Lebanon’s army said on Wednesday it had exchanged smoke bombs with Israeli troops at the border, the second such incident in a week. The Lebanese army, in an online statement, said Israeli troops had fired smoke bombs at a Lebanese patrol that was accompanying workers removing “infringements” that the army …
Read More »Saudi delegation expected to visit West Bank amid efforts to normalize ties with Israel
A Saudi delegation is due to visit Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah this week, a Palestinian official said, amid diplomatic efforts to secure an accord between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The delegation will be led by the non-resident Saudi envoy to the Palestinians, who was appointed last month, the …
Read More »Condemnations pour in over Israeli incursions into al-Aqsa
Condemnations have poured in over the “provocative” incursions of al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, by Israeli settlers under the protection of the regime’s forces. In a statement on Sunday, Egypt’s foreign ministry said the incursions of al-Aqsa Mosque compound by settlers under the protection of Israeli forces are “a …
Read More »Israeli forces shoot dead young Palestinian at Gaza border
A young Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli occupation forces at the border fence east of Khan Yunis, in the besieged Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Palestinian media reports said the Israeli soldiers stationed at the Gaza border opened fire at protesters and killed a 25-year-old youth …
Read More »Israeli forces brutally assault Muslim worshipers at al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli forces have brutally assaulted Muslim worshipers at one of the main entrances to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds. Citing local sources, WAFA news agency reported that the occupation soldiers beat up three worshipers, including an elderly man and an elderly woman, near Bab …
Read More »Saudi Arabia suspends normalization talks with Israel: Report
Saudi Arabia has reportedly informed the United States of its decision to suspend all negotiations on normalizing ties with Israel due to the far-right Israeli cabinet’s unwillingness to make any concessions to the Palestinians. The London-based Elaph online newspaper, citing an Israeli official, reported on Sunday that Washington has informed …
Read More »Israel denied life-saving healthcare to hundreds of Palestinian children in 2023: Report
Israeli authorities deprived hundreds of Palestinian children of life-saving healthcare in the besieged Gaza Strip during the first half of 2023, a leading international humanitarian organization says. A report published on Wednesday by the UK-based organization Save the Children said that nearly 400 children in Gaza, at least two children …
Read More »Israel’s Pegasus spyware found to exploit bug to target Apple devices
A digital watchdog has discovered spyware linked to the Israeli hacking company NSO Group, which exploited a software flaw in Apple devices. The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said in a statement that it had found the bug while inspecting the Apple device of a staffer at a Washington-based civil society group. The vulnerability allowed the …
Read More »Israel authorizes three settler outposts in West Bank despite US warnings
Israel has authorized the construction of three more settler outposts in the occupied West Bank despite US warnings that any such approvals can jeopardize the viability of a two-state solution with Palestinians and normalization efforts with Saudi Arabia. The far-right cabinet of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Wednesday …
Read More »New flaw in Apple devices led to spyware infection, researchers say
Researchers at digital watchdog group Citizen Lab said on Thursday they found spyware they linked to Israeli firm NO that exploited a newly discovered flaw in Apple devices. While inspecting the Apple device of an employee of a Washington-based civil society group last week, Citizen Lab said it found the …
Read More »Bahrain stabbed Palestine in back: Hamas says after Israeli embassy inauguration
The Hamas resistance movement has condemned Bahrain’s recent move to allow the opening of the Israeli embassy in Manama as “a stab in the back” of the Palestinians. Speaking to the Al-Araby Al-Jadeed news website, Mousa Abu Marzook, the deputy head of Hamas’ Political Bureau, warned that the move will …
Read More »Palestine urges sanctions against Israel over settlement construction policies
Palestine has called upon the international community to impose sanctions and other punitive measures against Israel over its settlement construction policies in the occupied territories, saying world countries should not simply suffice to written statements in this regard. The Palestinian foreign ministry stated on Tuesday that the Palestinian nation pays …
Read More »UNESCO: United States planning to rejoin UNESCO organisation
The United States plans to rejoin the UNESCO organisation from this July onwards, UNESCO announced on Monday. The United States withdrew from the U.N. cultural agency in December 2018 under President Donald Trump over accusations of anti-Israel bias and mismanagement. “It is a strong act of confidence in UNESCO and …
Read More »Israeli forces arrest senior Hamas leader in occupied West Bank
Israeli military forces have arrested a high-ranking leader of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement during a raid in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, in the latest upsurge of violence in the region. Local sources said large numbers of Israeli forces conducted a raid early on Monday on …
Read More »Israel arming Myanmar amid ongoing Rohingya crackdown – Report
A rights group has revealed that Israel provided Myanmar’s military junta with arms equipment despite a US and European Union embargo imposed over the country’s genocide against members of the Rohingya Muslim minority. The rights group Justice for Myanmar said in a report published on Thursday that the Israeli arms …
Read More »Israeli forces kill 29-year-old Palestinian man in West Bank
Israeli forces on Friday killed a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry and the army said, with the latter adding that a soldier was lightly wounded. Mehdi Bayadsa, 29, was killed by “bullets from the occupation (Israel) near the Rantis military checkpoint, west of Ramallah,” the …
Read More »‘Declaration of war’: Palestinian groups warn Israel of plan to divide al-Aqsa
A coalition of Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza has condemned the Israeli regime’s attempts to “divide” time and space at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds between Muslims and Jews, decrying the potential step as a declaration of war. The Palestinian Resistance factions said in …
Read More »10 European states urge Israel to halt demolition of Palestinian homes
Ten European countries have called on Israel to halt the demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied West Bank. In a joint statement issued on Sunday, the consulates general of Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Britain, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Ireland, and the Office of the European Union Representative to the …
Read More »EU organization endorses boycott of Israeli settlement products
A major European trade union organization has boycotted products made in Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories, calling on the European Union’s member states to ban the import and export of such commodities. The decision was made on Thursday during the 15th session of the European Trade Union Confederation …
Read More »Israeli forces shoot 13 Palestinians, arrest 14 in West Bank raid
Israeli military forces have wounded 13 Palestinian youths and arrested 14 others during a raid on a refugee camp in the eastern West Bank city of Ariha, amid rising violence in the occupied territories. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing local sources, reported on Thursday that Israeli troops stormed the …
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