Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah received on Monday at his Ramallah office a Hamas delegation where they discussed ways to end division and enhance Palestinian unity. Hamdallah urged Hamas to accept the initiative of President Mahmoud Abbas for ending the division, the dissolution of the administrative committee Hamas had set up …
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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine refugees insisted on Monday to shut down its Qalqilya-based hospital in spite of strong protest by the Ministry of Health. UNRWA said in a press statement that it will halt as of August 21 all non-emergency services at its Qalqilya …
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Israeli forces Monday demolished three European Union-funded homes in the village of Khashm al-Darj in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, according to a local activist. Coordinator of the anti-wall, anti-settlements committee in southern Hebron Rateb al-Jabour told WAFA that a heavy army force closed off the area and brought bulldozers …
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Egypt opened Monday Rafah crossing with Gaza to allow the first group of pilgrims to leave the blockaded coastal enclave heading to Saudi Arabia. WAFA correspondent said the first batch of 800 pilgrims left Gaza through Rafah crossing heading to Cairo airport from where they will fly to Jeddah, Saudi …
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Palestinians Monday decried an Israeli hate campaign against Greek Orthodox Archbishop Atallah Hanna for standing up to Palestinian rights. They accused in a statement Israeli media of waging “an unprecedented incitement campaign” against the 52-year old Palestinian-born Archbishop of Sebastia because of a recent solidarity visit to a church in …
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Israeli Interior Minister’s efforts to enforce Israeli domestic law on Palestinian occupied territory amounts to a de facto annexation of West Bank land to Israel, which is a gross violation of international law, Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel said on Monday. According to the …
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Israeli soldiers assaulted, on Monday afternoon, a Palestinian father in the al-Jisir area in Salfit, in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank, and abducted him along with his teenage daughter. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers assaulted Yasser Suleiman, causing various cuts and bruises, and prevented Palestinian medics from providing …
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Israeli soldiers invaded, overnight until early morning hours Monday, several Palestinians areas in the occupied West Bank, including occupied East Jerusalem, searched many homes and abducted fifteen Palestinians, including many teenagers. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported that the soldiers invaded and ransacked many homes in Silwan town, in …
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At least three Israeli army tanks, and three armored military bulldozers, invaded on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, fired live rounds and bulldozed large sections close to the border fence, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that the …
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Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Monday morning, a Palestinian worker, east of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, while trying to enter occupied East Jerusalem for work. Eyewitnesses said the soldiers shot Anas Hijazi al-Harsh, 25, from the at-Reehiyya village, south of Doura, in the southern West Bank governorate …
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