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After two consecutive nights of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip to Israel, Hamas tells armed Gaza factions to “keep their fingers on the trigger.” “We call on our noble resistance in Gaza to keep their fingers on the trigger, to keep their rockets on standby to target the enemy’s fortresses and military and vital structures,” Hamas says in a statement. Hamas has not claimed direct responsibility for the rocket fire, which has been claimed by two other Gaza factions, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and a branch of Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades. Israel holds ...

2 shares Palestinians and left-wing activists protest against the expulsion of Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. April 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) RAMALLAH, West Bank — Jordan’s top diplomat on Wednesday handed the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah documents intended to help prevent Israel from evicting Palestinian families from part of East Jerusalem, he said. Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi made the trip to the West Bank after an Israeli court reportedly gave the families until May 2 to leave their homes in the predomin...

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees announces the launch of a digitalized education platform to prevent 540,000 students being left without schooling due to coronavirus or conflict. The platform, in Arabic and English, is to be used by Palestinian students in Jordan, war-torn Syria, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza. It is designed to make remote learning an interactive experience, offering students quizzes and games, with each lesson accompanied by videos. The new “platform… is crucial for the continuation of learning in times of crisis, including the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and associa...

Ra'am party chief Mansour Abbas speaks with reporters, April 19, 2021 (Tal Schneider/Zman Yisrael) Ra’am will consider supporting a bill for a special election for prime minister, a proposal floated by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies on the right to ensure Netanyahu’s political survival, Ra’am party chief Mansour Abbas told reporters on Monday. “Last Thursday, the law for direct elections for prime minister was set on the table. We in Ra’am are examining the law and its consequences and our stance will be determined by the interest of Arab society and of Ra’am,”...

4 shares Palestinians leaving Jerusalem's Old City outside Damascus Gate following noon prayers on Friday, April 16, 2021 (Aaron Boxerman/The Times of Israel) As Muslim worshipers flooded Jerusalem’s Old City on the first Friday of Ramadan, one could almost hear the collective sigh of relief: After a year of coronavirus restrictions that shuttered mosques, including during the Islamic holy month, the festivities were almost back to normal. As the noon prayer ended, tens of thousands streamed from al-Aqsa Mosque, one of Islam’s holiest sites, toward Damascus Gate, where buses waited ...