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Israeli occupation forces prevented today the call for dawn prayer at the flashpoint Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron, south of the occupied West Bank, as well as denied access of worshipers to the mosque, local sources said. Hefzi Abu Sneneh, head of the Waqf Department in Hebron, said dozens of Israeli …

Tayseer Khaled, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization, member of the Political Bureau of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, called for not being drowned in betting on a political role for the International Quartet, after it had turned into a dead body that …

President Mahmoud Abbas today declared an end to the agreements and understandings signed with Israel and the United States and turned over responsibility over the occupied territories back to Israel. “The Palestine Liberation Organization and the State of Palestine are absolved, as of today, of all the agreements and understandings …

Minister of Health, Mai Alkaila, confirmed today one more case of COVID-19 (coronavirus), bringing up the total cases in Palestine to 615. She said the new case was for a 36-year-old man from the town of Beit Ula, in Hebron Governorate, who came into contact with a COVID-19 patient. (WAFA)

The European Union missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah expressed concern today over an increase in home demolitions by Israeli occupation authorities in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2020. “These demolitions, including of EU and EU Member States-funded structures, have resulted in the displacement of Palestinians and negatively …

After around two months of forced closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam, will reopen for worship starting Sunday, according to the Islamic Waqf department in Jerusalem, which is in charge of the Mosque. It said in a statement that, however, worshippers …

Six Palestinian families were informed today by the Israeli army that the homes they built in the village of al-Tira, southwest of Ramallah, will be demolished for construction without permit, according to the head of al-Tira village council Abdul Jaber Mohammad. He told WAFA that an army force broke into …

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary General Saeb Erekat said today that Slovenia stands against Israel’s planned annexation of occupied territories in the West Bank. “Supporting a rules-based world order is a key interest for all peace-loving countries,” said Erekat in a tweet after talking to Slovenian Foreign Minister Tone Kajzer. …

The Israeli army detained early this morning eight Palestinians during raids across the West Bank and East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). It said the army detained five people, including two brothers, from the towns of Yabad and Qabatia in the north of the West Bank. In …

The Israeli authorities today prevented the Hebron Rehabilitation Committee (HRC) from continuing restoration works in the Ibrahimi Mosque, in the occupied southern West Bank city of Hebron, said a local official. Director of the Ibrahimi Mosque, Sheikh Hafthi Abu Sneineh, said that Israeli forces prevented HRC employees from continuing with …