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Last night police used stun grenades, rubber bullets and water cannons against Palestinians gathered outside Jerusalem’s Old City during the holiest night of Ramadan.

We spoke to Ohad Zemet, who is a spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in London. We asked him – given that international law prohibits moving people in occupied territory against their will – why Israel is carrying out these removals?

Israel has been demolishing a Palestinian Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank, bulldozing tents on land where people have lived for a generation. Israel claims that residents were living there illegally, but human rights groups say it’s an attempt to drive an entire Palestinian community from the area. And the international community is speaking…

Tonight marks the start of the Jewish new year and a fortnight which includes the holiest days in its calendar.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said tonight that he will continue to lead his country, in spite of being charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes. 

In Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu looks likely to win a record fifth term as Prime Minister, though his re-election is not yet formalised.

The former Conservative party leader Michael Howard, has confronted Israel’s prime minister over the killing of hundreds of Palestinian protestors by Israeli troops using live ammunition – demanding ‘why did you have to kill them’. Benjamin Netanyahu – who’s been in Europe to talk about the Iran nuclear deal – claimed Israel had tried to minimise casualties, blaming Hamas for…

A 21-year-old Palestinian medic has been killed in Gaza today near the Israeli border. She is reported to have been shot in the chest, with dozens of other people injured by live fire. In recent weeks more than a hundred Palestinians were killed by Israeli troops, including two journalists. Despite the dangers, one woman has…

While hundreds of Palestinians are mourning their dead, life for most Israelis has largely been unaffected by the Gaza protests. And support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline stance against unrest in the enclave remains strong.

Hamas official Ghazi Hamad discusses Gaza.

Palestinian authorities reported that two more people died under the fire of the Israeli military on the Gaza border with Israel, bringing the total number of fatalities to 62 since yesterday. Many more remain critically injured in hospital. There is mounting international condemnation of Israel’s use of force, with the United Nations calling it an…

Israel’s UK Ambassador Mark Regev discusses Gaza.

Tensions on the Gaza-Israel border are high ahead of a planned major demonstration next week to mark what Palestinians refer to as “the Nakba” or “catastrophe” – a reference to Israel’s establishment in 1948 and what happened to the Palestinians who lived on that land. Today, Gaza health officials said one Palestinian has been killed…

Israel has launched its biggest assault inside Syria since the start of the civil war – targeting much of Iran’s military infrastructure there. Syria’s military said three people were killed in the attacks. Israeli military positions in the occupied Golan Heights were also shelled overnight.

David Keyes is the official spokesperson for Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.