The Reform Current headed by dismissed Fatah leader Mohammad Dahlan was shocked by Egypt’s refusal to accept the relocation of its office from Abu Dhabi to Cairo, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported on Friday. Sources close to [ More … ]
Earlier on Thursday, Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi received Jordan’s King Abdullah II and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the presidential palace A trilateral summit between Egypt, Jordan, and Palestine’s leaders has kicked off in Cairo to [ More … ]
Egyptian authorities on Sunday reopened the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip in both directions. Passengers gathered since early morning to cross into and out of the Gaza Strip, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter. There [ More … ]
Months of increasing repression and arrests leave even those supporting the Palestinian Authority wondering if it is on the verge of collapse Middle East Eye has reported that while a Palestinian Authority insider last weekend [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch (HRW) today accused Israel of violating international laws of war, after demolishing four multi-story buildings by air raids during its 11-day assault on the Gaza Strip in May. The deadly bombardment killed [ More … ]
Two Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy shot in the head by Israeli forces, are in a critical condition. The Israeli military launched air raids on Gaza following clashes between its soldiers and Palestinian protesters during [ More … ]
Israel confiscated 23 tons of chocolate bars, alleging that they were being used to fund Hamas military operations. Users on social media mocked ‘cartoon villains stealing candy’, as Israeli officials linked confectionary sales to terrorism [ More … ]
UNRWA, the agency for Palestinian refugees, said hundreds of Palestinians are facing serious shortages amid renewed fighting between Assad forces and rebels The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees warned on Sunday of the humanitarian [ More … ]
The group was detained in March 2018 during a wave of arrests by Saudi authorities on a group of long-term Palestinian and Jordanian residents in the kingdom on alleged links with an unnamed “terrorist” group, [ More … ]
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 [ More … ]
A family of four sons, two daughters, and both their parents has been homeless since 12 May when their apartment was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike on their six-storey residential tower block in Al Naser [ More … ]
Protected by heavily armed Israeli occupation police, 1,371 Israeli Jewish settlers accompanied by Knesset members stormed Al Aqsa Mosque and clashed with Palestinian Muslim worshipers inside the third Islamic holy site. Media sources and eyewitnesses [ More … ]
Settler attacks on Palestinians have become commonplace in the West Bank, with settlers often throwing stones, vandalizing property and destroying olive trees belonging to the indigenous population. Four Palestinians were murdered on a single day [ More … ]
Israel’s move to shut down a key healthcare body in the occupied territories will have “catastrophic consequences” for Palestinians in need of medical attention, global rights group Amnesty International warned. Israeli army forces raided the [ More … ]
Many Palestinians are skeptical that a change in the Israeli government due to replace Benjamin Netanyahu will improve their lives, especially amid the controversial comments of PM designate Naftali Bennett. Many Palestinians in the occupied [ More … ]
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