When the state of Israel was established in 1948, more than 100,000 Palestinian refugees fled to Lebanon. UNRWA, the United Nations aid agency for Palestinians,saysthere are currently between 200,000 and 250,000 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon, many of whom it says live in poverty due ...
Israel was declared a state in 1948, though the land is still referred to as Palestine by those who do not recognise Israel's right to exist. Palestinians also use the name Palestine as an umbrella term for the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem. Why are Israel and Hamas fighting? Althou...
That declaration was made under the National Emergencies Act of 1976. The law does not define "emergency," giving the president broad discretion to declare one. An emergency declaration under the National Emergencies Act unlocks sweeping presidential powers, like the ability to seiz...
The 45-page indictment, which marked a steep escalation of Trump’s mounting legal issues, outlined how, despite having lost the election, Trump “was determined to remain in power,” while laying out the four charges – one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, one...
The power players, policy developments and whispers percolating inside Donald Trump's unprecedented return to power. By signing up, you acknowledge and agree to ourPrivacy PolicyandTerms of Service. You may unsubscribe at any time by following the directions at the bottom of the email or bycontac...
For oil prices to go meaningfully higher for longer because of the turmoil in Israel and the Gaza Strip, the conflict would have to widen regionally to major oil producers Iran and Saudi Arabia because Israel itself produces little oil. Related: Sign up for stock news with our Invested newslet...
The Gaza Strip is a narrow, 25-mile stretch of land pressed against the Mediterranean Sea, between Israel and Egypt. When Israel was established in 1948, many Palestinian refugees where forced to move to the strip of land. In 1967, Israel gained control of Gaza after its victory in the Si...
a future peace agreement with Israel, the cabinet sworn in on June 2, 2014, was "unable to carry out the administration of the Gaza Strip."According to Haaretz, an Israeli news outlet, Netanyahu said at the time that such an agreement "will not strengthen peace, it will strengthen terror...
The value of what the Jewish refugees had stolen from them was many times greater than anything the Arab refugees can claim they lost The attack on the Jewish communities was unprovoked and on an innocent civilian population. The same is not true of much of the Arab population in the mandat...
International journalists cannot independently enter Gaza without an Israeli Defence Forces escort. Sky's Alistair Bunkall visited what remains of Rafah - a city once home to hundreds of thousands of people.