The UK condemned Israel’s announcement to move forward with the construction of 1,077 housing units in the illegal Israeli settlement of Givat Hamatos, in occupied southern Jerusalem. This follows the announcement on 20 February to advance 2,200 units in the existing illegal settlement of Har Homa. “Settlement construction in these …
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates condemned today an announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to build 3500 housing units in a new settlement in E1 area, east of occupied Jerusalem. “The ministry believes that the Netanyahu announcement about settlement projects is an implementation of the terms of …
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European Union Representative in Jerusalem Sven Kuehn von Burgsdorff said today that a bulldozer dragging the body of a dead Palestinian in Gaza goes counter to all principles of human dignity. An Israeli army bulldozer was filmed on Sunday dragging the body of a Palestinian shot dead by Israeli soldiers …
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Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Riyad al-Malki, today urged European counties to stand by the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people and against the American so-called deal of the century. Malki met with several European foreign ministers on the sidelines of the 43rd session of the Human Rights Council, which opened …
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Several Palestinians were injured while others sustained suffocation as Israeli forces violently quelled a peaceful protest near an Israeli army checkpoint in the northern Jordan Valley, according to WAFA correspondent and the Red Crescent. WAFA correspondent said that the peaceful demonstration, which was called for by the anti–wall, anti-settlement committee …
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Twenty-six years ago, on February 25, 1994, a Jewish settler named Baruch Goldstein, an Israeli army physician, opened indiscriminate fire from his army-issued automatic rifle at hundreds of Muslims as they were performing the dawn prayer on a Ramadan day at the Ibrahimi Mosque in southern West Bank city of …
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Israeli forces today detained 28 Palestinians, including a Palestinian Authority official, and ransacked civilian houses in multiple raids across the occupied West Bank, said the Palestine Prisoner Society (PPS). It said in a press release that Israeli forces detained two Palestinians in Ramallah, including Assistant Deputy Interior Minister Kamal Ayyash …
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The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that while there are zero cases of coronavirus in the occupied Palestinian territories, the risk, nevertheless, remains high. In an update on the disease in the region, WHO said that while 87 cases of coronavirus were reported in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: 61 …
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The ceasefire reached last night between Israel and the Palestinian factions in Gaza has ended two days of hostilities, said the three Palestinian Arabic dailies in their Tuesday issue. They said several people were injured in Gaza in the Israeli airstrikes. Al-Quds said Israel imposed a total closure on the …
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Israel last night closed Gaza’s border crossings and the entire fishing area as a ceasefire agreed between Israel and the Palestinian factions in Gaza went into effect last night, according to reports. But before the ceasefire went into effect at 10:00 p.m. local time, a barrage of rockets fired from …
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