Palestinian National Authority

A Palestinian doctor is practicing medicine in Turkey after completing his studies on a scholarship.

Mohammed Abusharekh, 33, fled Israeli aggression while studying medicine at Jerusalem University in 2007.

Abusharekh was forced to drop out of university as it was on the Israeli side.

Turkey's foreign minister on May 25 spoke to his Ukrainian counterpart over the phone, according to diplomatic sources.

Besides bilateral relations, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Dmitro Kuleba discussed the latest developments in Palestine, as well as Turkey's diplomatic efforts on the matter.

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on May 25, days after an Egypt-brokered truce halted fighting between the Jewish state and the Gaza Strip's Islamist rulers Hamas.

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh on May 24 said that the Palestinian group supported Turkey's rapprochement with Egypt.

The U.N. Security Council on May 22 welcomed announcement of a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas and urged full adherence to the truce.

United States of America has re-taken a different attitude in response the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

Three times, the United States has taken veto power to stop the UN security council's efforts to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Bucharest, May 18 /Agerpres/ - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, participated on Tuesday in the extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU member states (Foreign Affairs Council), held in videoconference system, during which he expressed deep concern at the serious deterioration of the security situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Bucharest, May 18 /Agerpres/ - The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bogdan Aurescu, participated on Tuesday in the extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of the EU member states (Foreign Affairs Council), held in videoconference system, during which he expressed deep concern at the serious deterioration of the security situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Main opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has said the responsibility of every child killed in Palestine belongs to the whole world.

"What are the democrats of the world doing while there is a bloodbath," he asked, speaking at the CHP's parliamentary group meeting on May 18.

The death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the besieged Gaza Strip has risen to 212, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on May 17.

The grim figure includes 61 children, 35 women and 16 elderly people, the ministry said in a statement, while 1,400 people have been injured during the offensive.