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Israeli authorities Friday banned the Haifa journalist Sabreen Diab from entering the Old City of Jerusalem for the period of two weeks. Diab told WAFA Israeli authorities released her on Thursday evening after almost seven hours of interrogation on condition she does not enter the Old City of Jerusalem for …

Israeli army forces Thursday razed tens of dunums owned by a Palestinian family east of Yatta, to the south of the West Bank. Rateb Jabour, coordinator of the Anti-Settlement Commission in Hebron, told WAFA the targeted land is adjacent to the settlement of Carmel from the east and south. The …

The Country Director of the Korean International Cooperation Agency in Palestine, Jeongshin Cho, and the Director General of Taawon Tafeeda Jarbawi Thursday signed a matching grant agreement with $1.4 million to support growth-oriented entrepreneurs and startups in Palestine through securing diaspora creative early-stage financing and mentorship (DAIMN), according to a …

Israeli forces Thursday detained 18 Palestinians during multiple overnight raids across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, said Palestine Prisoner’s Society. Israeli forces detained three Palestinians after ransacking their family homes in Beitin town, northeast of Ramallah. Forces also detained a Palestinian during a raid that triggered clashes in Beit …

An Israeli court suspended on Thursday an order to demolish 18 Palestinian homes in the village of al-Walajeh, near Bethlehem, following an appeal by the Defense of Land Committee, according to Hasan Breijieh from the anti-wall, anti-settlements committee in Bethlehem. He said Attorney Ghayyath Nasser got a court order temporarily …

Nabil Shaath, advisor for foreign affairs to President Mahmoud Abba, said Thursday that he was not optimistic regarding the visit of the American delegation to the region this month, pointing out that there are no great expectations about what will come out of this visit. He told the official Voice …

Eleven Palestinian students from Gaza arrived on Tuesday in the United States and three more will be arriving in the coming days to start a year of study at American high schools under the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study Program (YES), according to a US consulate press release. “The YES …

A suicide attacker apparently on his way to carry out an attack in Egypt, blew himself up on Thursday when he and another person were stopped by Hamas militias at the Rafah border crossing with Egypt for inspection killing one Hamas member and injuring others, some critical, according to witnesses …

An Israeli army unit raided early Thursday the village of Deir Abu Mishal, northwest of Ramallah, where it blow up the family residence of Adel Ankoush who was killed following an attack against Israeli police in Jerusalem in June, local sources said. They told WAFA that the army rigged the …

High-level political sources revealed Tuesday that the American delegation which includes a number of senior officials of the US administration will visit the region on the 25th of this month. The sources, who preferred not to stay unidentified, said in an interview with PNN that the US delegation sent by …