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RAMALLAH: About 10,000 Palestinian students living in Israel and studying in Palestinian universities in the West Bank have faced challenges recently due to the escalation of Israeli army incursions into Palestinian cities, arrests and killings. At least 250 of them have left universities and returned to their places of residence inside Israel, sources confirmed to Arab News.

RAMALLAH: Israel has decided to reverse its earlier decision to open the Allenby-King Hussein Bridge — the only international crossing that connects the West Bank to the outside world — around the clock and return to the working hours operated under the previous system. The move, which came on Sunday, came after a pilot week of opening the bridge 24/7 at the request of US

JERUSALEM (AP) — Several dozen Palestinians flew to Cyprus on Monday from an airport in southern Israel as part of a pilot program to allow Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to fly abroad. The move was part of a series of gestures Israel says it is making to improve living conditions of Palestinians in both the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

Palestinians from areas Israel occupied in the 1967 war cannot fly from Ben Gurion, near Tel Aviv, without special permission.

Several Palestinians flew to Cyprus yesterday from Ramon Airport in southern Israel, as part of a trial programme aimed at allowing Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to fly abroad. The move is ...

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The move is a part of Israeli overtures meant to improve living condition of Palestinians in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, allowing them to travel without having to travel to Jordan first

JERUSALEM (AP) — Several dozen Palestinians flew to Cyprus on Monday from an airport in southern Israel as part of a pilot program to allow Palestinians from…

Middle-East Arab News and Opinion - Asharq Al-Awsat is the world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, printed simultaneously each day on four continents in 14 cities

Critics say flights do little to make it easier for Palestinians living in territories occupied by Israel to travel.