Israeli forces ordered on Wednesday two Palestinian families out of their homes in Khirbit Ibziq, east of Tubas in the Jordan Valley, as the military conducts training in the area, according to residents. They said that members of the so-called Israeli civil administration, an arm of the military government, forced …
Read More »On eve of Women’s Day, about half of Palestinian women are unemployed
About half of Palestinian women participants in the labor force were unemployed by the end of 2016, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said in a report on Wednesday, the eve of the International Women’s Day. It said unemployment rate among women participants in the labor force was 47.4% …
Read More »Ashrawi describes as racist an Israeli law allowing revoking residency of Palestinian Jerusalemites
A law that allows the Israeli government to withdraw residency rights from Palestinian Jerusalemites it considers to be involved in activities against Israel is racist and dangerous, Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi said on Wednesday/ “Such a law represents an extremely racist piece of legislation and …
Read More »Newspapers Review: Israeli provocations highlighted in dailies
News about Jewish fanatics’ provocative tours at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as well as settlers attacking Palestinian civilians hit the front page of the two of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies on Wednesday. Al-Quds said that more than 70 Israeli extremist Jews, including Torah students, toured Al-Aqsa Mosque under heavy …
Read More »The PNC Calls on the Parliamentary Unions to Confront the Racism of the Israeli Knesset
The Palestine National Council (PNC) condemned the series of racist laws approved by the Israeli Knesset and its various committees, which comes in the context of legitimizing the occupation and perpetuating its racist regime. The Council confirmed that the Israeli Knesset has become a full partner in all crimes of …
Read More »Video and Full text of President Abbas’s address to the UN Security Council
President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday, 20-2-2018 proposed a peace plan at the United Nations Security Council that tackles core issues, which have foiled peace efforts over the past few decades. Abbas said in his highly anticipated speech in front of the UN Security Council that the plan calls for holding an international …
Read More »In Light of Israeli Prosecution’s Decision, PCHR Calls upon Israeli Prosecution Decides to Return immediately Body of Fisherman Isma’il Saleh Abu Riyalah
PCHR, as the legal representative of the family of victim Ismail Abu Riyalah, who was killed on 25 February 2018 after the Israeli naval soldiers opened fire at him while fishing in Gaza Sea, continued to communicate with the competent Israeli authorities to guarantee the return of the fisherman’s body. …
Read More »Army Injures Many Palestinians Near Ramallah
Israeli soldiers injured, Wednesday, many Palestinians who were marching peacefully against the illegal Israeli occupation, and in celebration of International Women’s Day. The Palestinians started the peaceful procession in front of Qalandia refugee camp, north of Jerusalem, where dozens of women and men marched towards the Qalandia terminal. Almost instantly …
Read More »PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians In The West Bank”
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, on Wednesday at dawn, eleven Palestinians from their homes, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. It said that the soldiers conducted massive and violent invasions and searches of homes, and interrogated many Palestinians before abducting eleven, from …
Read More »Soldiers Prevent Children From Reaching Their Schools Near Nablus
Israeli soldiers prevented, on Wednesday morning, many Palestinian schoolchildren from reaching their educational facilities, near Nablus, in northern West Bank. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the students, from the al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya village, south of Nablus, were stopped by the soldiers at the main Nablus-Ramallah Road, and were ordered to …
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