Dozens of Palestinian journalists held a protest rally today outside the office of the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) in Ramallah against a campaign by Israeli media figures and outlets aimed at discrediting the head of the PJS Nasser Abu Bakr. Speaking at the protest rally, Abu Bakr accused the Union …
Read More »Hebron remains the highest in number of coronavirus cases with 151 out of 262 new cases
A total of 262 new cases of coronavirus were recorded in Palestine in the last 24 hours, of whom 151 were in the Hebron district, the Palestinian epicenter of the disease, for an overall total of 5829, today said the Ministry of Health. In addition to the cases in Hebron …
Read More »National anti-annexation rally planned in Ramallah next week
The Palestinian Higher National Committee for Confronting the Annexation Decision said a rally will be held in Ramallah next week to show Palestinian strong opposition to Israeli plans to annex a large part of the occupied West Bank. It said in a statement that the rally will be held on …
Read More »Israeli forces detain 18 Palestinians in East Jerusalem and West Bank raids – PPS
The Israeli forces detained today 18 Palestinians in raids throughout occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). It said forces detained three Palestinians from Isawiyyeh and Silwan neighborhoods in East Jerusalem and two more from the Jerusalem-area Beit Anan village located outside the …
Read More »About 13.5 million Palestinians in historical Palestine and diaspora – PCBS
On the occasion of the International Population Day, which coincides on Saturday, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said in a report today that based on its estimates there are about 13.5 million Palestinians in the world, of whom about 5.1 million in the State of Palestine – 3.05 …
Read More »Israeli settlers vandalize Palestinian vehicles in northern West Bank village
Israeli settlers sneaked during the night into a Palestinian village in the north of the West Bank and vandalized several Palestinian-owned vehicles, according to a local official. The settlers sneaked into al-Lubban al-Sharqiya village, south of the city of Nablus, and slashed tires of 12 vehicles parked in the village …
Read More »Newspapers Review: Putin-Abbas phone conversation, coronavirus highlight of dailies
The telephone conversation between President Mahmoud Abbas and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as well as the latest in the coronavirus pandemic were highlighted on the front page of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies published today. Al-Hayat al-Jadida made the telephone conversation as its top story and said in the …
Read More »Israeli army raids several Ramallah neighborhoods, detains woman university student, others
A large Israeli army force raided early this morning several neighborhoods in the city of Ramallah, the seat of the Palestinian Authority, and detained a university student and others, according to local sources. They said Israeli forces were seen in several neighborhoods of the city in the pre-dawn hours as …
Read More »Victim number 25 of coronavirus in Palestine – Health Minister
The coronavirus pandemic has claimed victim number 25 in Palestine, today said the Minister of Health Mai Alkaila. She said a 59-year-old man from the northern West Bank village of Hajja has died of coronavirus complications at a hospital in nearby Nablus. Of the 25 corona-related deaths in Palestine, 20 …
Read More »Nej til israelsk annektering af palæstinensisk jord på Vestbredden
De palæstinensiske foreninger i Danmark fordømmer de israelske forsøg på at annektere landområder på den besatte Vestbred. Israel handler imod internationale love og aftaler vedrørende de palæstinensiske besatte områder. Bosættelser, demografiske forandringer, annektering eller indlemmelse af besatte områder er lige så ulovlige som selve den israelske besættelse af Palæstina. Disse …
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