White House senior adviser Jared Kushner arrived in Israel on Wednesday night, along with a senior U.S. delegation, for meetings with local leaders in a bid to revive the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, and special envoy Jason Greenblatt are scheduled to hold separate meetings on …
Read More »Jordanian King, Palestinian president discuss over phone peace efforts
Jordanian King Abdullah II on Wednesday discussed with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over phone efforts to push the peace process forward within the continued coordination between the two sides. The King and Abbas also reviewed efforts to relaunch peace talks between the Palestinians and Israelis based on the two-state solution, …
Read More »Activists call on Palestinians to be at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday
Activists Thursday called on Palestinians to be present at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City on Tuesday to coincide with a police decision allowing Israeli parliament, Knesset, members to enter the compound on that day. The call came through social media following reports in the Israeli media that the police …
Read More »EU, in response to Israeli demolition of schools, says every child has a right to education
The European Union (EU) Representative and the EU Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah Thursday expressed strong concern over recent Israeli demolition of Palestinian schools stressing that every child has a right to education. “The EU missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah express strong concern about the recent confiscations of …
Read More »Israel razes Palestinian land south of Hebron to expand settlement
Israeli bulldozers on Thursday razed lands in Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank in order to expand the illegal Jewish settlement of Karmael, according to Rateb Jabour, coordinator of a local anti-settlements committee. He said that Israeli settlers joined in the leveling of the Palestinian lands east of the …
Read More »Adalah: In response to court petition, Israel confirms de facto annexation of West Bank
The Israeli government response to a petition filed by human rights groups against the so-called Settlements Regularization Law amounts to de facto annexation of the occupied West Bank, a press release said on Thursday. “Israel has confirmed what amounts to a de facto annexation of the West Bank with the …
Read More »Humanitarian Fund releases additional $2.5 million to alleviate hardships in Gaza
The United Nation Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities, Robert Piper, Thursday released a further $2.5 million from the Humanitarian Fund for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) to cover urgent needs in the Gaza Strip, according to a press release. Part of the allocation will bolster the UN’s emergency …
Read More »Israeli forces detain 29 Palestinians in West Bank, Jerusalem raids
Israeli forces Thursday detained a total of 29 Palestinians and assaulted another in overnight raids that triggered clashes across a number of West Bank districts, said Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS) and security sources. Israeli border police raided Dar al-Aytam Islamic Secondary School in Jerusalem’s Old City, detaining two students for …
Read More »No shortage in hard currency in Palestine, says PMA governor
There is no shortage in the US dollar or Jordanian dinar currencies in the Palestinian market, Governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority (PMA) Azzam Shawa said on Thursday. He added however in a meeting with reporters at the new PMA building in Ramallah that the Monetary Authority has managed to …
Read More »EUPOL COPPS facilitates study trip for Palestinian judges and prosecutors to Romania
Three Palestinian judges from the Judicial Inspection Department of the High Judicial Council (HJC) together with two chief prosecutors from the Attorney General office concluded on Thursday a four-day study trip to the Homolog Institution in Romania, according to a EUPOL COPPS press release. The study trip, facilitated by the …
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