Palestinian

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert leaving jail.

July 6, 2017, 12:01 am

FORMER Prime Minister Ehud Olmert walked free this week, leaving prison after serving just 16 months of his 27-month sentence for corruption.

Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu visiting the home of Hadas Malka.
Photo: Kobi Gideon/GPO

June 22, 2017, 12:01 am

Terror victim Hadas Malka mourned

HER smiling photos have captured the hearts of the nation. The country is this week mourning a young woman who everyone suddenly feels they knew – Hadas Malka.

By Nathan Jeffay

Israel's Minister of Culture, Likud politician Miri Regev, was strongly in favour of the resolution. Photo: Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL

June 15, 2017, 12:02 am

Regev walks out on performance of Palestinian poet’s work

Israel’s minister of culture and sports, Miri Regev, walked out on an awards ceremony during a song based on a work by a Palestinian poet that the official said “hoped … for the death of the Jewish state."

Donald Trump with Mahmoud Abbas in Bethlehem last week.
Photo: Issam Rimawi/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

June 1, 2017, 12:00 am

Trump blasts Abbas over incitement

DONALD Trump screamed, "You tricked me in DC!" at his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank last week, an Israeli TV network has reported.

April 27, 2017, 12:02 am

Israeli chef sizzles on SBS

ISRAELI chef Roy Ner has eaten at Michelin-starred restaurants in Milan and had white truffles costing $8000, but his favourite place in the world to eat is the Machane Yehuda market in Jerusalem.

By Yael Brender

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures as he delivers a speech in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

April 26, 2017, 3:31 pm

British government won’t apologise for Balfour

The British government has rejected a Palestinian request to apologise for the Balfour Declaration of 1917, which led in part to the creation of Israel.

The headline used by news.com.au. (Screenshot)

April 6, 2017, 12:00 am

‘Misleading’ and ‘irresponsible’ headline

News.com.au has been slammed by communal leaders for the headline it ran when Palestinian terrorist Ahmed Ghazal, who has been described as a “heroic martyr” by Hamas, stabbed three people before being killed by Israeli police last week.

By Joshua Levi

A baby from Gaza with congenital heart disease being treated at Sheba Hospital.

March 30, 2017, 4:22 pm

Rozana offers vision of peace

The Middle East is littered with well-intentioned proposals to end the long-running dispute between Israel and the Palestinians.

An Israeli border policeman walks near workers lifting a housing unit with a crane during the demolition of Amona on Tuesday. Photo: EPA/Abir Sultan

February 8, 2017, 2:07 pm

New settlement law slammed as ‘theft’

Politicians have passed one of the most controversial laws ever brought before the Knesset, leaving some Israelis celebrating a victory for the settlement movement and others decrying the legalisation of “land grabs”.

January 25, 2017, 2:29 pm

‘We are building and will continue to build’

ISRAEL has announced the construction of 2500 new homes in the West Bank, in the biggest building coup for settlers since 2013.

Mourners at the funeral of Israeli soldier Shir Hajaj, 22. Photo: AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov.

January 12, 2017, 12:01 am

Israel in mourning as terror returns

Four Israeli families have found themselves sitting shiva this week, after a Palestinian man slammed a truck in to their loved ones on Sunday.

November 7, 2016, 11:17 am

Misreporting the Gaza War

Instead of focusing on Hamas, Eyeless in Gaza, which will premier at the Jewish International Film Festival next week, focuses on the media’s role in the conflict between Hamas and Israel.

Cap: A Palestinian shepherd walks past the settlement of Efrat. Photo: Brian Hendler/JTA.

October 27, 2016, 12:01 am

Palestinian succah visitors arrested

Four Palestinians finally walked free on Sunday, after being detained for an unusual misdemeanour – visiting a succah.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

September 15, 2016, 12:01 am

Backlash over Bibi ‘ethnic cleansing’ claim

America is seething and other Western allies are said to be furious, after Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that calling for settlement withdrawal is tantamount to demanding “ethnic cleansing”.

By Nathan Jeffay

September 11, 2016, 12:01 am

Obama: Incitement, settlement must end

In his swan song to the United Nations, President Barack Obama urged the Palestinians to end incitement and Israel to end settlement.

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