US State Secretary Antony Blinken, who arrived in Israel on Monday, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem where he highlighted Washington's commitment to core democratic principles and institutions.

Blinken calls for calm amid Israel-Palestine tensions; Netanyahu evokes Iran nuclear weapons

US State Secretary Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday. While Blinken reiterated Washington's commitment to ties with Israel, Netanyahu anchored his talks around Iran nuclear weapons.

Morning news brief: Blinken meets Netanyahu, Bolsonaro seeks visa extension to stay in US and more

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah. On the last leg of his West Asia tour. He also met prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Monday. During his visit Blinken has renewed calls for calm between Israel and Palestine amid a spike in tensions.

Antony Blinken's West Asia trip

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is wrapping up a two-day visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Tuesday with renewed appeals for Israeli-Palestinian calm amid an alarming spike in violence.

WION Dispatch: Antony Blinken meets Palestinian leaders in bid to restore calm

U.S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is on the second leg of his West Asia visit. The visit comes as country struggles to recover from renewed Israel-Palestine tensions - a gun spree outside a Jerusalem synagogue and Israel's unusually deep raid on Jenin refugee camp. Is Washington walking a tight rope to bring both sides together?

WION Fineprint: Antony Blinken's West Asia visit

At least nine Palestinians were killed, including a 60-year-old woman, and 20 others wounded during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank's Jenin on Thursday.

Gravitas Global Headlines: Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin

Amid the soaring tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is headed to Egypt at the start of his West Asia trip, where he will reportedly try to de-escalate the situation.

US Secy of State Antony Blinken headed to Egypt, will visit Jerusalem & Ramallah

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed a 'swift action' to the killings in Israel's Synagogue attack. Following a brief car-chase, the 21-year-old assailant was later shot dead by the police.

Jerusalem shooting: 21-YO shooter shot dead by police; Israel PM Netanyahu vows 'swift action'

As part of extreme measures adopted to revoke some rights of relatives of the attackers, the family home of the Palestinian synagogue shooter, who killed seven people, was sealed in Israel.

Israel seals family home of Palestinian synagogue shooter

At least seven people have been killed after a Palestinian gunman opened fire outside East Jerusalem Synagogue on Friday night. It is one of the deadliest attacks on Israelis in years. Police have described it as a terrorist incident and it comes after a day of Israel's deadly raid in Jenin.

Jerusalem Synagogue shooting: Attack took place on International Holocaust Remembrance Day

East Jerusalem Synagogue shooting: Netanyahu, Ben Gvir visit site of attack

7 killed in East Jerusalem Synagogue shooting as Palestinian gunman opens fire

Israel police have arrested 42 people in connection with the East Jerusalem attack in which seven people died after a Palestinian gunman opened fire outside an East Jerusalem Synagogue on Friday night. Police are calling it one of the deadliest attacks in years.

Deadly attack in East Jerusalem: Israel police arrests 42 people in connection with attack

Seven gunmen and two civilians have been killed by Israeli forces during a raid in the West Bank on Thursday (January 26), said the Palestinian officials, in what may be the deadliest day on the territory in two decades.

Nine killed, 20 injured amid Israeli troops' West Bank raid, say Palestinians

The Palestinian authority has announced the end of security coordination with Israel in response to the killing of nine Palestinians in the West Bank city of Jenin. The decision came after an emergency meeting of the Palestine Liberation Organisation Executive Committee and the Palestinian government.

Israel-Palestine tensions: Palestinians end security coordination with Israel over Jenin raid

After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed the most far-right government in the country, there has been a rising number of attacks on the Gaza Strip.

EXPLAINED: The history of Palestine intifada, is another on the way?

Israel-Palestine tensions: Two rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel

Israeli troops have killed at least nine Palestinian men during a raid in the occupied West Bank territories. The Palestinian authorities have said that an old women was in fact shot by the Israeli forces during an assault.

WION Dispatch: At least 9 Palestinians killed, 20 injured in Israeli raid

WION Fineprint: Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin

In reaction to the Palestinian Authority's attempts to have the UN's top court issue an advisory opinion on the Israeli occupation, some 40 nations on Monday urged Israel to restore the sanctions it had placed on the Palestinian Authority earlier in the month.

Israel urged by around 40 nations to lift 'punitive' sanctions against Palestinians

Israel bans Palestinian flags in public places and confiscates Palestinian foreign minister's VIP travel card. Netanyahu government intensifies its crackdown on Palestinians.

The West Asia Post: Israel bans Palestinian flag

Israeli troops have killed two Palestinian men during a raid in the occupied West Bank territories. The Palestinian authorities have said that the two young men were in fact shot by the Israeli forces during an assault.

Israel: Palestinian men killed in occupied West Bank during army raid

Singapore's Internal Security Department (ISD) said on Wednesday (January 11) that a 38-year-old teacher with the Ministry of Education (MoE) was arrested as he planned to travel to Palestine to take up armed jihad, reported the Straits Times.

Singapore: Teacher arrested on terror charges, planned to go to Palestine, join Hamas for Jihad

Palestinian teens killed in West Bank. Gazans flee to Europe for a better life. Palestinians reel under Israeli aggression.

The West Asia Post: Unrest & chaos grip West Bank

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