Israeli Jewish settlers today overnight torched two Palestinian vehicles and scrawled hate graffiti in the latest spate of Israeli settler attacks in Far’ata village, located to the west of Qalqilya city, said a municipal source. Mayor of Far’ata Abdul-Mun’im Shanna’a told WAFA that the villagers woke up in the early …
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The United Nations says the Israeli regime has advanced or approved plans for more than 22,000 housing units in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in the course of just three years since the UN Security Council adopted a resolution slamming settlements on Palestinian lands. UN Special Coordinator for …
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Today on 20 December 2019, I announce that following a thorough, independent and objective assessment of all reliable information available to my Office, the preliminary examination into the Situation in Palestine has concluded with the determination that all the statutory criteria under the Rome Statute for the opening of an …
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The Head of the Sebastia Diocese of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem Archbishop Atallah Hanna was reportedly hospitalised yesterday after being poisoned by chemical substances, according to Quds TV. Reports said the Archbishop was rushed to hospital after an Israeli gas canister was fired into his church in Jerusalem. …
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Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel, Ahmad Zahran, has been today on 90 days of hunger strike demanding an end to his incarceration without charge or trial and based on secret evidence, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Commission. Commission spokesman Hasan Abed Rabbo told WAFA that Zahran was transported to hospital …
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Israeli soldiers today forced a number of farmers in the southern West Bank village of Kisan to leave their land and threatened to arrest them if they do not, according to Kisan deputy head of village council, Ahmad Ghazal. He told WAFA that soldiers raided the village and prevented the …
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Prime Minister Mohamed Shtayyeh said that the announcement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) constitutes a stand for justice and truth, adding that “we will make every possible legal effort to try Israel for the war crimes it committed against our people in the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem …
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International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda made the right decision given the facts when she announced that Israel has been and is continuing to commit war crimes in the West Bank – including East Jerusalem – and in the Gaza Strip and that there is no reason that …
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The announcement by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on opening an investigation into Israeli war crimes against the Palestinian people and reaction to it occupied most of the front page of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies today. Al-Hayat al-Jadida, in a three-word Arabic headline in red that went across the …
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President Mahmoud Abbas today described the announcement by the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it is going to open an investigation into Israeli crimes as a great day. “This is a great day because we have achieved what we want, and from this day on, the ICC machine will start …
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