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 … ]
Hundreds of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank gathered on a hilltop to voice rejection of Israel’s annexation plan About 1,000 Jewish settlers took to a hilltop on the outskirts of the illegal Gush [ More … ]
Israeli settlers prevented the entry of dozens of truckloads of basic supplies and fuel, on Sunday, into the besieged Gaza Strip through the Kerem Shalom crossing. According to local sources, dozens of Israeli settlers blocked [ More … ]
Palestinian farmer Mahmoud Oudeh, a 48-year-old from Qusra village, is killed by settlers while tending his field, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. An unarmed Palestinian farmer was killed by Israeli settlers, reported MME citing Palestinian Health [ 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 … ]
Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian vehicles passing the Israeli-controlled Bartaa military checkpoint in the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin on Friday, while Israeli soldiers reportedly watched without intervening. According to Palestinian news agency Wafa, [ More … ]
Six Israelis, including two soldiers, have been arrested for racist attacks against Arabs with knives and other weapons and charged with “terrorist” offenses, authorities said Sunday. The suspects are accused of having used knives, clubs [ More … ]
Israeli forces on Friday prevented Palestinians from accessing areas around the Wadi Qana valley west of Deir Istiya village in northern Salfit in the central occupied West Bank, in order to create a “comfortable atmosphere” [ More … ]
Heated debate in media as lawmaker refers to expatriates as ‘settlers’ Deep rifts within Kuwaiti society between those who support a quick and dramatic reduction of the numbers of expatriates in the country and those [ More … ]
The Israeli government has issued tenders for the construction of 323 new housing units for Jewish settlers in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, the Israeli media reported Wednesday, according to Anadolu Agency. According to Israeli Radio, the [ More … ]
Israeli settlers on early Sunday morning broke into Muslims’ the holy al-Aqsa Mosque. 18 Israeli settlers stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque via the Maghareba Gate at around 7:30 a.m. Israeli police troops and special units escorted [ More … ]
Israeli forces detained at least six Palestinians in raids in West Bank on Wednesday night, as Palestinian Muslims celebrated Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Local Palestinian sources [ More … ]
Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian bystander and seriously injured four other Palestinian teens early Tuesday morning west of Ramallah in the central occupied West Bank, after Palestinian youth nearby threw stones and [ More … ]
Dozens of settlers along with Israeli army officers on Monday morning stormed the plazas of the Aqsa Mosque from the Magharebah gate under the military protection of Israeli Special Forces. A group of right-wing Israelis [ More … ]
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