Israeli police assaulted Israeli journalists and detained eight Palestinian citizens of Israel, six of them minors, as hundreds participated in a funeral march Saturday night in Jaffa city in southern Israel for 22-year-old Mahdi al-Saadi, who was shot dead by police early Saturday morning. Mourners in the Palestinian-majority town condemned …
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Israeli forces attacked peaceful crowds of Palestinians as they gathered at al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem this afternoon for the first time since Israel lifted recent security measures imposed at the site, according to Amnesty International staff at the scene. “Israeli forces started firing stun grenades, tear gas and sponge-tipped bullets …
Read More »On Friday afternoon, 28 July 2017, in excessive use of force against demonstrators protesting the latest Israeli measures in Jerusalem and al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli forces killed a Palestinian child and wounded 10 civilians, including 2 children, in an area near the border fence with Israel in the Eastern Gaza Strip. …
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RAMALLAH – President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday received a call from King of Jordan Abdullah II following a medical routine checkup. Abbas Saturday underwent routine tests at Istishari Hospital in Ramallah and all results showed that he is in good health condition. The two leaders also discussed the recent developments in …
Read More »RAMALLAH – Nabil Shaath, presidential advisor for foreign affairs Sunday rejected Israeli Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments regarding a possible land swap of settlements in Jerusalem and towns in Wadi Ara. He told Voice of Palestine that a land swap will be approved only when Israel recognizes a Palestinian state …
Read More »RAMALLAH – The Central Election Commission announced on Sunday the initial results of the complementary municipal election that was conducted on Saturday in 25 polling centers in the West Bank. The commission said the final percentage of the vote was 63.6% of the persons entitled to vote in 14 local …
Read More »RAMALLAH – Israeli army Sunday shut down the main entrance to the village of Kobar, north of Ramallah in the West Bank, according to local sources. Locals told WAFA that Israeli soldiers raided the village at midnight and searched several homes, before closing the main entrance to the village with …
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HEBRON – Israeli forces bulldozers Sunday razed lands in the village of Kharsa, in the district of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, in order to set up a military watchtower, local sources said. No’man Amro, head of Dura village council, said that Israeli army came to the village under …
Read More »JERUSALEM – Israeli settlers Sunday broke into al-Aqsa mosque under heavy protection of Israeli police, said WAFA correspondent in the city of Jerusalem. He said 140 extremist settlers, divided into groups, broke into the Muslim holy site through Bab al-Magharba and went on provocative tours in the vicinity of the …
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JERUSALEM – Ziad Hamouri, head of Al-Quds Center for Socio-economic Rights, Sunday suggested to form a plan to reopen the 250 shops in the Old City of Jerusalem, which were closed due to Israeli measures and skyrocketing taxes. He told Voice of Palestine in an interview that what is needed …
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