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Hundreds of Israeli police remove second Palestinian protest camp

Hundreds of Israeli police for the second time dismantled a Palestinian protest encampment on the outskirts of Jerusalem overnight, activists and police said on Sunday. Activists set up the camp, known as Bab al-Shams, on a patch of land known as E1 which lies between east Jerusalem and the West…

As Obama visits Israel, Palestinians call on him to address ‘emergency situation’

Palestinians want President Barack Obama’s milestone visit this week to lead to a more active US approach to resolving the conflict with Israel, before the West Bank is overrun by Jewish settlements and it is too late for a two-state solution. “We are in an emergency situation,” independent Palestinian legislator…