Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei is to deliver a speech on the occasion of International Quds Day. Ayatollah Khamenei’s speech on Friday will be aired live on local and international radio and television channels. Every year on International Quds Day, millions of Muslims hold rallies worldwide …
Read More »Iran: Palestine’s fate can only be decided by Palestinians
In the run-up to the International Quds Day events, Iran’s Foreign Ministry reminds the world community that Palestine’s fate is only to be decided by Palestinians, no matter what religion they practice. “For seven decades, the international community failed to solve the question of Palestine since the plans proposed never …
Read More »Nakba Day: What is the annual ‘Day of Catastrophe’ observed by Palestinians?
Nakba Day is observed on 15 May every year and commemorates the displacement of Palestinians when the Israeli state was founded in the aftermath of the Second World War. “Nakba” is the Arabic word for “catastrophe” or “disaster” and the occasion remembers the 700,000 Palestinians forced to flee as a …
Read More »Over 180 human rights organizations urge ICC to investigate Israeli crimes
More than 180 Palestinian, regional and international human rights campaigners and organizations have called upon the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, to investigate the crimes being perpetrated by Israeli forces in the occupied territories. The rights groups, in a joint open letter initiated by Palestinian …
Read More »Al-Aqsa Friday prayers see smaller crowds amid partial coronavirus lockdown
Palestinian worshippers scuffled with Israeli police in East Jerusalem on Friday as crowds headed to Al-Aqsa Mosque to pray, amid a partial lockdown imposed to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Police in riot gear and wearing face masks put barricades up outside Damascus Gate and other entrances to the …
Read More »Macron faces off with Israeli forces during a tour of the Old City of Jerusalem church.
The French tricolor has flown over the Church of St. Anne in Jerusalem’s walled Old City since it was gifted by the Ottomans to French Emperor Napoleon III in 1856. France views it as a provocation when Israeli police enter the church’s sandstone complex, in a part of Jerusalem al-Quds …
Read More »Israeli forces raid Palestine TV station, arrest crew
Israeli forces have arrested four staff members of a Palestinian TV channel in Jerusalem al-Quds in a move condemned by the Palestinian Presidency. Israeli forces stormed the place from where a Palestine TV morning show was being broadcast on Friday, arresting the anchor, Dana Abu Shamsiyeh and the cameraman, Amir …
Read More »Israel’s top court orders deportation of HRW director
Israel’s Supreme Court has upheld a decision by the Tel Aviv regime to expel Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), over his alleged support for a pro-Palestine boycott campaign against Tel Aviv. The ruling published on the court’s website on Tuesday rejected an appeal by …
Read More »Jordan summons Israel envoy over Jerusalem ‘violations’
Jordan summoned Israel’s ambassador on Sunday in protest over “violations” at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the foreign ministry said. It summoned envoy Amir Weissbrod to voice its “condemnation and rejection of Israeli violations” at the highly sensitive site, where Israeli security forces clashed with Palestinian worshippers last week. Jordan, …
Read More »Video: Israel begins destroying Palestinian homes on Jerusalem outskirts.
Israeli forces have begun destroying homes on the outskirts of the occupied East Jerusalem “al-Quds”, despite international condemnation and mass protests. Hundreds of Israeli soldiers and police stormed Sur Baher early on Monday and declared the village a military zone, banning journalists from entering. Palestinian and international activists, who tried …
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