Former senior European politicians have urged the EU to reject Donald Trump's peace plan for the Middle East if it's one-sided and unfair to Palestinians. The US president is about to unveil his proposal for the region.

A Palestinian court has sentenced a US-Palestinian to life in prison with hard labor for attempting to sell his East Jerusalem property to Israelis. The US has demanded his immediate release.

Rights groups have criticized the death sentences, saying they "smack of militia rule, not the rule of law." But a Hamas official said the court decision shows Israel can't protect its Palestinian "collaborators."

At the beginning of 2018, US President Donald Trump cut funding for the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNWRA, which helps some 5 million Palestinians. DW's Tania Krämer went to Hamas-controlled Gaza, where UN employees are on strike.

Fans should burn Messi's shirt if he plays against Israel in Jerusalem - Palestinian soccer chief

This unprecedented move signals a dramatic shift in US foreign policy and has triggered a fierce controversy - as the status of Jerusalem is one of the most contentious issues in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.

The Palestinian border protests are expected to peak on May 15, the day after the 70th anniversary of Israel's declaration of independence but marked by the Palestinians as the Nakba Day, or "Day of the Catastrophe."

Israeli troops have opened fire on Palestinian border protesters, killing at least one of them and injuring at least 40. Thousands of Palestinians are protesting along to Israel-Gaza border.

Reports come in of hundreds of Palestinian demonstrators being shot with live ammunition, the international stage looks on.

Palestinian President Abbas says afternoon prayers will go ahead at the al-Aqsa Mosque as Israel lifts security measures.

Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman in the occupied West Bank, saying he was the head of a militant cell responsible for an ambush in which a Jewish settler was shot dead.

A bomb has wounded a member of the Palestinian group Hamas in Sidon, southern Lebanon. Al-Manar television, run by Hezbollah, said he had an important security role and was being tracked by Israel.