Journalists and human rights defenders say Lebanese popular uprising has prompted the Palestinian Authority to stifle free speech The Palestinian Authority has blocked 59 Palestinian news websites and social media pages, following a request by [ More … ]
Palestinians in ‘Israel’ observe a general strike to protest police apathy toward rise in crime Palestinians inside ‘Israel’ observed today a general strike called for by the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee to protest Israeli police [ More … ]
The Israeli army detained early this morning 28 Palestinians during raids at their homes in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, reported the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). In southern West Bank, the Israeli army demolished [ More … ]
After many years, the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is back to the occupied West Bank despite efforts exerted by the Israeli and cooperating Palestinian security agencies to thwart any armed Palestinian group that [ More … ]
Raid latest in series of cross-border Israeli attacks in Syrian and Lebanese territory Israeli air strikes targeted a Palestinian faction in eastern Lebanon before dawn on Monday, Lebanese state media and the group said. “Three [ More … ]
Ahead of the Trump administration’s “economic workshop” in Bahrain, Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt recently acknowledged what many had already surmised: that the full unveiling of the US “peace plan” would be postponed once more, [ More … ]
Al-Sisi met with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in New York on Monday to discuss the Middle East peace process in the first ever public meeting between the two leaders. Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi [ More … ]
China can be a honest broker in pushing forward the Israeli-Palestinian peace process in light of its fair stance on the issue, a senior Palestinian official told Xinhua in a recent interview. Tayeb Abdul Rahim, [ More … ]
Accusing Palestinians in Jerusalem of law violation, Israel commits war crime by revoking their residency Israel revokes the residency status of the Palestinians accusing them of violating the laws, punishing them, as well as their [ More … ]
Four Palestinians were injured by Israeli airstrikes in the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday night. An Israeli army spokesperson said on Wednesday that the Israeli air force had targeted “two Hamas posts” in the northern [ More … ]
BY: BURHANETTIN DURAN* Even if the ongoing row around Al-Aqsa Mosque ends peacefully, new tensions fueled by Israel for its interests will continue appearing In the face of mounting criticism, Israel decided to remove from the [ More … ]
A number of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian locals from Khirbet Umm al-Kheir east of Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank by throwing rocks at them Saturday night, according to a local activist. Ratib al-Jabour, [ More … ]
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) released a statement Monday detailing the casualties of the past 10 days, ever since Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem launched a civil disobedience campaign in the city in protest [ More … ]
Turkish president calls Palestinian and Israeli leaders to express concern over tensions in Jerusalem Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday discussed growing tensions in Jerusalem with Palestinian and Israeli presidents, following the new Israeli [ More … ]
Dozens of Muslim tourists joined prayers held at the entrance of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem on Thursday, in solidarity with Palestinian worshipers who have denounced newly installed Israeli security measures at [ More … ]
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