Tag Archives: Israel

Israel has decided to push ahead with a plan to build 7,000 new settler units in the occupied side of Syria’s Golan Heights, despite a global outcry. The so-called Israeli ‘Ministry of Housing’ is currently in the process of implementing the controversial plan, which is scheduled to complete in 2026, …

A UK-based rights group has slammed the FIFA president for participating in a “political activity” in the occupied al-Quds, denouncing his suggestion to hold the 2030 World Cup in the Occupied Palestine. Gianni Infantino took part in the inauguration ceremony of “The Friedman Center for Peace through Strength” on October …

A ranking Israeli military commander says Hezbollah can fire up to 2,500 rockets towards the Occupied Territories each day in case of a war with the Israeli regime. Back in May, when the regime tempted a war with the Palestinian resistance movements in the Gaza Strip, “We saw a pace …

A group of Palestinian farmers harvesting their olive trees in the occupied West Bank have been attacked by around 30 Israeli settlers, according to Wafa, the official Palestinian news agency. The Friday attack, which left four people injured, began when Israeli settlers descended from a nearby settlement, hurling stones and spraying …

Resistance groups in Syria have vowed a “very harsh” response to an overnight aerial act of aggression by the Israeli regime against the central Syrian province of Homs that left a number of casualties, the second such strike in a week. The Israeli airstrike targeted the Palmyra area in the eastern …

Hundreds of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons have launched a hunger strike in protest against the regime’s intensified crackdown on detainees. The Palestinian Prisoners Club said in a statement on Wednesday that some of the Islamic Jihad captives were on a hunger strike, demanding an end to repressive measures imposed …

Israeli settlers, under the protection of the regime’s forces, have once again broken into the al-Aqsa mosque compound in the occupied al-Quds to “perform silent prayers,” after an Israeli judge facilitated such moves. Over 60 settlers stormed the site on Thursday morning when they engaged in measures against Palestinians and …

Dubai’s ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum ordered the phones of his ex-wife and her lawyers to be hacked as part of a “sustained campaign of intimidation and threat” during the custody battle over their children, England’s High Court has ruled. Mohammed used the sophisticated “Pegasus” software, developed by Israeli …

At least three international advocacy organizations have called on the African Union (AU) to withdraw the Israeli regime’s observer status over its human rights violations and crimes against humanity. The US-based Democracy for Arab World Now (DAWN) together with the Legal Resource Center (LRC) in South Africa on Monday signed …

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the Israeli regime’s presence in the region is a cause for serious concern, stressing the importance of resolving regional problems without foreign interference. Speaking at a joint press conference with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan in Tehran on Monday, Amir-Abdollahian added that the South …

Iran has censured Bahrain’s welcoming Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to Manama, saying the move amounts to a betrayal of the oppressed Palestinian people. “The Bahraini government’s welcoming of the foreign minister of the fake Zionist regime is a blatant betrayal of the oppressed and resilient Palestinian people’s cause,” Iranian …

Israeli forces have attacked Palestinians taking part in a weekly anti-settlement protest in the occupied West Bank, leaving dozens injured. Israeli regime troops used live ammunition and tear gas to disperse the protesters in the town of Beit Dajan, near the West Bank city of Nablus, the Palestinian Information Center reported on …

More than 240 Bahraini scholars have strongly denounced the first visit by Israeli regime’s foreign minister to the Persian Gulf state since the two regimes established ties last year and expressed their solidarity with the Palestinians. “We denounce the presence of the foreign minister of the Zionist enemy in Bahrain, and …

The six Palestinian prisoners, who recently tunneled their way out of a maximum security Israeli detention center and were all recaptured nearly two weeks later, have been transferred to solitary confinement, lawyers say. In a post on his Facebook page on Friday, the lawyer representing one of the inmates Mohamed …

Israeli regime troops have martyred a young Palestinian man in the occupied West Bank district of Jenin, reports say. Alaa Nasser Zayud, 22, was martyred by the regime’s special forces during raids on houses in the village of Burkin near Jenin overnight on Thursday. During the clashes that ensued, several …

In a strong indictment of continued aggression against the al-Aqsa Mosque, Jordan has sent an official note of protest to Israel, warning that the violations of the holy site by regime forces and settlers will provoke sentiments of Muslims around the world. According to Press TV, in a statement, Jordanian …

A number of Palestinian prisoners languishing in Israeli jails have been on hunger strike for months to protest their arbitrary incarceration under inhumane conditions and to demand freedom. Imprisoned under the controversial policy of “administrative detention,” at least seven Palestinian prisoners are registering their protest against their ill-treatment and repressive Israeli …

The reconstruction of homes in Gaza that were destroyed or damaged in the May conflict between Israel and Palestinians will begin in the first week of October using aid from Qatar, a senior Palestinian housing official said on Sunday. Hamas says Israeli airstrikes destroyed about 2,200 homes in the enclave …

Israeli troops have shot dead at least five Palestinians across the occupied West Bank after intense clashes that erupted in at least four towns following overnight arrest raids. According to official Palestinian news agency Wafa, military forces stormed the northern town of Burqin near al-Quds in the predawn hours of …

A retired United States Army Colonel and former chief of staff to secretary of state Colin Powell say Israel will not survive the next 20 years, as Tel Aviv is delegitimizing itself as an apartheid regime. “Israel would not be in 20 years, it would be gone. It certainly will …