Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad al-Malki announced on Thursday evening that at the orders of President Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine has decided to immediately summon its ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. The summon comes in the aftermath of the tripartite US-brokered Israel-UAE deal on full normalization of the …
Read More »Palestinian leadership: Israel-Emirates deal is a betrayal of Jerusalem
The Palestinian leadership declared today its rejection in toto of the US-brokered Israeli-Emirati deal on establishing full normalization of relations between the Israeli occupation and the United Arab Emirates, describing the deal as an aggression on the Palestinian people. In an official statement broadcast this night on Palestine TV by …
Read More »President Abbas calls for an urgent meeting after Emirates-Israel deal
President Mahmoud Abbas called today for an urgent meeting of the Palestinian leadership, in the aftermath of the US-brokered Emirati-Israeli agreement, which was announced today. An official statement is expected to follow the meeting. (WAFA)
Read More »Woman dies of coronavirus in Hebron
A 72-year-old woman from the occupied West Bank city of Hebron passed away today due to coronavirus, the Ministry of Health confirmed. The Ministry said that the woman had been suffering from chronic diseases and passed due to complications caused from coronavirus. Earlier today, MoH said 432 new infections and …
Read More »Russia to open trade representative offices in Palestine
Russia will open trade representative offices in Palestine, a Russian diplomat said today. Speaking during a meeting with National Economy Minister Khaled Ossaili in Ramallah, Representative of the Russian Federation to Palestine, Gocha Buachidze, stated that his country will open trade offices in Bethlehem, Hebron and Nablus districts. He pointed …
Read More »UN Resident Coordinator: Empower young Palestinians to help them shape their own future
On the occasion of International Youth Day, United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick, today called for empowering young Palestinians to help them shape their own future. “Today, the United Nations (UN) in Palestine celebrates International Youth Day under the global theme, ‘Youth Engagement for Global Action’,” he …
Read More »One death from corona, 432 new cases and 1022 recoveries in last 24 hours – Health Minister
One Palestinian has died after contracting coronavirus, 432 new cases were confirmed and 1022 patients have recovered in Palestine in the past 24 hours, today said Minister of Health Mai Alkaila. She said an 8-year-old child from the town of Idna, in the southern West Bank district of Hebron, the …
Read More »A new settlers-only road in the making, large tracts of land razed in the north of the West Bank
Israeli occupation forces today paved a settlers-only road and razed large tracts of Palestinian–owned land in Kafr al-Labad village, east of the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, according to the head of the village council, Ihab Ghazaleh. He told WAFA that occupation soldiers escorted bulldozers into an area of …
Read More »Israeli occupation forces detain two dozen Palestinians in raids across the occupied territories
Israeli occupation forces today and last night detained 24 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Nine Palestinians were rounded up in multiple raids across Ramallah and al-Bireh district, said PPS in a statement. One of the eight detainees was …
Read More »Newspapers review: Lockdown easing, home demolitions focus of dailies
The Palestinian government’s decision to further ease the coronavirus lockdown together with the ongoing demolitions of Palestinian property as part of the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians hit the front-page headlines in today’s Palestinian Arabic dailies. Al-Quds and al-Hayat al-Jadida said that the government announced new measures to cope with …
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