A group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian residents of the southern occupied West Bank village of al-Tiwani, and attempted to set fire to the village’s mosque, according to locals. Locals from al-Tiwani, located in the South Hebron Hills, told Ma’an that a group of 30 settlers from the Maon and …
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Umm al Fahm, one of the largest Palestinian cities in Israel’s 1948 borders, continues to lack street names and house numbers. Of the 301 street names selected by the Umm al-Fahm municipality, the Israeli Interior Ministry has stalled the approval of 60. All of the street names that have not …
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A young Palestinian man was rushed, on Friday evening, to Beit Jala governmental hospital, after Israeli soldiers repeatedly assaulted him, and struck him with their rifles and batons. The young man, identified as Jihad Zawahra suffered moderate wounds, when a group of soldiers assaulted him after stopping him near the …
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Several Palestinian civilians suffocated by teargas during clashes with Israeli forces on Friday in the town of Jaba’, to the south of Jenin in the West Bank, according to witnesses. Israeli army set up a flying checkpoint at the entrance to the town and assaulted two commuters who were attempting …
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Friday slammed Israeli settlers’ erection of tents in the yards of al-Ibrahimi mosque in Hebron as a serious and unprecedented escalation aimed at Judaizing the Ibrahimi Mosque and its surroundings and the Old City of Hebron. The ministry in statement condemned in the …
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President Mahmoud Abbas’ advisor on religious affairs, Mahmoud al-Habbash, Friday condemned Israeli settlers’ erection of tents in the yards of the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron earlier today. Al-Habbash said in a statement that Israel, the occupying power, continues to violate all international conventions and treaties and the resolutions of the …
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Israeli forces Friday detained a Palestinian youth after shooting and injuring him during clashes that broke out in the village of Madama, south of the West Bank district of Nablus, said a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement activities in northern West Bank district, told WAFA Israeli forces opened …
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At least two Palestinian protesters were on Friday injured by gunfire during clashes with Israeli forces in the village of Lubban e-Sharqia, to the south of Nablus in the West Bank, according to local sources. WAFA correspondent said Israeli army used gunfire to disperse some of the protesters in the …
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For the sixth consecutive Friday, thousands of Palestinian worshipers from al-Issawiya neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem performed Friday prayers in the open in protest about the unjust policies of the Israeli authorities in the city. Worshipers gathered at the main entrance to the neighborhood and performed Friday prayers there in protest …
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The spokesperson of the European Union condemned on Friday the newly enacted Israeli legislation permitting the revocation of permanent residency status of the Palestinian citizens of occupied Jerusalem. “The new law could make the residency status of Palestinians in East Jerusalem, a protected population under International Humanitarian Law, even more …
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