Dudley College of Technology in Dudley, central England on June 30, 2020. Johnson said Britain needed the type of massive economic response that US president Franklin D. Roosevelt mobilised to deal with the Great Depression. He has earmarked £1 billion ($1.2 billion) for school repairs and a further £4 billion for "shovel-ready" projects that cover everything for road maintenance to public transport. Paul ELLIS / POOL / AFP

July 1st, 2020 - 10:06 GMT

UK Rejects Israel Plans to Annex Large Parts of The West Bank

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, clad in mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, sits in his car after attending a graduation ceremony for new pilots in Hatzerim air force base near the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, on June 25, 2020. Ariel Schalit / POOL / AFP

July 1st, 2020 - 06:41 GMT

Will Netanyahu Really Carry Out His Threat to Annex?