Clashes between Palestinian protestors and Israeli police took place late on Saturday and early on Sunday in East Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported, amid tensions after police killed a Palestinian for allegedly firing fireworks. Six people were arrested […]
Leaders of Israel’s opposition yesterday criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the truce deal with Gaza. According to Arab 48, head of the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) alliance, Benny Gantz, said: “The deal […]
Israel has detained and questioned the Palestinian minister for Jerusalem affairs, Israeli police have said. Palestine‘s Minister for Jerusalem Affairs Fadi al-Hadami was detained for “activities in Jerusalem”, Israeli police spokesperson Micky Rosenfeld told AFP on […]
One of the top envoys to US President Donald Trump, Jason Greenblatt, has said that he prefers to call Israel’s illegal West Bank settlements “neighborhoods and cities”. The US Special Representative for International Negotiations made […]
Israeli forces Friday injured two Palestinians who were taking part in an anti-settlement demonstration in the occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian official, Anadolu Agency reported. Protest organizer Murad Shtewi told Anadolu Agency that Israeli troops […]
Israel has resumed allowing fuel entries into the blockaded Gaza Strip following a three-day hiatus, according to a Palestinian official, Anadolu Agency reports. Mohammad Thabet, the spokesman for Gaza’s electricity company, told Anadolu Agency: “The resumption of […]
Clashes renewed for a second day on Friday between Israeli forces and Palestinian protestors in the Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem over the killing a Palestinian protestor, Anadolu Agency reports. Mohammad Samir, 20, was shot with live ammunition in […]
Last week, Elham Pourtaher, an Iranian graduate student at the State University of New York in Albany, wrote about how U.S. policies cause suffering and trauma far beyond U.S. borders. Her diabetic father, for example, is in […]
The Palestinian Authority’s spin on “legitimate Palestinian endorsement” is equivalent to its fast-fading status. Since US President Donald Trump broke away from international consensus on Jerusalem and unilaterally declared the city as Israel’s capital, the PA has […]
Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser and son-in-law, declined opportunities in an interview with CNN, Wednesday, to express support for Palestinian statehood. Speaking from Bahrain, Kushner responded to a question about a future independent state for […]
Israeli authorities have handed notices to several Palestinian families in the Qalandiya refugee camp in occupied Jerusalem. A number of Palestinian families on Thursday have been told their homes will be demolished under the pretext of […]
Almost half of Israelis support efforts to cancel the fresh elections scheduled for September, according to a poll conducted by i24NEWS and Israel Hayom. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reportedly been recently exploring ways of canceling the elections […]
Former Education Minister Naftali Bennett, who heads the New Right party, slammed the Israeli government’s approach to the Gaza Strip yesterday, reported Arutz Sheva, demanding that the military targets Palestinians launching incendiary balloons from the territory. […]
A Palestinian teenager was killed and four others injured today by Israeli occupation forces, during ongoing clashes in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Issawiya, according to local sources. Israeli forces shot and killed Mohammad […]
Bahrain hosted the economic version of the so-called Deal of the Century. A two-day conference, co-hosted by the United States, was held in the capital, Manama, on June 25-26. The Palestinian leadership has rightly refused to […]
President Mahmoud Abbas affirmed that Palestinian national rights are not traded for money. During a press conference with his Chilean counterpart Sebastian Piñera at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, Abbas stated: “The Palestinian national rights are […]
Up to 850 Palestinians from the village of Marda in the northern West Bank were infected by organisms in polluted water between Monday and Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has revealed. Access to Clean […]
Head of Hamas’ political bureau Ismail Haniyeh has said that Bahrain conference “secures economic cover for a political attempt to liquidate the Palestinian cause.” Haniyeh’s statement came in a speech during a conference organized by Palestinian factions […]
Israeli occupation forces demolished several farming and commercial facilities on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Felesteen.ps has reported. According to the Head of Ballout Municipality, Yahya Mustafa, the Israelis demolished a barn owned by […]
Calls for the annexation of the Occupied West Bank are gaining momentum in both Tel Aviv and Washington. But Israel and its American allies should be careful what they wish for. Annexing the Occupied Palestinian […]
Nikki Haley has told Israel Hayom that, “I really didn’t know that much about Israel,” an admission which did nothing to hinder her stint as US Ambassador to the UN from becoming an opportunity to be the […]
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has rebuked Chilean President Sebastián Piñera for visiting Al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem in “violation of protocol and clear agreements,” Haaretz reported. Piñera yesterday visited Al-Aqsa while accompanied by Palestinian officials, which, according […]
Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets this morning and gathered in front of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City to protest against the […]
Ten Palestinian prisoners have begun open-ended hunger strikes to protest their detention conditions, according to the Ramallah-based Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Ihsan Othman and Ja’far Izz Al-Din began their hunger strikes nine days ago to […]
The Trumpian hyperbole marketing brand had generated unrealistic expectations for the “Deal of the Century.” For over a year and a half, Jared Kushner promised but missed at least three dates to unveil the “secret” […]
Israeli forces seized construction equipment and an agricultural tractor from inside ‘al-Tahadi 17’ school in the village of Thahr al-Maleh, to the southwest of the city of Jenin in the north of the occupied West […]
Palestinian factions today announced a general strike in the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip in protest against Bahrain’s hosting of the “Peace to Prosperity” conference. The conference kicked off today in the Bahraini […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may seek to avoid fresh elections currently scheduled for September, in light of poor performances in recent polling, reported Ynet. According to the article, “Likud sources” say Netanyahu has polling data […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is allegedly seeking support and approval by the United States to enable the annexation of the Jordan Valley under the pretext that it is “a vital area to Israel’s security,” […]
Not many of us have heard of #Ihbid194 prior to April this year. And no one thought that a simple act of mobilization on social media by a small group of Palestinian youth would turn […]
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