Israeli forces detained today a Palestinian businessman from Gaza while travelling through the Beit Hanoun/Erez crossing with Israel, according to local sources. They said Israel detained Yousef Jawad Hassan, who was on his way from Gaza to the West Bank going through Erez crossing, after he was interrogated by Israeli …
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Aida Touma, a candidate of the Joint Arab List, said today that her coalition party won big in the Israeli elections held yesterday for the 22nd Israeli parliament, the Knesset, which served a severe blow to the Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu and his policy of incitement against Arabs in …
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Israeli soldiers chopped down today scores of Palestinian-owned olive trees in Burqin village, west of the occupied West Bank district of Salfit, according to Marwan Abdul Rahman, head of Burqin village council. He said soldiers chopped more than 100 olive trees in Khirbet Qarqash area located in the northeastern part …
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Israeli forces today delivered stop-construction orders for a number of Palestinian houses and shacks in Barta’a, a village isolated behind Israel’s separation wall, southwest of Jenin. Local sources said an Israeli military force raided Barta’a and handed eight residents notices ordering them to halt the construction on their houses and …
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Israeli forces demolished today two agricultural structures in the village of Atouf in the Jordan Valley, reported Mutaz Bsharat, a local official. He described the structures as a caravan and a shack. Bsharat also said soldiers seized a tractor owned by a Palestinian resident of the village of al-Ras al-Ahmar, …
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Israeli bulldozers razed today a large area of Palestinian land in the village of Hajjah, to the east of the occupied northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, according to Mohammad Abu al-Sheikh, who monitors settlement activities in Qalqilya district. He told WAFA that the bulldozers razed 145 dunums of agricultural …
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President Mahmoud Abbas is set to begin on Thursday a three-day official visit to Norway, according to the President’s Adviser for Diplomatic Affairs Majdi Khaldi. Speaking to Voice of Palestine radio, Khaldi said that the President is expected to meet with the Crown Prince of Norway Haakon Magnus, the Prime …
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Shortly after the Israeli government approved the establishment of a new settlement on the outskirts of Jericho city, the European Union slammed all settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, as a serious breach of international law. “The European Union reiterates that all settlements in the occupied Palestinian …
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The results of Israel’s closely-fought parliamentary elections hit the front page headlines in Wednesday’s issue of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies. Al-Quds reported that neither current Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu nor former military chief Benny Gantz won the elections. Al-Ayyam and al-Hayat al-Jadida said that the elections results were not …
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Israeli forces today morning shot and killed a Palestinian woman at Qalandia military checkpoint, located to the north of Jerusalem, said WAFA correspondent. He said that Israeli forces deployed at the checkpoint opened fire at the woman, wounding her even though she did not pose an immediate threat as was …
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