Palestinian prisoner Hisham Abu Hawwash tested positive for Covid-19, according to a statement released by the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) on Thursday. PPS said in the statement that the Israeli Assaf Harofeh Hospital – where […]
Some 25 Palestinian political prisoners, held in the Israeli prison of Naqab, have tested positive for Covid-19, amid a surge of cases linked to the Omicron variant, the Palestinian Authority’s Detainees Affairs Commission said on […]
While the Coronavirus pandemic put a damper on 2020 Christmas celebrations, traditional marching band parades rekindled this year’s Christmas spirit in Bethlehem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Palestinian scout troops marched towards Manger […]
By Ramzy Baroud The decision by several governments across the globe to institute travel bans on seven African countries, starting on November 27, due to the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant, Omicron, was perceived […]
By Ramzy Baroud “Could China’s economy collapse?” was the title of an October 15 article published by QUARTZ magazine. The article makes an ominous case of a Chinese economic crash and its impact on China’s […]
The year 2020 was the worst for the Palestinian Authority (PA) since its establishment in 1994 due to the Israeli occupation and the coronavirus pandemic, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said Monday. […]
Palestinian Health Minister Mai Al-Kaila has warned of a fourth wave of the coronavirus across the occupied Palestinian territories. Al-Kaila’s warning comes as the number of new Covid-19 cases and deaths rise across the Gaza Strip […]
The Gaza Strip is experiencing its third wave of coronavirus and it is spreading more rapidly than before, the Deputy Director-General of Primary Health Care at the Ministry of Health, Majdy Dahir, said during a […]
By Benay Blend A fault is a fracture or zone of fracture between two blocks of rock. During an earthquake, the rock on one side of the fault suddenly slips making a big move all […]
By Ramzy Baroud Do you remember the United Nations Millennium Development Goals? If not, you are not alone. These ambitious goals, which included the eradication of “extreme poverty and hunger”, to “combating lethal diseases” and […]
The Palestinian Authority said Friday it canceled a deal that would have seen Israel provide it with one million Covid-19 vaccine doses as the jabs are “about to expire”. An initial delivery of Pfizer doses […]
The besieged Gaza Strip yesterday recorded the highest number of COVID-19 fatalities, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the coastal enclave said. The coronavirus pandemic has meant mostly bad news for Gaza. But despite it […]
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh welcomed on Thursday the announcement of US financial aid to the Palestinian Authority to help fight the COVID-19 outbreak. Shtayyeh described the US financial assistance in a press statement […]
By Jonathan Cook Welcome to the age of fear. Nothing is more corrosive of the democratic impulse than fear. Left unaddressed, it festers, eating away at our confidence and empathy. We are now firmly in […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced today that mass vaccination of the population in the West Bank and Gaza Strip against coronavirus will start Sunday morning. The first batch of COVAX-supplied corona vaccines (Pfizer and […]
Hospital wards in parts of the occupied West Bank are at full capacity as coronavirus continues to spread in the Palestinian territories, according to officials. Naji Nazal, the head of hospitals at the Palestinian health […]
Israeli Prison Service (IPS) at Ofer prison threatened today to intensify its punitive measures against Palestinian prisoners, which would aggravate the already poor health conditions in Israeli prisons amid the global outbreak of the coronavirus […]
In reaction to Israel’s announcement on sending surplus vaccines to the Czech Republic, Hungary, Honduras, and Guatemala, Oxfam Acting Country Director in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Dina Jibril has described the deal as “shameful”, as […]
US Senator Bernie Sanders has lashed out at Tel Aviv for sending surplus coronavirus vaccines to friendly nations overseas instead of giving them to Palestinians, saying it must do so as an “occupying power.” “As […]
Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riyad Maliki today considered Israel’s offer of corona vaccines to some countries in exchange for political concessions as immoral. This is “a political blackmail and an immoral act” intended to […]
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