Israeli forces Wednesday demolished a mosque in the Bedouin community of Azwadeen, east of Yatta city, south of Hebron, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Coordinator of the Protection and Steadfastness Committees, Fuad al-‘Amour, […]
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) renewed on Monday his support for introducing a War Powers Resolution with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) aimed at stopping the war in Yemen. The bombings in Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia […]
Jordan issued a statement on Monday slamming Israel for “assaults” on the Al Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, demanding that it respects its “historic and legal status quo”. Jordan’s ministry of expatriate and foreign affairs […]
Israeli occupation forces today dismantled and seized animal sheds in the northern Jordan Valley, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Motaz Bisharat, an official in the Tubas governorate, told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided the […]
A Palestinian teenager was shot and killed today by Israeli forces near the illegal Jewish settlement of Ariel, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Atallah Rayyan, 17, from Qarawat Bani Hassan, was left bleeding […]
The Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Council (PHROC), comprising of 11 Palestinian human rights organizations, submitted today a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures focusing on Israel’s continued demolition of Palestinian homes […]
Jewish settlers today assaulted Palestinian shepherds in Kisan village, to the east of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Mayor of Kisan, Ahmad Ghazal, told WAFA that […]
The United Arab Emirates cabinet on Sunday approved the establishment of an embassy in the city of Tel Aviv in Israel, Reuters reports. No further details about the embassy were given in UAE media. Today, […]
The Palestinian Central Elections Commission (CEC) extended an official invitation today to the European Parliament and the European Union (EU) to observe the upcoming Palestinian elections. EU Representative, Sven Kuhn von Burgsdorff, received the invitation […]
A Palestinian worker died on Sunday early morning due to a heart attack resulting from the inhalation of toxic teargas fired at him by Israeli occupation soldiers in the village of Far’oun, near the city […]
The Provincial Court in Valencia, Spain, has definitively dismissed a criminal complaint against eight Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions activists who had questioned the invitation for Jewish American singer Matisyahu to take part in the Rototom […]
Several people this morning received various injuries in an explosion in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. #Palestine– An explosion heard in the #Gaza Strip Saturday morning has […]
The Israeli police have refused to bring Palestinian workers who have been arrested while working without permission in Israel to court, in order to hide police brutality against them, the Israeli Haaretz newspaper reported on […]
Jewish settlers have called for the murder of Palestinian bus drivers in the occupied West Bank, the Times of Israel has reported. Racist graffiti reading “Kill Arab drivers” was sprayed in Modi’in Illit, the largest […]
Israeli occupation forces today attacked dozens of Palestinian protesters taking part in the weekly nonviolent anti-settlement protests in the villages of Deir Jarir and Kafr Qaddum in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency […]
Four civilians, including two children, were killed by Israeli air on the Syrian province of Hama at dawn on Friday, the Syrian state news agency SANA reported. SANA cited a Syrian military source as saying […]
The British Foreign Secretary has criticized Israel’s decision to construct thousands of new settler housing units in East Jerusalem and the West Bank, warning that it puts a viable two-state solution at risk. “The UK […]
Jewish settlers on Thursday evening hurled Molotov cocktails toward two Palestinian houses in the village of Burin village, south of Nablus city, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Local sources confirmed that the settlers […]
A Palestinian child was injured on Thursday evening after Jewish settlers attacked a Palestinian car near the entrance of Burqa village, northeast of Ramallah city, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. ‘Ala Sawafta told […]
Israeli occupation forces demolished the village of Al-Araqeeb, in the Negev Desert, on Tuesday, for the 182nd time, Anadolu and other agencies have reported. Local sources said that the Israeli forces entered the village with […]
Palestinian leaders condemned the new US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday for his remarks reiterating Washington’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the move of the US Embassy to the occupied city. […]
82-year-old Fo’ad Al-Shobaki, the eldest Palestinian political prisoner in Israeli jails, has contracted coronavirus, the Detainees and Ex-Detainees Commission reported today. According to the Commission, Shobaki contracted the virus after he came into contact with […]
A Palestinian prisoner held in an Israeli prison died Wednesday under yet unclear circumstances, according to two Palestinian prisoners’ advocacy groups. The Prisoners Commission and the Prisoners Society said that Maher Deed Saasa, 45, from […]
Israel has issued tenders for 2,500 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, a watchdog said Wednesday, on the eve of Joe Biden’s swearing-in as US president. On Sunday, Israel approved […]
The head of the Jewish settlement ‘Yesha Council and Jordan Valley Regional Council, David Elhayani, yesterday announced he was withdrawing from the leading Likud Party. West Bank settler leader David Elhayani has cut ties with […]
A Palestinian man was injured last tonight by shrapnel from an artillery shell fired by Israeli occupation forces at a site in the Gaza Strip, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. An artillery shell […]
Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh expressed on Monday his hope that the new US administration will stop illegal Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories, Wafa News Agency reported. Speaking at the […]
Israel’s education minister is banning groups that call the country an “apartheid state” from making school visits to present information to students, CBS News has reported. Yoav Galant tweeted yesterday that he had instructed the […]
Israeli occupation forces today detained five Palestinians in raids across the occupied West Bank, including brothers and a minor, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). To mark the end of Israel Apartheid Week, I […]
Israel on Sunday advanced plans for 780 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank, settlement watchdog Peace Now said, adding the move puts Israel “on a collision course” with the incoming US administration. Right-wing […]
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