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The Israeli government is preparing to take on Amnesty International human rights organization over supporting and endorsing boycott and calling on ban of illegal Israeli settlement products. In June, Amnesty said that the international community must ban the import of all goods produced in illegal Israeli settlements and put an …

Abu Farha Family in Ras al- Amud neighborhood in Silwan, Jerusalem, started evacuating their house after receiving a notice from the Israeli Municipality in Jerusalem giving the family 5 days to evacuate their house as Israeli forces are going to demolish the house under the pretext of having no building …

The first round of Arab-Japanese political dialogue stressed the necessity of achieving a just, lasting and comprehensive peace in the Middle East, Algerian Foreign Minister Abdul Qader Mesahel said. In a joint press conference with the Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, Mesahel said …

Israeli authorities confiscated on Tuesday a number of cattle and water tanks belonging to Palestinians in the village of Um al-Ubor in the Jordan Valley region in the West Bank, according to local sources. Aref Daraghmeh, who monitors Israeli settlement activities in the area, told WAFA that staff from the …

The World Bank released a report on Tuesday that calls for a new vision for the Palestinian economy that can lift growth to an average of 7 percent per year. While recognizing the critical importance of a political settlement, the report argues that measures over the medium term can create …

Israeli forces detained in overnight raids in the West Bank at least 10 Palestinians, including two minors, security sources said on Tuesday. Israeli forces detained two Palestinians after ransacking their family homes during a raid that sparked clashes in Rumana village, west of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Troops …

The cancellation of the Africa-Israel Summit which was supposed to take place next month in Togo’s capital of Lomé signals an end to Israel’s impunity, Hanan Ashrawi, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said on Tuesday. Ashrawi welcomed the cancellation of the summit, saying that …

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member Hanan Ashrawi Tuesday expressed sympathy with the victims of the recent natural disasters worldwide. “On behalf of the Palestinian leadership and people of Palestine, we express our condolences and sympathy to all those who have recently suffered such enormous natural disasters that have …

Israel’s demolition of a section of a Muslim cemetery outside Jerusalem’s Old City wall, Jewish fanatics taking provocative visits of Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem as well as Israeli military closing off large areas in Masafer Yatta in the south of the West Bank were the highlight of the three Palestinian …

The Palestinian Ambassador to Egypt and permanent envoy to the Cairo-based Arab League Jamal Shubaki said on Sunday that the Arab League Council approved a Palestinian proposal to create a committee aimed at countering Israel’s attempts to be elected as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC), Arabic …