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Israel ministry of Health detects 1st polio case since 1989 in a 4 yr old

The Israeli Ministry of Health has said it has detected polio infection in a 4-year-old child in Jerusalem

Palestine condemns Israel's plan to build new settlement units in Jerusalem

Palestine on Monday condemned an Israeli plan to build new 473 settlement units southeast of Jerusalem."The Israeli government is racing against time to implement the largest possible number of settlement projects," the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in a statement."The settlement escalation comes days after the UN General Assembly adopted resolutions on the Palestinian issue, Jerusalem and the solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict," it added.Earlier in the day, the Israeli media reported that Israel's government is advancing a new Jerusalem neighbourhood beyond the Green Line.The reports added that the new settlement, which will be named Givat Shaked, would encroach on the Palestinian quarter of Beit Safafa, which is already suffering from a dire housing shortage.Israeli settlement is one of the thorniest issues in the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and one of the main reasons for derailing the last round of direct peace negotiations between the two sides.

Mideast Quartet: Israel, Palestinians must take steps to tackle violence

The envoys said there is a pressing need to address the fragile situation in Gaza

Israel arrests Jerusalem woman activists in contested neighbourhood

Israeli police burst into the home of a prominent family in the contested Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Jerusalem arresting a 23-year-old woman who has led protests

Israeli police allow over 120 Jewish visitors to flashpoint Jerusalem site

Israeli police denied there was any age restriction and said they arrested five suspects who "violated the public order."

Thousands of Israelis protest against PM Netanyahu despite wintry weather

Several thousand people gathered outside Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem

Thousands protest in Jerusalem against Netanyahu over Covid-19, corruption

Thousands of Israelis protested in Jerusalem in the latest weekly demonstration against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his handling of the coronavirus crisis and the corruption charges he faces

Thousands of Israelis protest outside Benjamin Netanyahu's residence

Netanyahu has been charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes for his role in a series of scandals

Two cops injured, 12 people arrested during anti-govt protests in Jerusalem

Two cops were injured while 12 people were arrested as thousands took part in an anti-government demonstration in Jerusalem

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu rails at media over protests against him

Netanyahu has faced a wave of protests in recent weeks, with demonstrators calling for the resignation of the long-serving leader

Australia recognises west Jerusalem as capital of Israel: PM Scott Morrison

The prime minister said it was in Australia's interests to support "liberal democracy" in the Middle East and took aim at the United Nations he said was a place Israel is "bullied"

Israel-Palestine conflict intensifies for control over Jerusalem

The Palestinians have for years accused Israel of taking steps to fortify its hold on the city, primarily by encircling Arab neighborhoods in east Jerusalem with Jewish settlements

Palestinians have right to Jerusalem as capital: Saudi king Salman

Salman's address to the kingdom's Consultative Council came as the world's main pan-Islamic body held an emergency summit in Istanbul

UN rejects Jerusalem as Israeli capital; EU says 'two-states' only solution

Nikki Haley defended Trump's announcement and took the occasion to slam the United Nations for what she believes is its 'hostility' toward Israel

Israeli aircraft bomb Gaza strip after Hamas' rocket attack, Intifada claim

Tension between Israel and Palestine mounted Friday after US President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel

India's stand on Jerusalem as Israel's capital 'wishy-washy': Omar Abdullah

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today termed the Centre's stand on US recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital a "wishy-washy drivel". He said that such a move in the past would have drawn strong condemnation from India. "There was a time when the Trump Administration move to over turn decades of US policy WRT #Jersualem would have provoked a strong condemnation from India," he said. "Now all you get is some wishy washy drivel about India's position determined by our self interest & not what other countries do. There was a time India stood for something," he wrote on Twitter. President Donald Trump had yesterday recognised Jerusalem as Israel's capital, reversing decades of US and international policy on the holy city.

PM Modi to meet Moshe, the toddler who survived 26/11 attacks, in Jerusalem

The attack on Nariman House in Mumbai killed his parents-Rabbi Holtzberg and Rivka Holtzberg

4 killed as truck runs over pedestrians in Jerusalem

A number of people were trapped under the truck near the Armon Hanatziv promenade