The Israeli regime plans to demolish 200 Palestinian-owned industrial facilities in the occupied East Jerusalem , the Palestinian media says. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing al-Ahd website for the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the Israeli authorities on Sunday distributed evacuation and demolition notices targeting 200 Palestinian commercial …
Read More »Israeli forces raid, wreak havoc into Palestinian home in Jordan Valley
Israeli forces raided and wreaked havoc in a Palestinian home in al-Hadidiyeh area in the northern Jordan Valley, according to a local activist. Arif Daraghmeh, a local activist, said Israeli forces raided the home of local resident Lutfi Bani Odeh, searching and wreaking havoc into the house. Forces reportedly photographed …
Read More »With German, EU support: EPCGF launches new loan guarantee initiative to mitigate economic impact of COVID-19
The European-Palestinian Credit Guarantee Foundation (EPCGF) launched a new initiative to improve access to finance for small and medium enterprises in the wake of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19, according to a press release issued by the German representative office. The new programme will allow EPCGF partner banks to …
Read More »France contributes €8 million to Palestine’s 2020 budget
Finance Minister Shukri Bishara and the French Consul General in Jerusalem, René Troccaz, today signed an €8-million agreement to support the Palestinian 2020 budget, according to a statement by the Finance Ministry. Under the agreement, France contributed €8 million towards funding the Palestinian National Development Plan and consolidation state institution …
Read More »Israeli settlers destroy property, kick farmers out of their land in West Bank
An Israeli settler today razed lands in Arab al-Malihat area, northwest of the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, in order to build a wall, according to sources. Suleiman Malihat, a Fatah official, told WAFA that an armed settler razed 350 dunums of lands in order to build a wall …
Read More »At least 20 Palestinians detained by Israel in West Bank, Jerusalem raids
Israeli forces detained early today at least 20 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, said the Palestine Prisoner’s Society (PPS). Israeli forces detained five Palestinians from the northern West Bank district of Jenin. The detainees were identified as two former prisoners from Jenin city …
Read More »Israeli navy targets Palestinian fishermen as soldiers raid areas in Gaza
Israeli navy today targeted Palestinian fishermen in the sea off Gaza City, while soldiers infiltrated the borders east of the city and razed land, according to WAFA correspondent. He said that the Israeli navy opened fire towards fishermen as they were sailing within the allowed three nautical miles inside the …
Read More »Finance Ministry recommends setting up a financial institution to manage public funds
The Palestinian cabinet adopted in its meeting last night in Ramallah a recommendation by the Minister of Finance Shukri Bishara to establish a financial institution or a bank for managing Palestinian public funds, according to a statement issued following the cabinet meeting. It said that the cabinet discussed Bishara’s report …
Read More »Newspapers Review: Dailies highlight Israeli statements on annexation, AI remarks
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s statements on Israel’s planned annexation of parts of the West Bank and remarks by an Amnesty International official on the suffering of the Palestinian people under Israeli occupation hit the front page headlines in the dailies published today. The dailies reported that Gantz instructed his …
Read More »Israeli municipality demolishes six Palestinian structures in East Jerusalem
West Jerusalem’s Israeli municipality today demolished six under-construction structures in Jabal al-Mukabber neighborhood of occupied East Jerusalem, according to their owner, Mohammad Za’atra. He told WAFA that two municipality bulldozers demolished the 250-square-meter structures he started to build two months ago under the pretext they were built without a permit. …
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