Israeli police today assaulted a number of Palestinian Muslim worshippers performing nightly prayer at Bab al-Asbat, outside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. Dozens of police attacked Palestinians performing the prayer of Eid al-Fitr holiday, […]
Fatou Bensouda, Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), has, once and for all, settled the doubts on the Court’s jurisdiction to investigate war crimes committed in occupied Palestine. On April 30, Bensouda released […]
The International Criminal Court has responded to Israeli criticisms over the prosecutor’s decision to probe war crimes allegedly committed in the occupied West Bank, besieged Gaza, and occupied East Jerusalem. ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda was quoted on the […]
Arab local councils in Israel went today on a general strike in protest against the failure of the Israeli government to respond to their demands to compensate them for the great losses suffered in light […]
Israeli occupation forces arrested a number of Palestinians on Sunday, across the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Arabi21.com has reported. According to local Palestinian sources, the Israeli occupation forces raided Al-Tur neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem […]
Another Palestinian clinic was shut down and several Palestinian activists were arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday. The Israeli raid was the latest action taken by the Israeli army to […]
Israeli authorities are impeding efforts by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease in occupied Jerusalem and its refugee camps, UNRWA spokesman Sami […]
Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Leon has accused Israel’s Ministry of Health of neglecting Palestinian hospitals in the occupied eastern section of the city after it failed to deliver essential equipment it promised to provide. According to […]
In Palestine, hardship, military occupation, thus lack of resources are often precursors for ingenuity and invention. The latest such example took place at Al-Quds University in East Jerusalem. On April 1, Al Quds University President, […]
Israeli occupation forces on Friday evening released the Minister of Jerusalem Affairs, Fadi Hidmi, after detaining him for several hours at the Moroccan compound in occupied Jerusalem. Hidmi was detained for allegedly violating an Israeli […]
Dozens of Palestinians suffocated last night from teargas inhalation during clashes that erupted with Israeli forces in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya, according to witnesses. Israeli forces raided the neighborhood, stopped Palestinian youths while […]
A Palestinian family from the Shuafat refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem demolished its own home today after it was forced to do so by the Israeli municipality. Tareq Mohammad Ali said he was forced, along […]
Israeli police forces shot sponge-tipped bullets at two Palestinian children in East Jerusalem in two separate incidents this week, reported Haaretz. Both incidents occurred in the Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya, which has experienced almost a […]
Israeli police yesterday arrested two senior Palestinian Authority (PA) officials in occupied Jerusalem after raiding their homes and searching them, Quds Press reported. Israeli police arrested the Director of Arab Studies Society Khalil Tafakji from the Juz […]
Israeli police on Saturday morning opened fire and killed a Palestinian young man, near Bab al-Asbat, the Lions’ Gate, in Jerusalem’s Old City. The victim was identified as Maher Ibrahim Za’atra, a 33-year-old father of three […]
A Palestinian minor was shot and injured by Israeli soldiers in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya, according to local witnesses. The child, who has been identified as Malek Issa, was returning home from […]
A Palestinian-owned house in the Old City quarter of occupied Jerusalem partially collapsed today as a result of ongoing underground excavations by Israeli authorities and illegal settler organizations. Expert warns of collapse of Jerusalem buildings […]
Israeli forces today arrested ten Palestinians from several areas of the occupied West Bank and six others in Jerusalem, including minors, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). In a press release, PPS stated that […]
Now afterwards, the memories wash over me. My strongest memory is of all the conversations. I was often questioned. My questions led to counterquestions. I was evaluated and my motives, personal values were rejected. I […]
At least 10 Palestinians were injured on Friday morning, when Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque compound and attacked hundreds of worshippers, according to Palestinian medical sources. #SobatPalestinaINA#قروب_فلسطينيThe Israeli occupation forces detained a number of […]
An eight-year-old child who went missing in East Jerusalem Friday afternoon was found today at the bottom of a cistern filled with rainwater after long hours of search efforts. Qais Abu Rmaileh, 8, was found […]
Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, an imam and former grand mufti of Jerusalem, entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday, despite an earlier Israeli ban. According to Anadolu Agency, Sabri was escorted by many Palestinian lawyers and […]
Israeli forces on Friday stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, soon after the morning prayer, and arrested at least 13 Palestinian worshippers, Anadolu reports. Hundreds of Palestinians were performing morning prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque […]
French President Emmanuel Macron had a taste of what Palestinians in the Occupied Territory experience on a daily basis when Israeli occupation officers defiled the sanctity of a holy place in Jerusalem. Macron, who is […]
An Israeli court on Sunday ruled in favor of an extremist Jewish organization, that has been trying to evict a Palestinian family from their home in East Jerusalem, alleging that the land upon which the […]
Israeli police detained today a Palestinian woman at Damascus Gate, one of the gates to the Old City of Jerusalem, under allegation she attempted a stabbing attack. Fully armed Israeli soldiers were caught on camera while […]
Israeli police on Friday stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem and assaulted Palestinian worshippers. Thousands of Palestinians rallied at the mosque compound following the Fajr Prayer, chanting slogans slamming frequent Israeli intrusions into the […]
Isreali forces on Friday evening arrested two Palestinian children from the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, Safa News Agency reported. The two Palestinian minors were identified as Mohamed Haimouni, 15, and Mohamed Abu-Qalbain, 13, from the […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) yesterday slammed an Israeli decision to use alternatives to UNRWA-run Palestinian schools in Jerusalem. In a statement, the PA’s Ministry of Expatriates and Foreign Affairs said that the approval of the […]
Israel placed six Palestinian residents of the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya under nighttime curfew for several months. On December 29, Israeli authorities invoked a British Palestine Mandate-era emergency act to impose a nighttime curfew […]
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