A Palestinian man has been injured in clashes between Israeli forces and dozens of Palestinian protesters in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli air force chief warned that a "surprise war" would break out in Syria as tensions are escalating there, saying that the Zionist entity should be prepared for painful and protracted war with Hezbollah and Iran.

Palestinians have held a rally in the city of Ramallah to condemn the US Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to the occupied West Bank.

The University of Sheffield has decided not to renew its waste collection contract with multinational corporation Veolia following a campaign initiated by the campus Palestine Society and supported by the student union. The campaign called on the university to cut ties with the company over its contracts with the Israeli state to provide waste and transport services to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

As announced by the British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP) and subsequently covered by The Guardian, Reuters and others, world-renowned theoretical physicist and cosmologist Professor Stephen Hawking has decided to heed the Palestinian call for boycott, and pull out of an Israeli conference hosted by President Shimon Peres in June.

Wednesday, 22 May 2013 / Saudi Gazette – Israeli authorities on Monday began excavation near Al-Aqsa Mosque Complex and canceled a visit by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) which was supposed to inspect preservation work in Jerusalem's Old City.

Israeli troops have shot and critically injured a Palestinian boy in the chest in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian security and hospital sources.