A senior Palestinian official on Sunday urged the U.S. administration under President Donald Trump to declare its support for the two-state solution and ending Israeli settlement expansion. Saeb Erekat, secretary general of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee, told Xinhua in an interview that, as a sponsor of the Israeli-Palestinian …
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday stressed the importance of the role of the peace powers in Israel in order to achieve a permanent peace between the two sides. Abbas made the remarks during meeting with an Israeli left-wing party delegation in Ramallah, according to the report of Palestinian news …
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The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on Sunday warned of continuing Israeli violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque and other Islamic and Christian holy sites in East Jerusalem. Youssef al-Mahmoud, spokesman of the Ramallah-based Palestinian National Authority (PNA), said “Israel still violates the mosque” in a press statement on the eve of the …
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Israeli authorities issued 84 administrative detention orders, without charge or trial, against Palestinian detainees, since the beginning of this month, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS noted that new administrative detention orders were issued to 47 Palestinian detainees, whereas the remaining 38 others received renewed orders. Israel’s widely …
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President Mahmoud Abbas received on Sunday a delegation from the Israeli left-wing Meretz party at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, to discuss ways to advance peace efforts in the region. The delegation, chaired by Zehava Gal-On, confirmed to Abbas the need to end the Israeli occupation and establish an independent …
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Israeli forces arrested on Sunday at least five Palestinians during raids across the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS said Israeli army arrested three Palestinians in Ramallah area and two others from the districts of Tulkarm and Qalqilia. Earlier the day, Israel police arrested 10 …
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Israeli police overnight and early Sunday detained at least 10 Palestinians, half of whom are minors, from the occupied East Jerusalem. Five Palestinians, including three minors, were detained in al-Issawiya neighborhood for alleged involvement in throwing rocks, empty glass bottles and fireworks at Israeli forces during the past two weeks. …
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Israeli forces Sunday raided the house of an ex-prisoner and summoned him to appear before Israeli intelligence, according to local sources. Mohammad Awad, a media activist, said that Israeli soldiers raided the home of former prisoner Ali Sabarna, from the town of Beir Ummar, northern of the city of Hebron, …
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Israeli forces Sunday detained the brother of the slain Palestinian teen who was shot dead at an Israeli military checkpoint near Nablus for allegedly attempting to stab Israeli soldiers, according to local witnesses. Tareq Ziad Zahran, 25, brother of Qutayba Zahran, was detained after Israeli forces raided and ransacked the …
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An Israeli military court has decided to extend the remand of the mother and brother of 19-year-old Omar al-Abed — currently imprisoned by Israel after carrying out a deadly stabbing attack in Israel’s illegal Halamish settlement last month. The Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said that the mother, Ibtisam al-Abed …
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