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 … ]
The Israeli army detained 13 Palestinians, including two brothers, a father and his son and a man and his wife, during raids early today at their homes in various parts of the West Bank, according [ 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 … ]
2 Israeli soldiers killed in West Bank shooting Two Israeli were killed and two other wounded in a drive-by shooting near the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, according to the Israeli military. In a statement, [ More … ]
Ten Palestinians have been killed in violence since Trump’s 6 December announcement he would recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital Two Palestinians were killed as youths clashed with Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border on Friday [ More … ]
The Saudi crown prince could be working to engineer a two-state solution that favors Israel The Trump declaration recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocating the U.S. embassy there is as historically significant to Israel’s [ More … ]
Over 40 Portuguese photographers, teachers of photography and photography students pledged on Saturday, which marked World Photography Day, not to accept professional invitations or financing from Israel, and to” refuse to collaborate with Israeli cultural [ More … ]
Israeli authorities have reportedly completed the construction of a 26-mile section of Israel’s separation wall — deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice in 2004 — in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied [ More … ]
As tensions have continued to rise in occupied East Jerusalem after Israeli authorities implemented security measures at gates of Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and besieged Gaza Strip participated in a [ More … ]
Israeli forces detained at least 19 Palestinians in overnight raids between Monday night and Tuesday morning, including at least two minors — one of whom was reportedly beaten by Israeli soldiers during his detention. According [ More … ]
Several Hamas-affiliated Palestinian lawmakers said on Sunday that the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority (PA) stopped payment of the salaries of 37 Hamas Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) members living in the occupied West Bank. PLC member Ayman [ 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 … ]
Israeli forces detained 17 Palestinians in predawn military raids carried out across the occupied West Bank on Monday, Palestinian sources and the Israeli army said. Israeli forces stormed the village of Kafr Qaddum in northern [ More … ]
The Netherlands has reacted with outrage after Israeli authorities seized dozens of solar panels in a remote occupied West Bank village that were donated by the Dutch government. Israeli forces confiscated the solar panels [ More … ]
A Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday evening during a raid in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron. According to an Israeli army spokesperson, Israeli forces, whom Israeli media [ More … ]
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