Israeli forces Tuesday installed a metal gate at the eastern entrance leading to the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah. Local residents told WAFA they fear that the gate would be closed at random times without prior notice, making it impossible for them to move freely. (WAFA)
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A Palestinian Tuesday was injured by bullet shrapnel during clashes that broke out with Israeli soldiers in Salem village to the east of Nablus, said medical sources. Ahmad Jibrel, head of the ambulance and emergency department of the Red Crescent in Nablus told WAFA that paramedic crews dealt with a …
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Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Tuesday condemned the Israeli Knesset’s approval of a bill to place Palestinian neighborhoods in Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty. She said in a statement, “Such a law severely changes the status of Jerusalem and creates an illegal and …
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Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian young man on Tuesday during clashes at Gaza border with Israel, east of Khaza’a town in southern Gaza Strip, according to local sources. Israeli soldiers stationed at borderline watchtowers fired live bullets and teargas canisters towards Palestinians who were gathering near the border …
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Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel and the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, vote on the “unified” Jerusalem law are a declaration of war against the Palestinian people and their political and religious identity. …
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Jewish settlers set up on Tuesday tents on Palestinian land that belongs to Deir al-Hatab village, east of Nablus, which is seen as a nucleus for a new settlement in the area, said a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors settlement construction in the northern West Bank, told WAFA that …
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The Israeli authorities recently issued administration detention orders against 41 Palestinians, including a member of the Palestinian parliament, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Tuesday. PPS attorney Mahmoud Halabi said the Israeli authorities extended the detention period of Khalida Jarrar, a parliament member, by six months after serving her …
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Israeli forces detained on Tuesday 15 Palestinians during raids in several cities of the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said in a statement. Forces detained seven people, including three minors, from the district of Hebron, two from Bethlehem, one from Jenin, one from Nablus and …
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The Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem demolished on Tuesday a house owned by a Palestinian family in the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina, according to local sources. Israeli police provided protection to staff as they proceeded to demolish the house owned by Imad Ayyad under the pretext of …
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Official invitations have been sent out to members of the Palestinian Central Council (PCC) and the various political factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, as well as guests to attend the PCC meeting scheduled for January 14 in Ramallah, the head of the Political Committee in the Palestinian National Council …
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