Israeli forces demolished today a Palestinian residential tin house in the town of Beit Ummar in the south of the occupied West Bank on the pretext it was built without a permit, displacing a family of 10 members, according to Mohammad Awad, a local anti-settlements activist. The house owner, Ali …
Read More »Minister of Health: Four new cases of coronavirus confirmed in Palestine; total 640
Four new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in Palestine today, raising the total to 640, Minister of Health Mai Alkaila said in a statement. The four cases include three children aged 2, 5 and 6 years, of a woman from the northern West Bank village of Barta’a who yesterday tested …
Read More »Israeli army secures site inside Palestinian city for settlers’ ‘visit’
The Israeli army secured early this morning a site known as Joseph’s Tomb, inside the Palestinian-controlled northern West Bank city of Nablus, to allow dozens of settlers easy and secure access to the site, said Palestinian security sources. Nevertheless, Palestinians confronted the soldiers and settlers and pelted them with stones. …
Read More »PA charges Israel with extortion regarding clearance revenues, refuses to accept it
The Palestinian Authority (PA) refused to accept from Israel the May clearance revenues, last night said Hussein al-Sheikh, member of Fatah Central Committee and head of the Civil Affairs Authority, and accused Israel of extortion in order to deliver the money to the Palestinian treasury. “We confirm that we have …
Read More »New coronavirus case confirmed in the West Bank; total reaches 636 in Palestine
A new coronavirus case was confirmed last night in the occupied West Bank district of Jenin, bringing the total in Palestine to 636, according to Minister of Health Mai Alkaila. The new case was in the village of Barta’a and it was for a 28-year-old woman, said the minister in …
Read More »Israel to demolish 200 Palestinian buildings in East Jerusalem
The Israeli regime plans to demolish 200 Palestinian-owned industrial facilities in the occupied East Jerusalem , the Palestinian media says. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing al-Ahd website for the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Israeli authorities on Sunday distributed evacuation and demolition notices targeting 200 Palestinian commercial …
Read More »Israeli forces raid, wreak havoc into Palestinian home in Jordan Valley
Israeli forces raided and wreaked havoc in a Palestinian home in al-Hadidiyeh area in the northern Jordan Valley, according to a local activist. Arif Daraghmeh, a local activist, said Israeli forces raided the home of local resident Lutfi Bani Odeh, searching and wreaking havoc into the house. Forces reportedly photographed …
Read More »With German, EU support: EPCGF launches new loan guarantee initiative to mitigate economic impact of COVID-19
The European-Palestinian Credit Guarantee Foundation (EPCGF) launched a new initiative to improve access to finance for small and medium enterprises in the wake of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19, according to a press release issued by the German representative office. The new programme will allow EPCGF partner banks to …
Read More »France contributes €8 million to Palestine’s 2020 budget
Finance Minister Shukri Bishara and the French Consul General in Jerusalem, René Troccaz, today signed an €8-million agreement to support the Palestinian 2020 budget, according to a statement by the Finance Ministry. Under the agreement, France contributed €8 million towards funding the Palestinian National Development Plan and consolidation state institution …
Read More »Israeli settlers destroy property, kick farmers out of their land in West Bank
An Israeli settler today razed lands in Arab al-Malihat area, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, in order to build a wall, according to sources. Suleiman Malihat, a Fatah official, told WAFA that an armed settler razed 350 dunums of lands in order to build a wall …
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