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Israeli military bulldozers demolishing three Palestinian-owned houses in Shuqba village, west of the administrative city of Ramallah, in Israeli-occupied West Bank on January 21, 2026.
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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Israel gave only 66 building permits to Palestinians in 11 years

Thousands of Palestinian buildings were demolished by Israel due to a lack of building permits, while settlers received tens of thousands of approvals

The New Arab Staff
22 February, 2026
A view of the area after Israeli army bulldozers demolished a single-story house belonging to Ahmed Abdulaziz Kadah, which was built on approximately half a dunam of land, under the pretext of being 'unlicensed' in the village of Shuqba
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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International outrage grows over Israel's plans for West Bank

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 February, 2026
Israeli Jews, including ultra-nationalists, ultra-Orthodox and settlers, pray at the Tomb of Joseph, a biblical figure from the Book of Genesis, in the northern Palestinian city of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on January 29, 2026.
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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Settler prayer in Nablus marks escalation at Palestinian site

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
30 January, 2026
A view of destruction at UNRWA headquarters, which provides aid to millions of Palestinians and works under the United Nations, is targeted by Israel in Gaza City, Gaza on February 11, 2024.
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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Israeli Supreme Court delays ruling on anti-UNRWA laws

The New Arab Staff
30 January, 2026
A photograph shows an Israeli flag fluttering above demolished structures inside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Israeli-annexed east Jerusalem on January 20, 2026.
UNRWA
MENA
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UN Palestinian refugee agency says demolished HQ set on fire

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
25 January, 2026
Ireland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Helen McEntee, inspects aid warehouses in Al-Arish, near Rafah, accompanied by Major General Khaled Megaour, Governor of North Sinai on January 13, 2026 in Arish, Egypt.
UNRWA
World
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Ireland slams Israel's demolition of UNRWA HQ

The New Arab Staff
24 January, 2026
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West Bank
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How Tubas became a strategic West Bank battleground for Israel

Aseel Mafarjeh
03 December, 2025
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Mahmoud Abbas
MENA
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Mahmoud Abbas turns 90, weakened by Israel and deeply unpopular

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 November, 2025
Paramedics carry Reuters reporter Raneen Sawafta, who was injured in an illegal settlers attack, on a stretcher in Beita town of Nablus, West Bank on November 08, 2025.
media freedom
MENA
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Media association slams Israeli settler attacks on journalists

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
10 November, 2025
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Gaza War
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The UN says Israel's war on Gaza is genocide. What happens next?

Shimaa Elyoussef
24 September, 2025
Palestinians manage to reach cities like Khan Yunis while those unable to find shelter are spending the night under extremely harsh conditions along the coast of Nuseirat Refugee Camp as they are being forced to flee from the north to the south following the Israeli airstrikes and the launch of ground operations on September 23, 2025.
Israeli occupation
MENA
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Israel seeks Gaza control and Jewish majority in West Bank: UN

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
23 September, 2025
Askar camp, Nablus, occupied West Bank
UNRWA
MENA
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Israel to cut utilities, seize UNRWA sites in Jerusalem

The New Arab Staff
12 July, 2025
Al Aqsa Mosque
Al-Aqsa mosque compound
MENA
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Israeli settlers raid al-Aqsa compound under police protection

The New Arab Staff
02 June, 2025
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (C - R) and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani (C - L) meet in Ramallah, West Bank on April 19, 2024.
Occupied West Bank
MENA
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Israel blocks Ramallah meeting with Arab ministers: official

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
31 May, 2025
Pro-Palestinian activists protest outside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza War
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800 UK lawyers demand sanctions on Israel over Gaza genocide

The New Arab Staff
27 May, 2025
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Gaza War
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Is Europe finally taking action over Israel's genocide in Gaza?

Alessandra Bajec
26 May, 2025
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends the meeting of the Central Council of the Palestine Liberation Organisation
occupied Palestinian Territories
MENA
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PLO votes to create first ever vice president post

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
24 April, 2025
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Gaza War
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UN's Albanese: World watching Gaza genocide live, doing nothing

Rabeea Eid
The New Arab Staff
15 April, 2025
International Criminal Court building in The Hague
ICJ
World
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ICJ sets dates for hearings on Israel's occupation of Palestine

The New Arab Staff
09 April, 2025
Gazan Abu Sheba reopens wedding dress shop damaged in Israeli attack
occupied Palestinian Territories
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Ramadan ‘unlike any before' for Palestinians in Gaza

27 February, 2025
Bezalel Smotrich
Israel
Economy
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Israel's Smotrich extends Palestinian banking ties for one month

The New Arab Staff
31 October, 2024