Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah met on Thursday with United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nikolay Mladenov, and EU representative for Palestine Ralph Tarraf in two separate meetings at his Ramallah office and discussed with them the latest political developments. During the meetings, Hamdallah tackled Israel’s policy …
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Israeli forces Thursday detained 19 Palestinians in multiple overnight raids across the West Bank, said Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). Israeli forces detained four Palestinians, including two brothers and their uncle, after storming their homes in the Jenin city neighborhood of Wad Burqin. They also conducted a large-scale search operation in …
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With the withholding of bodies of Palestinians recently killed by Israeli forces in the occupied territories, a Palestinian center said on Thursday that Israel is currently holding bodies of 19 Palestinians in morgues in addition to 260 killed since the 1967 occupation. Director of the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human …
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Palestinian school teachers heading to Qurtoba school in Hebron’s old city on Thursday were held at an Israeli army checkpoint and were not allowed through until after an intervention from the Red Cross and the Palestinian liaison office, according to Qurtoba principal Nora Nassar. She told WAFA that the soldiers …
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نبيلResponding to statements by the US ambassador to Israel David Friedman criticizing the Palestinian Authority, presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said on Wednesday that the Israeli occupation and the settlement policy are the main reason for violence in the region. Friedman, a staunch supporter of Israeli settlements and settlers who …
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The Israeli Knesset intends to vote on Wednesday, 03 January 2018, to amend the Penal Code in order to legalize the use of death penalty against those involved in murders while carrying out “terrorist operations”. The bill was presented before the Knesset on 30 October 2017 by three Israeli extremist …
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An Israeli military court on Monday indicted 16-year-old Palestinian activist Ahed Tamimi on 12 charges, including assaulting an Israeli soldier, interfering with a soldier’s duties, and two past instances of stone throwing. Tamimi, who along with her family is well-known internationally for her fierce opposition to the Israeli occupation, was …
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Hebrew “0404” website on Tuesday said that US President Donald Trump, has confirmed to Israel his intention to transfer the embassy of his country from “Tel Aviv” to Jerusalem as soon as possible, and begin to transfer this year. The website reported that Trump is pressuring his staff in Washington …
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The Israeli Knesset on Tuesday midnight passed a bill that will make it harder to divide Jerusalem, and exclude it from becoming under Palestinian control in any possible future accords. The bill, which passed its second and third readings by a majority of 64 in favor, 51 against, and one …
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The Jordanian government Tuesday denounced the Israeli Knesset’s approval of a bill that requires a two-thirds majority in the legislature to relinquish any part of Jerusalem under any future peace accord, according to Petra news agency. Mohammad Momani, State Minister for Media Affairs and official government spokesman, said East Jerusalem …
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