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Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi is travelling to the Middle East to discuss how to take forward the implementation of the EU Economic and Investment Plan underpinning the EU’s new Agenda for the Mediterranean. In Israel on Wednesday he will have a courtesy meeting with President Isaac Herzog, …

Some 55% now sympathize with Israelis and 26% with the Palestinians, although the favorability of the Jewish state itself remains high. (March 22, 2022 / JNS) While Americans continue to favor the Israelis over the Palestinians, 55% now sympathize with Israelis and 26% with the Palestinians, according to a new …

Israel targets Palestnian armed groups and fears resistance could spread to other cities in the West Bank. By: Ahmad Melhem RAMALLAH, West Bank — Jenin governorate in the northern West Bank is like a circle of fire that Israel is trying to put out, amid fears that it would spread …

Speakers in the Security Council today denounced Israel’s continued settlement activities, evictions and demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures, as the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process expressed regret that there had been “little progress” made by the sides in upholding obligations under the landmark resolution 2334 (2016). …

AGROUP of prominent academics has issued a call to universities to divest from Israel’s occupation of Palestine ahead of Wednesday’s international day of action by students. The open letter, signed by 24 scholars and co-ordinated by a coalition of university student unions, urges institutions to press for action against Israel, …

An Israeli army bulldozer today uprooted olive trees and leveled Palestinian land in Wadi Fukin village, west of Bethlehem, according to a local official. Head of the Fukin village council, Ibrahim al-Hroub, said that Israeli forces escorted a bulldozer to a 4-dunum olive grove belonging to a local family, uprooted …

Palestinian youths today confronted Israeli soldiers who broke into Qalandia refugee camp, according to local sources. The soldiers fired tear gas at the Palestinians causing at least 14 suffocation cases, all treated on the spot, according to the Red Crescent. One person was detained by the army, said the sources. …

Israeli settlers today attacked Palestinian commuters traveling on northern West Bank roads causing damage to their cars, according to Ghassan Daghlas, a local activist. He said settlers threw stones at Palestinian vehicles near the villages of Burqa and al-Masoudieh, northwest of Nablus damaging some vehicles and threatening the life of …

Several Palestinian villagers today suffocated in confrontations with Israeli soldiers and settlers grazing their cattle on crops of Beit Dajan village, east of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to a local activist. Member of Beit Dajan Land Defense Committee, Salim Abu Jish, said that Israeli settlers brought …

On the International Racial Discrimination Day, the Ramallah-based Al-Haq human rights organization yesterday welcomed in a press release a number of key reports that have been produced by Palestinian and international human rights defenders on the continuing Israeli Apartheid against the Palestinian People, including the work of Al Mezan, Amnesty …