Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday accused Israel of carrying out attacks against the Palestinians in Gaza “that violated the laws of war and apparently amount to war crimes” during its 11-day assault in May. The […]
Palestinian police on Tuesday shut the office of J-Media in Ramallah. The director of the Ramallah office Alaa Al-Rimawi told Safa Press Agency that the police had closed the network’s office after “prohibiting (the) staff […]
Israeli forces Tuesday night killed a municipal employee near Beita town, south of Nablus city, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Israeli troops gunned down Shadi Omar Lotfi Salim, 41, near the entrance of […]
A decision by Israel’s Environmental Protection Minister, Tamar Zandberg, to freeze a major oil deal with the UAE to Israel might lead to ties between the two countries being severed, UAE officials have warned. The […]
Far-right Israeli MK Itamar Ben Gvir called his Arab colleague Ahmad Tibi a “terrorist” while he was chairing a session in the Knesset yesterday night, local media reported. Tibi was involved in a debate about […]
After fencing an area where a vital water spring is located in the Ein al-Hilweh area in Wadi al-Malih in the occupied northern Jordan Valley, Israeli settlers last night began construction work in the area […]
United Nations special rapporteurs Monday called for the rescheduling of Palestinian elections within a reasonable time to ensure “free, fair, democratic, peaceful, and credible” polls, Anadolu News Agency reported. The Palestinian parliamentary elections had been […]
A Palestinian teen Monday morning succumbed to the wounds he sustained from Israeli gunfire two months ago, according to medical sources. The Health Ministry said that Yousef Nawaf Mhareb, 17, a resident of Abwein village, […]
US House Representative Rashida Tlaib has caused a stir after pointing out on Twitter that illegal Jewish settlements currently receive tax-exempt status in America, a contravention of international law. In an open letter, she called […]
El Al Israel Airlines on Sunday launched nonstop flights to Marrakesh from Tel Aviv following a resumption of diplomatic ties last year between Morocco and Israel, reports Reuters. Flight 553 took off at 11:35 a.m. […]
A Palestinian youth was injured and two others were arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, according to a local official on Sunday, reported Anadolu Agency. “Israeli forces set up a trap for […]
Thousands of activists in New York City and New Jersey are scheduled to block an Israeli-operated cargo ship from unloading at the Port of New York on Sunday morning in support of the call for […]
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked has confirmed that her Yamina party will leave the coalition government if it agreed to a request from the Biden administration to implement a building freeze in West Bank settlements, […]
A Palestinian teenager who was shot and critically wounded yesterday by Israeli soldiers in the village of Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah, has died of his wounds hours later, according to the Ministry of Health. […]
The International Judo Federation suspended on Saturday Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine and his coach Amar Benikhlef for withdrawing from the Tokyo Olympics before his event started, after the draw set him on course for a […]
After nearly two decades of trying, Israel has finally been granted observer status at the African Union, the Israel Foreign Ministry confirmed yesterday. Israel was a member of the AU’s forerunner, the Organization of African […]
Scores of unarmed Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank town of Beita, medics said. Protests there have been ongoing for several months, since Israel installed an illegal […]
The President of the UN Human Rights Council, Shameem Khan, has announced the appointment of three members of the Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, to investigate “alleged […]
Algerian judoka Fethi Nourine has reportedly withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics before competing after the draw set him on course for a possible match-up against an Israeli opponent. Nourine was set to face Sudanese judoka […]
Ben & Jerry’s decision to end sales of its ice cream in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has been welcomed by many, with supporters of the Palestinian cause announcing on social media their decision to increase […]
Jewish settlers today set fire to equipment inside a quarry in the town of Jamma’in near Nablus, in the northern occupied West Bank, according to a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Jewish settlement activities […]
The Israeli Ministry of the Interior is refusing to process family reunification applications submitted by Palestinian men married to Israeli citizens, although the occupation authorities are required by law to consider these requests after the […]
Palestinian institutions today accused the Israeli authorities of torturing a Palestinian detainee to death, Anadolu Agency reports. Forty-three-year-old Abdo Al-Khatib was killed yesterday after being tortured during interrogation at the Al-Maskobiya interrogation center in occupied […]
Facebook has reinstated the permissions of a Palestinian reporter’s account after his access was restricted for posting a message from imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarian Khalida Jarrar about her dead daughter, according to reports. The limits on […]
A movement of over 150 Palestinian organizations, village councils, and activists have launched the Campaign to Defund Racism. The campaign calls on US supporters to pressure New York Attorney General Letitia James, the state’s chief […]
Syria’s air defenses on Monday intercepted an Israeli attack on Al-Safirah area of southern Aleppo, Syrian state media reported, Reuters reported. A Syrian military spokesman told state media the damage was being assessed after air […]
The US tech and retail giant, Amazon has pulled the plug on infrastructure and other services that it offered to Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group, following allegations that the company’s spyware was being used to […]
Israel warned of ‘severe consequences’ following Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling ice cream in the occupied territories, and urged US states to invoke anti-boycott laws, reports Reuters. Monday’s announcement followed pro-Palestinian pressure on […]
In another major win for the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement., the ice cream US giant, Ben and Jerry’s announced Monday that it “will end sales of our ice cream in the Occupied […]
Activists, journalists and politicians around the world have been spied on using cellphone malware developed by a private Israeli firm, reports said Sunday, igniting fears of widespread privacy and rights abuses. The use of the […]
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