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The Israeli occupation forces at noontime Saturday set up a makeshift checkpoint east of Salfit province, blocking Palestinians’ access out of and into the area. According to eyewitnesses, the Israeli soldiers stopped Palestinian vehicles and subjected youths to intensive inspection at the newly-pitched roadblock. Dozens of Palestinian vehicles and civilians …

Palestinian siblings Samir and Bushra have been reunited in Mina after a 15-year separation due to insecurity in the occupied Palestinian territories, and Samir’s migration to Australia, Arab News reported. Bushra, a guest of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Hajj and Umrah Program, could not control her emotions …

Palestinian pilgrims -Mohammed and his wife Khalidiyah – said the generosity of King Salman has eased many of their sufferings. “We know the generous deeds of the king, not only with the Palestinians, but with all Arab and Islamic peoples,” they said. “I have been patient for so long, and …

Both Israel and the United States have threatened to cut their funding to the United Nations Human Rights Council if the Council moves ahead with its promise to publish a list of companies that do business in Israeli settlements built on Palestinian land. The threats come in the midst of …

US-based organization Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) has launched a campaign targeting Birthright Israel, a non-profit organization that sponsors and sends Jewish young adults on a free ten-day trip to Israel that “aims to strengthen Jewish identity, Jewish communities, and connection with Israel and its people,” according to the Birthright …

A 21-year injured Palestinian Sunday succumbed to critical wounds he sustained after being shot by Israeli forces at the entrance of Betlehem refugee camp in early August. Ra’ed al-Salhi, 21, was shot numerously by Israeli soldiers in the abdomn, kidney, and thigh areas and was left to bleed helplessly on …

Clashes Sunday broke out between Israeli forces and Palestinian in the town of Zababdeh, near Jenin, said local sources. Forces used rubber baton rounds, tear gas canisters and stun grenades against Palestinians, however, no injuries were reported. Meanwhile, a 14-year-old Palestinian was detained in the nearby town of Musliyeh. (WAFA)

Palestine Liberation Organization Secretary General Saeb Erekat Sunday urged the international community, US, EU, Russia, and the UN to promptly intervene and take practical and concrete actions to abide Israel, the occupying power, to reverse its decision to give settlers residing in occupied Hebron formal authority to manage their own …

The head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Authority, Issa Qaraqe, announced on Sunday that prisoner Raed Salhi, 21, from Dheisheh refuge camp Bethlehem died affected by his wounds in the Israeli intensive care unit of Hadassah Hospital in Ein Karem. The martyr al-Salhi was injured in liver and thigh shot …

The American Federation of Ramallah, Palestine (AFRP) has launched a humanitarian campaign to support the victims of Hurricane Harvey that hit Houston, as a symbol of compassion and support from the Palestinian and Arab-American communities in particular to all those who were affected by this disaster. The heaviest tropical rainfall …