Israel

We explain how Israel and Palestine got to this point.

Major General Giora Eiland served in the Israel Defence Forces for 33 years, and led the Israeli National Security Council until 2006 under Prime Minister Sharon.

We talked to writer Mosab Abu Toha, and began by asking him what has been happening where he lives in Gaza over the past few days.

President Biden is sending an envoy to the Middle East, after dozens of Palestinian civilians and 16 fighters from the militant group Hamas have been killed by continued Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Six Israelis have been killed by Palestinian missiles. So far efforts to broker a truce are failing. The Israeli Defence Force says more…

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…