Dear Mayor, You are almost half my age. That’s a blessing for you and for Minneapolis, and quite frankly for the United States. But age has its virtues; what you witness now, we who protested […]
Dozens of Jewish settlers today forced their way into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque complex, shortly after the site was reopened, according to the mosque director, reports Anadolu Agency. “Around 105 Jewish settlers have entered the compound since early […]
Thousands of Muslims performed dawn prayer today in al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, Islam’s third holiest place, shortly after the Mosque was reopened to prayers following a 70-day shutdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. The […]
Around 78,400 high-school students in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip began on Saturday their final exams under precautions against the novel coronavirus. In Gaza, Zeyad Thabet, director-general of the ministry of education, told […]
In a Facebook post that was circulated widely on social media, Palestinian-American author and justice activist, Linda Sarsour confronted misinformation about the circumstances that led to the murder of an unarmed African American man at […]
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian man with mental disability in East Jerusalem on Saturday morning, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. According to Israeli reports, Israeli officers opened fire on a man […]
Former Defense Minister Naftali Bennett rejected the US-proposed plan, known as ‘Deal of the Century’, saying that “the map is not good for Israel”. Bennet, like other Israeli right-wing officials, fears that while the US […]
Israeli occupation forces opened fire today at a vehicle driving near the village of Nabi Saleh, to the west of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli forces […]
Israeli forces prevented the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC) from carrying out restoration works in the Ibrahimi Mosque in the occupied city of Hebron (Al-Khalil). Israeli forces on Thursday prevented HRC employees from continuing with the […]
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) has documented over 100 violations of international human rights law inflicted by Israeli occupation forces and settlers in just one week in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). According […]
At least five Palestinians, including a photojournalist, were injured by Israeli forces today during the weekly protest against illegal Jewish settlement construction, in the village of Kafr Qaddum in the northern occupied West Bank, according […]
Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza’s recent tragedies and never-ending resistance. She experienced the violent Israeli occupation, and the subsequent blockade on the impoverished Strip, starting in 2006. None of the destructive […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that Palestinians in the Jordan Valley, which Israel plans to annex in coming weeks, will not be granted Israeli citizenship after annexation, but will remain part of the […]
Last week, the Palestinian Water Authority blasted Israel for significantly reducing the amount of water allotted to the West Bank. “We are facing this crisis as we enter the summer season, a time of the […]
Nakba Day, May 15. One day, one date, but every day since May 15, 1948, has been a nakba day for the Palestinians. Their suffering at Israeli Jewish hands eclipses anything ever suffered by Jews […]
After declaring an end to all agreements with Israel and the US, the Palestinian Authority is struggling to chart an alternative diplomatic path. While Israel has set a date for the forthcoming annexation of the occupied West […]
Israel could use violence to annexation large parts of the occupied West Bank and Jordan Valley, PLO Secretary-General Saeb Erekat warned today. Speaking to Palestine Radio, Erekat said that Israel’s ideology is based on imposing new […]
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has reiterated that using military force against the occupied Gaza Strip is still an option, Israeli Public Broadcaster Kan reported today. What is Next for Palestinian Popular Resistance in Gaza? Speaking […]
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested clarifications from the Palestinian Authority regarding its decision to end all agreements with Israel in light of the latter’s decision to annex a large part of the occupied […]
Millions of Palestinians celebrated Eid al-Fitr despite Israeli military restrictions and social distancing measures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. For Gazans, the sea remained their main escape, as thousands of families flocked to the beaches, […]
This time, we are told, it is different and that President of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, is absolutely serious about his decision to absolve his leadership from all previous agreements signed with Israel and […]
There are many reasons that voters are giving to justify support for Joe Biden. The most important and perhaps justifiably so is that it amounts to a vote against Trump. Hatred of the President is […]
Several European leaders have recently sent letters urging Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, according to a Tuesday Axios report. European nations have previously expressed […]
Israel’s army chief has told the military to prepare for heated protests in the West Bank as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presses ahead with his plan to annex large swathes of the occupied Palestinian territory […]
Israeli occupation forces yesterday announced the destruction of ten wells in the town of Az-Zawiya, west of Salfit in the north of the West Bank, according to the Palestinian News agency WAFA. Local sources told WAFA […]
Israel’s new ‘Diaspora Affairs’ Minister, Omer Yankelevich, pledged to help Jews all over the world in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic, at a time that Israel still refuses to help besieged Gazans in their desperate fight […]
Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity, built on the spot where Christians believe Jesus was born, reopened on Tuesday, more than two months after closing in the face of the coronavirus. A handful of priests from […]
Israeli forces today prevented Muslim worshippers’ access to al-Ibrahimi mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh declared yesterday an […]
Israeli police banned today Aqsa Mosque guard Hamza Nimr from entering al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem for six months, according to local sources. Israeli authorities summoned Nimr for interrogation and handed him an order banning him […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu renewed his pledge to annex part of the occupied Palestinian West Bank in July. His comments were made on Monday, a day after his defiant appearance in front of a […]
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