Israeli forces killing yesterday of Palestinian woman at Qalandia military checkpoint between Ramallah and East Jerusalem after she allegedly pulled out a knife underscores need for international justice, said Amnesty International. “Video footage of the incident shows the woman standing some distance away from the Israeli guards when they shot …
Read More »Newspapers Review: Woman shot dead in cold blood at Qalandia checkpoint
The killing in cold blood of a Palestinian woman at Qalandia checkpoint north of Jerusalem yesterday occupied the front page headlines in the three Palestinian Arabic dailies today. The papers said Israeli guards shot the woman under the pretext she had a knife even though she did not pose any …
Read More »World Bank: Liquidity crisis weighs on an already strangled Palestinian economy
The Palestinian Authority (PA) faces a financing gap that could exceed $1.8 billion for 2019 driven by declining aid flows and the unresolved transfer of taxes and import duties collected by Israel on behalf of the PA (clearance revenues), according to a new report released today by the World Bank. …
Read More »Settlers break into center of Halhoul in south of West Bank, provoke clashes
Jewish settlers broke early this morning into a mosque in the center of the southern West Bank city of Halhoul, adjacent to Hebron, and held rituals at the site provoking clashes with local residents, according to witnesses. They said Israeli soldiers first raided the area in order to secure Nabi …
Read More »Israeli army raids center of Ramallah, breaks into buildings
Israeli forces raided the center of Ramallah early today and broke into several buildings, according to local sources. They told WAFA that soldiers occupied rooftops in the heart of the city and broke into several buildings and coffee shops, but without any reports of arrests. The soldiers also broke into …
Read More »Statement by the Spokesperson on the latest settlements’ announcements by the Israeli authorities
The Israeli government approved a proposal on Sunday to establish a new settlement, Mevo’ot Yeriho, currently an outpost in the Jordan Valley. The European Union reiterates that all settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law. The EU calls on Israel to end all …
Read More »Black-Palestinian Solidarity Conference Melbourne 2019
The Black-Palestinian Solidarity Conference Melbourne 2019 will be a powerful convergence of ideas, art and transnational solidarity. About this Event It is our pleasure to bring you the second historic Black-Palestinian Solidarity conference this coming November in Melbourne. This iteration of the conference looks at the long-standing solidarity between Aboriginal …
Read More »Netanyahu vows to annex Hebron, Kiryat Arba after election
Speaking to Efi Triger on Army Radio’s Good Morning Israel program, Netanyahu went farther than he did just 11 days ago, when he visited Hebron. By Gil Hoffman, Tovah Lazaroff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said publicly for the first time on Monday morning that if re-elected on Tuesday, he would …
Read More »Bone man at key Palestine hearing
By Conor McParland A BONE man is in the Hague this week as an international observer at a historic hearing on the Palestine-Israeli conflict. Eddie Whyte, who has lived in Norway for over thirty years, is also a member of the Palestine Justice Campaign. Eddie attended the International Criminal Court …
Read More »Israeli municipality informs Palestinians in Jerusalem their homes will be demolished
Teams from the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem accompanied by Israeli forces today informed a number of Palestinians in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiyeh that their homes are going to be demolished because they were built without permit, according to a local activist. Mohammad Abu Hummus, a resident of …
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