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RAMALLAH – At least four Palestinian university students were shot by live ammunition during clashes with Israeli forces at a checkpoint north of Ramallah, according to the Ministry of Health. Birzeit University students marched toward the checkpoint, outside the Jewish settlement of Beit El, to protest the killing of fellow …
Read More »Israeli forces detain 14 Palestinians in West Bank, East Jerusalem
JERUSALEM – Israeli forces Monday detained at least 14 Palestinians from the West Bank and East Jerusalem, said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society. Israeli police detained two Palestinians after storming their home in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of al-Tur. One of the detainees was identified as Hassan Abu Ghannam whose son, …
Read More »Israel to demolish animal barn near Hebron
HEBRON – Israeli forces Monday notified a cattle barn owner in the town of Yatta, south of Hebron in the West Bank, that his barn is going to be demolished because it was built without a permit, according to local sources. Omar Issa De’es was handed a military order informing …
Read More »Newspapers review: Spiraling tension at Al-Aqsa Mosque focus of dailies
RAMALLAH – The spiraling tension eight days following the installation of metal detectors at the gates leading to East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound dominated front page headlines in Monday’s Palestinian Arabic dailies. Al-Quds and al-Ayyam said Israeli occupation authorities mounted smart cameras near the entrances to the mosque compound as …
Read More »Israeli police orders Waqf staff off pathway leading to Aqsa Mosque
JERUSALEM – Israeli police Monday ordered all staff of the Muslim Waqf (Endowment) department who has been gathering outside the Waqf headquarters in the old city of Jerusalem off the pathway that also leads to Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to the head of the public relations department at the waqf. Dozens …
Read More »Israeli artillery bombs locations in Gaza
GAZA – Israeli artillery bombed early Monday several locations in the Gaza Strip in response to alleged firing of makeshift missile from Gaza into Israel, according to WAFA correspondent. He said Israeli artillery fired two shells at an open area east of Khan Younes, causing damage at the site but …
Read More »El embajador palestino en España denuncia que Israel intenta convertir el conflicto político en religioso
MADRID – El embajador de la Autoridad Palestina en España, Musa Amer Odeh, ha declarado este viernes que “el Gobierno de Israel está intentando transformar el conflicto político sobre el territorio en uno de carácter religioso” y ha hecho un llamamiento a la comunidad internacional, especialmente a Europa, para que …
Read More »Palestine: THE WFTU denounces the new escalation of Israeli aggressiveness
The World Federation of Trade Unions, on the behalf of its 92 million members in 126 countries all over the world, strongly denounces the new escalation of Israeli aggressiveness against the people of Palestine. Over the last days, the Israeli government has restricted access to the AlAqsa Mosque in the …
Read More »Journalists Syndicate, Ministry of Information Protest Israeli Treatment of Palestinian Journalists
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) and the Ministry of Information denounced, in two separate press releases, on Saturday, treatment by Israeli security forces of Palestinian journalists doing their work in the field. The two organizations accused Israeli security of intentionally targeting Palestinian journalists, some of whom were hit by rubber-coated …
Read More »Palestinian activists banned from entering Jerusalem and using social media
JERUSALEM – A number of Palestinian activists and political leaders who were detained on the eve of massive protests in occupied East Jerusalem against Israeli security measures at Al-Aqsa Mosque were released on Sunday and temporarily banned from entering Jerusalem, using social media, and giving interviews. The Israeli magistrate court …
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