Israeli police today shot two journalists and a child as they cracked down on a rally at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Local sources told WAFA that Israeli forces barged […]
Israel Friday overnight launched a series of airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip for the second time since the fragile ceasefire end last month’s 11-day Israeli onslaught, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. An […]
A new poll published yesterday revealed a dramatic increase in support for Hamas following last month’s brutal Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip. Conducted by the Ramallah-based Palestinian Centre for Policy and Survey Research, the […]
Israeli police closed 9 out of 10 investigations into hate crimes cases against Palestinian mosques and churches between 2018 and 2020 because they were “unable to identify perpetrators”, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. The remaining […]
Israeli forces today delivered demolition orders against eight Palestinian structures in the village of Jawaya, near Hebron (Al-Khalil), according to local sources. Coordinator of the Popular anti-Wall and Settlement Committees in Southern Hebron, Rateb Jbour, […]
Israeli District Court of Jerusalem is set to decide on the forced displacement of four Palestinian families from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on August 2, Arab48 reported yesterday. The court hearing comes […]
Israeli judges rejected yesterday a request to postpone former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trial until after the Jewish holidays in September, Ynet News reported. Netanyahu’s lawyers claimed the postponement would allow them enough time […]
A Palestinian teenager who was shot in the head by Israeli forces in the northern West Bank died from his wounds early Thursday, local sources said. The 16-year-old Palestinian was seriously injured by Israeli gunfire […]
Palestinian Amaney Jamal, the Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics and director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, has been named dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs […]
The Palestinian Authority has formed a negotiating team to deal with the new Israeli government at the request of the administration of US President Joe Biden, Israel’s Channel 12 reported yesterday. The channel quoted a […]
British barrister Karim Khan took over as the International Criminal Court’s top prosecutor today with a pledge to improve its track record by taking only its strongest cases to trial, Reuters reports. Khan, who is […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has refused to leave the postholder’s official residence in Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported on Tuesday. According to his office, the leader of the opposition will not vacate […]
The Health Ministry today confirmed that Mai Afaneh, a 29-year-old mother from Abu Dis town, was killed by Israeli forces at the entrance of the town of Hizma, north of Jerusalem. Israeli forces opened fire […]
An Israeli missile struck a position that belongs to the Palestinian Resistance in Southern Gaza, The Palestine Chronicle correspondent in the Gaza Strip reported. The Israeli escalation has also reached other areas in the Strip […]
Hollywood legend Richard Gere had some deeply touching words to say about Palestinians and their plight under Israel’s brutal military occupation. The 71-year-old, whose solidarity with the Palestinian people is well-publicized, spoke about the special […]
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refused to attend the inauguration of his successor Naftali Bennett, Israeli media reported yesterday. Bennett’s government won a narrow 60-59 vote of confidence in the Knesset on Sunday. Likud […]
Top Palestinian officials, including Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, participated today in a sit-in outside the headquarters of the Palestine TV in Ramallah in protest of the Israeli occupation authorities’ decision to ban the work of […]
Extremist Israeli rabbi and politician Yehuda Glick led today a group of Israeli fanatics who performed a provocative tour of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied Jerusalem. The provocative move comes at a time of […]
Around 70,000 far-right Israelis are expected to take part on Tuesday in the march that risks reigniting tensions with Palestinians and poses an early test for Israel’s new government. Calling the march a “provocation”, Palestinians […]
Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouk warned this weekend that a planned contentious demonstration by Israeli ultra-nationalists in occupied East Jerusalem on Tuesday could spark another war. Article from @nirhasson in @haaretzcom "The Flag March […]
Scores of Palestinian fishermen yesterday staged a protest against the continuous Israeli siege on Gaza, as well as the occupation’s aggression on the fishing industry, Anadolu reported. Fishermen Syndicate in Gaza organised the protest, which […]
Thousands of pro-Palestine protesters gathered in London on Saturday calling on the Group of Seven (G7) leaders to support Palestinian rights. The protest formed part of the “Resist G7 Day of Action for International Justice” […]
Israeli forces today shot and wounded two Palestinians of al-Jiftlik, north of Jericho, according to local sources. Head of al-Jiftlik Village Council, Ahmad Ghawanmeh, said that Israeli troops opened fire at two villages, a 16-year-old […]
Around 3,000 Palestinians have signed a petition calling for Mahmoud Abbas to resign from his triple position as head of the Fatah movement, head of the PLO and Palestinian Authority chairman. In April, Abbas, whose […]
Israel’s longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been ousted from office by a loose coalition of rivals from across the political spectrum, united by their wish to end his 12-year run in power. Israel’s parliament voted […]
Israeli occupation forces today dismantled and confiscated tents for Palestinian families in a nomadic Bedouin community near the village of Taibe, to the northeast of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian […]
Israeli forces on Sunday shot at Palestinian farmers east of the city of Khan Younis, south of the besieged Gaza Strip. Israeli forces stationed at the fence east of the city opened fire at the […]
Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s 12 years in office are expected to end today as the Israeli parliament, Knesset, is scheduled to vote on a new government. Chaos and tensions at the Knesset session […]
Israeli army soldiers on Sunday brutally assaulted three Palestinian workers in the occupied West Bank, according to a Palestinian medical source, reports Anadolu Agency. “The workers suffered bruises in the head and face,” the source […]
Israeli occupation forces opened gunfire today at a Palestinian woman and killed her at Qalandia checkpoint, to the north of occupied Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. The woman, identified as Ibtisam Khaled […]
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