Israel-Palestinian Conflict

• U.S., Russia back UN statement urging end to growing West Bank violence

  The U.N. Security Council statement urged Israel and the Palestinians to avoid actions that can further inflame tensions in the volatile West Bank.

  World

  Jun 27, 2023
  
• Israel set to move forward with 3,000 West Bank settlement homes this week

  The Palestinians view the settlements in the West Bank, which house some 700,000 settlers, as the main obstacle to peace.

  Politics

  Oct 24, 2021
  
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• Human Rights Watch accuses Israel, Palestinian militants of war crimes in May conflict

  The international human rights organization issued its conclusions after investigating three Israeli airstrikes and that it said killed 62 Palestinian civilians.

  World

  Jul 27, 2021
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• War between Israel, Hamas shines spotlight on traumatized Gazan children

  With schools shuttered due to the war, the coronavirus and the summer hiatus, Gaza's children have little to keep them occupied as they wade through the wreckage.

  World

  Jul 21, 2021
• Jewish communities on edge amid ‘troubling rise’ of anti-Semitism in Canada

  Multiple demonstrations across Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton and Vancouver resulted in police intervention earlier this month.

  Canada

  May 25, 2021
• Palestinians fire 3 dozen rockets into Israel from Gaza as Jerusalem tension intensifies

  The barrage of rocket fire came as hundreds of Palestinians clashed with Israeli police in east Jerusalem.

  World

  Apr 24, 2021
• U.S. closes Jerusalem consulate, downgrading its Palestinian diplomatic mission

  For decades, the consulate functioned as a de facto embassy to the Palestinians. Now, that outreach will be handled by a Palestinian affairs unit, under the command of the embassy.

  World

  Mar 3, 2019
• Jagmeet Singh harshly criticizes Liberals’ silence on deadly protests amid U.S. embassy change

  A longer message posted to the NDP official website not only condemned the killings, but urged the Liberal government to take a public stance against violations of international human rights.

  Politics

  May 14, 2018
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• U.S. moving its Israel embassy to Jerusalem next week. Experts call move ‘a bad deal’

  Experts are concerned the Trump administration has tied its own hands by moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem without securing political reimbursement. 

  May 8, 2018