Fire broke out early Wednesday in a multi-story commercial building in Nablus, northern West Bank, leaving serious damage to several stores, according to the civil defense and local sources. The civil defense said the fire broke out in al-Bizreh commercial building where several stores that sell furniture and wood are …
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The trade balance in Palestine, which represents the difference between exports and imports, showed a decrease in trade deficit by 11.2% in June compared to the previous month and a decrease of 6.3% when compared to June of last year to reach $335.7 million, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics …
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Foreign Minister Riyad Malki arrived Wednesday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on an official visit. He is expected to meet later in the day with President Fouad Masoum, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Speaker of the House of Representatives Salim al-Jabouri and Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari. Malki is going to discuss …
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The Israeli demolition of a kindergarten in the Bedouin community of Jabal al-Baba, east of Jerusalem, was highlighted on the front page of the Tuesday issue of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies published in Ramallah and Jerusalem. Al-Ayyam, which publishes in Ramallah, said the Israeli occupation demolished the kindergarten in …
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Reports emerged this week that the Trump administration was working with the Israeli government to obstruct the publication of a United Nations “blacklist” of companies working in Israel’s illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory. In response, PLO Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi released a statement on Wednesday, calling US …
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Days after residents in an isolated Bethlehem-area village received stop-work orders for mobile homes being set up as a school — structures for which locals insisted they had obtained the necessary permits — Israeli forces reportedly raided the village Tuesday and seized the classrooms. The raid into Jubbet al-Dib came …
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App Mahal, the groundbreaking Palestinian mobile application developer, announces that it has completed a $4M round of financing. Following the initial success with AppMahal – a social app discovery platform – the company launched a second and highly successful product called Sila. Sila is the first instant messaging platform aimed …
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Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Yehuda Glick on Wednesday performed talmudic rituals in front of the Qatanin Gate, one of the gates of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, under strict protection by the Israeli occupation forces. In the same context, settler groups renewed stormings into Al-Aqsa Mosque from the Magharba gate, heavily protected by special …
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Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) on Wednesday assaulted Mayor of Hebron Tayser Abu-Sninieh, and prevented him from visiting the schools in the old city of Hebron due to the start of the new school year. The old city of Hebron is located in the H-2 area, a mix of areas B …
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Residents of the Jibbet Al-Theeb village east of Bethlehem, central West Bank, this morning set up a tent to be used as a school for the village students, after ISraeli Occupation Forces demolished the caravans used as classrooms. As Palestine starts its school year today, the 65 students of the …
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