In December 2018, 17-year-old Palestinian teen, Ayham Sabah, was sentenced by an Israeli military court to 35 years in prison for his alleged role in a stabbing attack targeting an Israeli soldier in an illegal Jewish settlement […]
Hundreds of Jewish settlers forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound again on Sunday to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, according to a Palestinian source. “Around 653 settlers backed by Israeli police […]
For the third consecutive day, around 2,473 settlers stormed Al-Aqsa Mosque and performed Talmudic rituals during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, Arab48.com reported on Friday. On Thursday, 816 settlers bombarded the holy site through Al-Magharbeh Gate. They besieged the mosque under heavy […]
The decades-long struggle by tens of thousands of Israelis against being uprooted from their homes – some for the second or third time – should be proof enough that Israel is not the western-style liberal […]
Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO) has received the first warning ahead of the second phase of electricity cuts to Palestinians in the West Bank, Chairman Hisham Omari said yesterday. As reported by Wafa news agency, Al-Omari warned that the […]
The torture suffered by Palestinian prisoner Samer Arbeed at the hands of Israel’s Shin Bet interrogators has proved, once again, that the prohibition of such treatment as enshrined in the Fourth Geneva Convention, the Rome […]
Muslims in the occupied Palestinian city of Hebron (Al-Khalil) were told today that they cannot worship at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city’s old quarter for two days while worship will be opened to Jews […]
Dozens of Palestinians suffocated today as Israeli occupation forces fired teargas at them while taking part in the weekly anti-settlements protest in the village of Kafr Qaddum in the northern West Bank, local sources said. […]
Israeli occupation forces arrested five Palestinians and confiscated wooden partitions and shoe racks in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound’s historic Al-Rahma Gate on Wednesday. Onlookers were threatened with arrest and prevented from filming to document the […]
Palestinian Interior and National Security Ministry in Gaza yesterday revealed that Israeli intelligence has started using new ways to get security information about Gaza, a statement said. The change in technique is a result of […]
A sit-in was held yesterday afternoon near the Israeli controlled Erez crossing in northern Gaza to protest against Israel’s ongoing siege on the Gaza Strip which has left the small region impoverished. The Higher Committee […]
A Palestinian detainee has been hospitalized in a critical condition after he had “undergone severe torture” in Israeli custody, his lawyer has said. Israeli media has reported that an investigation has been opened into possible […]
The annual gathering of global leaders at the United Nations has yet again lit up New York’s elite hotels and busy thoroughfares. Though the 74th session of the UN General Assembly is underway in the […]
Israeli forces detained Jerusalem Affairs Minister Fadi al-Hadami of the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday, according to an official statement, reports Anadolu Agency. In a statement, the Jerusalem Affairs Ministry said Israeli forces raided the minister’s home […]
Palestinian citizens of Israel have called on Israeli authorities to declare a state of emergency after yet more Palestinians were killed in mystery murders over the weekend. The head of Israel’s Union of Local Authorities, […]
A Palestinian family will tomorrow appeal a decision to evict its members from their home in Sheikh Jarrah, occupied East Jerusalem. According to human rights NGO Ir Amim, the Jerusalem Magistrate Court will hear “the appeal […]
Israeli forces on Saturday wounded at least six Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Anadolu Agency reported. 6 Palestinians wounded in Israeli raid into Qalqilya https://t.co/OvvHjc7r2o — #ProgressiveParty […]
At least one farmer was injured today as Jewish settlers attacked several Palestinian farmers working in a farm near the village of Beitin, northeast of Ramallah in the West Bank, local sources said. Mohammad Abu […]
Israeli police have reneged on an agreement made with local residents and leaders in Issawiya, occupied East Jerusalem, resuming aggressive raids in recent days. According to human rights group Ir Amim, after “a modest drop in the […]
A Palestinian detainee held in Israel died on Sunday due to medical negligence, according to a local NGO, Anadolu reports. The Palestinian Prisoner Society said in a statement: “Bassam al-Sayeh, 47, died in the Israeli hospital of […]
More than 200 Palestinian prisoners in Israel’s Ramon prison started an open-ended hunger strike yesterday protesting against cancerous signal jammers placed in the facility, Quds Press reported. According to a statement issued by the PLO’s […]
Israeli authorities have agreed to reduce the heavy police presence in Issawiya, occupied East Jerusalem, after a months-long operation characterized by collective punishment and violence. According to a report in Haaretz, the agreement between the Israeli […]
Israeli Army said it has fired into southern Lebanon after a number of anti-tank missiles targeted an Israeli army base and vehicles near the border. The missiles hit several of their targets on Sunday, said […]
A Palestinian youth died today from wounds sustained by Israeli gunfire during the protests at Gaza border yesterday, medical sources said. Badr Eddin Musa, 25, was shot and critically injured by Israeli soldiers east of […]
Just recently Israeli police stormed the YMCA in Jerusalem in order to cancel a memorial service for the late sports activist Ahmed Adela. The ceremony also included the honoring of his colleagues from the Association […]
Israeli forces today overnight detained four Palestinians from the southern West Bank district of Hebron (Al-Khalil). Local sources confirmed that Israeli military vehicles raided Yatta city, south of Hebron city, where soldiers ransacked several houses […]
Martin Luther King Jr. famously said that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.” On August 11, a coalition of liberal Jewish groups, across the country met to protest […]
The Israeli government took retaliatory aim at Gaza’s electricity supply Monday ordering fuel shipments into the coastal region to be cut-in-half “until further notice”, over alleged Palestinian rockets attacks against southern Israel on Sunday night. […]
The federal election in Canada is coming up on October 21, 2019, and once again there is a debate, both within the Palestinian community and the solidarity movement, on the best tactics and strategies to […]
Israeli TV channel KAN reported on Thursday that the occupation authorities have transferred two billion shekels (around $568 million) of withheld taxes to the Palestinian Authority, which will help to cover its budget deficit. The channel […]
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