Racist, “Anti-Arab” graffiti was founded spray-painted in Hebrew in the northern occupied West Bank district of Nablus overnight Sunday, according to an Israeli police spokesperson. Luba al-Samri said the graffiti was found in the al-Mahjar area of Nablus, and that Palestinian property in the area also sustained minor damages. Israeli …
Read More »Africa-Israel summit called off
The president of Togo west African nation, Faure Gnassingbé on Monday informed the Israeli prime minister that the Africa-Israel summit, which was due to take place on October 23- 27, was cancelled, mainly due to the current protests against his regime in the country, and pressure from Arab and Palestinian …
Read More »Ashrawi expresses sympathy towards victims of natural disasters
PLO Executive Committee Member Dr. Hanan Ashrawi in a statement on Monday expressed sympathy and condolences to the victims of the recent natural disasters worldwide on behalf of the Palestinian leadership and people of Palestine. “We express our condolences and sympathy to all those who have recently suffered such enormous …
Read More »Preventive Security explains reasons behind arrest of Hebron activist
The Preventive Security Monday issued a press release to clear what it described as “rumors and misleading information” surrounding the arrest of Hebron activist Issa Amro, who was detained for criticizing the Palestinian Authority (PA) on his Facebook page. The press release said Amro was arrested after receiving information that …
Read More »Foreign ministry says new Israeli settlement undermines efforts to resume peace talks
The Foreign and Expatriates Ministry condemned on Monday Israel’s construction of a new settlement in the occupied West Bank saying it undermines efforts to resume peace talks. Israel launched this week plans to build the settlement on Amihai on private Palestinian land near the West Bank city of Nablus. Israeli …
Read More »Israeli forces detain 16 Palestinians from East Jerusalem, West Bank
Israeli forces detained in overnight raids 16 Palestinians from East Jerusalem and across the West Bank, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Monday. Israeli police detained three Palestinians from East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. Forces also detained five Palestinians in separate raids into Ramallah-district towns of al-Mughayyir, Ein Yabrud …
Read More »Israeli settlers attack Jeb al-Deeb elementary school
Israeli settlers attacked Monday the newly built Jeb al-Deeb elementary school, near Bethlehem in the West Bank, but were stopped by local Palestinians, according to Hassan Breijiyeh, from the Committee Against Settlements in Bethlehem. He said Palestinians confronted more than 30 Israeli settlers who came to the school with an …
Read More »Newspapers Review: Israeli decision to close Jerusalem’s Golden Gate building focus of dailies
Israel’s decision to close a building on Al-Aqsa Mosque compound near the Old City’s Golden Gate hit the Monday front page headlines in the Palestinian Arabic dailies. The dailies said Israeli police asked the Israeli Jerusalem Magistrate Court to permanently close the Golden Gate building, claiming it is linked to …
Read More »Israeli authorities infringe on Muslim cemetery in Jerusalem
The Israeli authorities Monday infringed on a Muslim cemetery outside the wall of the Old City of Jerusalem with bulldozers leveling land and threatening graves in the area, according to Mustafa Abu Zahra, head of the Jerusalem cemeteries committee. He told WAFA that Israeli bulldozers razed land at a cemetery …
Read More »Palestine to submit 16 resolutions to UN General Assembly, says representative
Palestine is going to submit 16 resolutions during the upcoming United Nations General Assembly UNGA) session, 13 of them political, according to Riyad Mansour, head of the Palestine mission to the UN. He told Voice of Palestine radio on Sunday that President Mahmoud Abbas is going to address the UNGA …
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