US PRESIDENT Donald Trump flew in to Israel yesterday as strikes and clashes continued across the occupied territories.
Following a meeting with his Israeli counterpart Reuven Rivlin, he said Arab nations shared “common cause” with Israel against “the threat posed by Iran.”
At a Middle East summit in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Sunday Mr Trump had accused Tehran of backing terrorists “from Lebanon to Iraq and Yemen.”
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
Labour's Emily Thornberry calls on PM to ban goods from Israel-held Palestinian territory
Given the recent rejection of peace proposals by Israel the world must provide an immediate and resolute response to force accountability on Gaza, argues RAMZY BAROUD



