Euronews
| May 6, 2013
Google's decision last week to label its home page in the Palestinian territories "Palestine" has hit Israeli officials' last nerve, and delighted Palestinians who see it as one more step in their bid for statehood. "They can do Google 'Never Neve...
Associated Press
| Mar 30, 2013
Israeli troops clashed on Saturday with Palestinians in the West Bank marking Land Day, an annual day of protest against Israel's land policies. Demonstrators hurled stones and set tires on fire at Israeli checkpoints to voice their discontent.
Associated Press
| Mar 21, 2013
As a protest raged nearby, President Obama appeared at a West Bank press conference with Mahmoud Abbas to say the US is committed to the creation of a Palestinian state. Palestinians deserve statehood and an end to the indignities of Israeli occup...
ABC News
| Mar 21, 2013
Two rockets fired from Gaza hit a town in southern Israel on the morning of the second day of President Obama's visit. The president is visiting the West Bank today and analysts suspect the attack, which breaks the November ceasefire, may be a war...
Euronews
| Mar 17, 2013
As Israel prepares for a visit by US President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has named Moshe Yaalon, a right-wing former armed forces chief, as his defence minister. Yaalon shares Netanyahu's reluctance to give up the occupied We...
Al Jazeera
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Mosaic
| Feb 26, 2013
The death of a 30-year-old Palestinian Arafat Jaradat in an Israeli jail last Saturday, which has led to allegations he was tortured, has placed the case of Palestinian prisoners under the spotlight. Dozens of detainees remain on hunger strike in ...
Democracy Now!
| Feb 26, 2013
As protests grow in the West Bank over the death of a Palestinian inside an Israeli prison, we speak to a pair of Israeli and Palestinian fathers who've responded to personal tragedies with activism for peace. Bassam Aramin and Rami Elhanan united...
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 23, 2013
Hollywood is getting ready to hand out the industry's most prestigious film awards: the Oscars. Among the contenders for best documentary is a film directed by an Israeli, and another by a Palestinian. Both the Israeli "The Gatekeepers" and Palest...
Euronews
| Feb 21, 2013
Even Oscar nominees find it difficult to make it through US immigration these days. Documentary filmmaker Emad Burnat and his eight-year-old son were stopped at Los Angeles International Airport. "They want to send me back home," said the filmma...
Press TV
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Mosaic
| Feb 4, 2013
The Israeli Army has issued house demolition orders for the the majority of homes in the Bedouin village of Jaba, on the outskirts of Jerusalem. Press TV reports the residents are continuously harassed by Israeli soldiers and settlers from a nearb...
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The Palestinian territories or occupied Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. In 1993, following the Oslo Accords, parts of the territories politically came under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority. In 2007, the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip violently split from the Palestinian Authority, governing the area of Gaza independently since. Israel still exercises full military control and Israeli civil control over 61% of the West Bank. In April 2011, the Palestinian parties signed an agreement of reconciliation, but its implementation has stalled since. Subsequent reconciliation efforts in 2012 did not succeed either.
The areas of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip were part of the territory west of the Jordan River of Mandatory Palestine under British governance, formed in 1922. From the 1948 Arab–Israeli War until the 1967 Six Day War, the West Bank was occupied and annexed by Jordan and the Gaza Strip occupied by Egypt, though limited authority had been exercised in Gaza by the All-Palestine Government from September 1948 until 1959. The borders of the Palestinian territories are currently considered to be delineated by the 1949 Armistice Agreements.
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