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JERUSALEM – Doctors in al-Makassed Hospital in the city of Jerusalem were able to successfully perform for the first time a Partial Hemiarthroplasty surgery. The procedure was performed on a 50-year-old lady who suffered from corrosion in a part of the knee joint, causing her severe pain, difficulty of walking …

JERUSALEM – More than 800 Israeli settlers Tuesday forced their way into al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem, only a few days after the mosque was reopened to Muslim worshipers following a two-week closure by Israeli authorities. WAFA correspondent said about 870 settlers under heavy police protection entered the holy …

ISTANBUL – The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Tuesday morning held an extraordinary meeting on the recent Israeli escalations in East Jerusalem with the participation of foreign ministers of member states. Speaking to Voice of Palestine radio station, Palestinian ambassador to Turkey Faed Mustafa said the Palestinian side counted on …

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS China’s U.N. ambassador urged the international community on Monday to support President Xi Jinping’s new four-point proposal to end the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict and establish an independent Palestinian state. Liu Jieyi said at a news conference that China’s future diplomatic efforts will focus on trying to …

Report by Fathi Ayman Auckland New Zealand The Palestinian community in New Zealand, in cooperation with the Aoteroa Palestine Solidarity Network in New Zealand, organized a solidarity standIn the center of the city of Auckland in front of a large number of passers-by to support the Al-Aqsa Mosque and support …

RAMALLAH – Minister of Jerusalem Affairs and its Governor Adnan Husseini said Monday that the Islamic Waqf Department has formed four committees to assess damage and inspect property at Al-Aqsa Mosque. Husseini told Voice of Palestine radio that these committees are composed of staff from the Islamic Museum, the Manuscripts …

NABLUS – Israeli settlers Sunday installed caravans on a land just outside the illegal Shevot Rahil settlement, near the village of Jaloud to the south of Nablus in the West Bank, according to local sources. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in the West Bank, told WAFA that settlers installed …

JERUSALEM – Israeli security forces caused huge damage to historical documents at Al-Aqsa Mosque during the two weeks of crisis over the Muslim holy site, an official said on Monday. Head of the Manuscripts Department at the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Radwan Amro, said that “the occupation authorities have caused huge and …

Approximately 200 settlers and Israeli soldiers broke into the home of the Abu Rajab family in Hebron. “The Civil Administration gave us a military decision about four days ago, due to the problems in the area; they want to be near our house. Today we are surprised by the storming …

NSW Labor will unconditionally recognise Palestine and push to make Australia the 138th nation to do so if it takes power. A campaign within NSW Labor, headed by former premier Bob Carr, won almost unanimous support from delegates at the state conference on Sunday. Mr Carr proposed the party would …