Israel last night closed Gaza’s border crossings and the entire fishing area as a ceasefire agreed between Israel and the Palestinian factions in Gaza went into effect last night, according to reports. But before the ceasefire went into effect at 10:00 p.m. local time, a barrage of rockets fired from …
Read More »Three minors, woman among 36 Palestinians detained by Israel in Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli forces today detained 36 Palestinians, including three minors and a woman, in multiple raids across occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner Society (PPS). It said Israeli police force rounded up 15 Palestinians from the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiyeh. In Ramallah district, PPS said Israeli …
Read More »Premier calls on Palestinian workers, contractors to boycott Israeli settlements
Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh today called on Palestinian workers and contractors not to do any work at the illegal settlements Israel is building in the occupied Palestinian territories. The premier’s remarks came at the opening of the weekly Palestinian cabinet meeting held in Ramallah. He called on the workers not …
Read More »Rights center says Israeli army bulldozer dragging human body in Gaza a war crime
Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel today described the Israeli army bulldozer dragging a human body in Gaza as a war crime and demanded an immediate investigation into the incident. Adalah sent an urgent letter yesterday to Israeli Chief Military Advocate General Sharon Afek, demanding …
Read More »As Israeli police escalate campaign against East Jerusalem neighborhood, 15 people detained
The campaign Israeli police has been waging for the last few months against Issawiyeh neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem reached a new peak early this morning with the detention of 15 residents of the neighborhood, according to local reports. They said a large Israeli force raided the neighborhood, broke into …
Read More »Injuries reported in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, deaths in strikes in Syria
Four Palestinians were injured last night in Israeli airstrikes on several sites in the Gaza Strip, reported WAFA correspondent, and six people, including Palestinians, were killed in an Israeli strike on Syria, according to media reports. WAFA correspondent said that a drone targeted a number of people in Tuffah neighborhood …
Read More »Abu Rudeineh: The American-Israeli maps will not give legitimacy to anyone
The American-Israeli maps that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said will be drawn soon according to the so-called “deal of the century” would not give legitimacy to anyone and that all settlements are going to demise, today said presidential spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh. “These maps that violate United Nations resolutions …
Read More »Italy, France and Germany Call on Israel to Halt Settlement Expansion
Italy expressed deep concern over the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu’s announcement to proceed with the construction of 5,000 housing units in the illegal settlements of Har Homa and Givat Hamatos in occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Italy’s foreign ministry in a press statement …
Read More »Palestinian Infant Among Dozens Who Suffered Severe Effects of Teargas Inhalation Near Ramallah
A Palestinian infant, only five months of age, along with dozens of residents, including schoolchildren, suffered the severe effects of teargas inhalation, Sunday, after Israeli soldiers invaded Deir Nitham village, west of the central West Bank city of Ramallah. Media sources said the soldiers attacked dozens of residents, especially schoolchildren, …
Read More »Latin Patriarchate Denounces Settler Invasion of Jordan Valley
The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem, on Saturday, condemned the Israeli settlers’ invasion of its property in the northern Jordan Valley village of Tayasir. In a statement yesterday it said “thousands of Israeli settlers entered with no permission, in clear violation of private property laws,” Days of Palestine reports. The armed …
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