Israeli soldiers Wednesday prevented the mayor of Hebron, Tayseer Abu Sneineh, from touring schools in the occupied section of the city to mark the start of the new schoolyear, according to a statement from Hebron Municipality. It said when Abu Sneineh attempted to enter the old town of Hebron, known …
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About 1.25 million students returned to school on Wednesday with the start of the new schoolyear 2017-2018 in East Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah, speaking during the inauguration ceremony of a school and other education facilities in Ramallah said, “As we open the …
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President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet US President Donald Trump’s peace team at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah on Thursday, Jamal Muheisen, member of Fatah Central Committee, said on Wednesday. He told Voice of Palestine radio that the Palestinians will insist in the meeting on their position that peace …
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Israeli police detained Wednesday seven Palestinians, including an elderly man, from several areas in the occupied city of Jerusalem, WAFA correspondent said. At the same time, police prevented Mohammad Froukh, a Palestinian detainee from East Jerusalem, from meeting with his lawyer for two days, according to Wadi Hilweh Information Center. …
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Fire broke out early Wednesday in a multi-story commercial building in Nablus, northern West Bank, leaving serious damage to several stores, according to the civil defense and local sources. The civil defense said the fire broke out in al-Bizreh commercial building where several stores that sell furniture and wood are …
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The trade balance in Palestine, which represents the difference between exports and imports, showed a decrease in trade deficit by 11.2% in June compared to the previous month and a decrease of 6.3% when compared to June of last year to reach $335.7 million, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics …
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Foreign Minister Riyad Malki arrived Wednesday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on an official visit. He is expected to meet later in the day with President Fouad Masoum, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Speaker of the House of Representatives Salim al-Jabouri and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Malki is going to discuss …
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Reports emerged this week that the Trump administration was working with the Israeli government to obstruct the publication of a United Nations “blacklist” of companies working in Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. In response, PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi released a statement on Wednesday, calling US …
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Days after residents in an isolated Bethlehem-area village received stop-work orders for mobile homes being set up as a school — structures for which locals insisted they had obtained the necessary permits — Israeli forces reportedly raided the village Tuesday and seized the classrooms. The raid into Jubbet al-Dib came …
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App Mahal, the groundbreaking Palestinian mobile application developer, announces that it has completed a $4M round of financing. Following the initial success with AppMahal – a social app discovery platform – the company launched a second and highly successful product called Sila. Sila is the first instant messaging platform aimed …
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