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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Israeli forces have rounded up 5,426 Palestinians, including women and children, in the first half of 2021, according to Palestinian NGOs, Anadolu Agency reported. A total of 854 children and 107 women were among those […]
Israeli occupation forces yesterday bulldozed the largest Canaanite cemetery in Palestine, located in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Information Centre reports. Hassan Brijieh, the director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement […]
The German and French ambassadors, along with other European Union (EU) ambassadors, boycotted a ceremony at the US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israeli Ynet News revealed on Tuesday. The ceremony was held on July 4 at […]
Israeli forces Wednesday morning demolished 11 Palestinian homes in the Bedouin community of al-Qabbun, near Ramallah, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Fares Ka‘abneh, a media activist, told WAFA that a large Israeli military […]
Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank amount to a war crime, a UN official said today, calling on countries to make clear to Israel that its “illegal occupation” cannot be cost-free, Reuters reported. Michael […]
The administration of US President Joe Biden has said that it will ‘prioritize’ halting Israel’s policy of punitive home demolitions in what appeared to be its first confrontation with the new government of Prime Minister […]
Israeli occupation forces this morning destroyed the house of Palestinian prisoner Muntaser Shalaby, in the village of Turmus Ayya in the northwest of Ramallah. Eyewitnesses said a large number of Israeli occupation troops raided the […]
For the first time since February 22, the Israeli Civil Administration (ICA), accompanied by the military, yesterday returned to the Palestinian herding community of Humsa – Al Bqai’a in the Jordan Valley and demolished 27 […]
A petition condemning Israeli practices and calling for an immediate end to the Jewish state’s “apartheid regime” has been signed by more than 600 scholars, artists and intellectuals from more than 45 countries. The petition, […]
Israeli occupation forces raided the headquarters of the Union of Agricultural Work Committees (UAWC) in the occupied West Bank city of Al-Bireh this morning. A military order was issued, forcing the office to close for […]
Israeli bulldozers today demolished Palestinian structures in Khirbet Humsa al-Fawqa village, southeast of Tubas city, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Mu‘taz Besharat, who monitors Israeli colonial settlement activities in Tubas, said that Israeli […]
The European Union Representative to the Palestinian territories with the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah said in a statement on the situation in East Jerusalem that Israel, as an occupying power, is […]
The Israeli Drur and Alyimaz units violently raided Palestinian prisoners’ cells in section 21 in Ofer prison this morning and moved all its prisoners to section 18. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club said in a statement […]
Norway’s largest pension fund today announced it has divested assets in 16 companies for their links to illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, news agencies reported. “In KLP’s assessment, there is an […]
A US Democrat lawmaker has urged the Biden Administration to put an end to Israel’s forced expulsions of Palestinian families from the West Bank, amid growing unease in the president’s party over Washington’s stance on […]
Jewish settlers last night seized a Palestinian residential building in Wadi Hilweh neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem’s Silwan, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. The Wadi Hilweh Information Centre said that dozens of masked Israeli policemen […]
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said that he strongly opposes an investigation into Israeli war crimes against Palestinians. He claimed that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has no jurisdiction over the occupation state. “The German […]
One of Britain’s leading trade unions, ASLEF, has published an article in its monthly journal highlighting Israeli apartheid. Under the headline “No peace without justice” the piece was written by Hussein Ezzedine, the secretary of […]
Israeli police Tuesday evening attacked a sit-in staged in protest of Israeli occupation plans to forcibly expel Palestinians from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan for the benefit of settlers. The sit-in […]
Jewish settlers have claimed victory after reaching a compromise with the government over the land they took illegally over six weeks ago. The government – led by far-right ultra-nationalist Neftali Bennett, a major proponent of […]
Israeli occupation forces this morning raided the Silwan neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem, amid plans to demolish Palestinian homes in the area. Visualizza questo post su Instagram Un post condiviso da The Palestine […]
Israel is planning to build a road connecting its illegal West Bank settlements to Jerusalem, according to Israeli media, with potential repercussions on Palestinian property rights. The planned road, an eight kilometers-long belt originating in […]
The deadline set by the Israeli occupation authorities ends today for 13 Palestinian families who received orders to self-demolish their homes in the occupied Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. Earlier this month, the Israeli municipality in […]
Israel has approved 31 zoning plans, each containing a small number of housing units or facilities, in the occupied West Bank, in the first such move since the new coalition government came into office on […]
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