Tag Archives: Palestine

The first Saudi ambassador to Palestine, Nayef al-Sudairi, is about to present his credentials to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Al-Sudairi and his accompanying delegation arrived in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday through the Karama crossing from Jordan on a two-day official visit that will end on Wednesday. He …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

At least 10 people have been reportedly killed and dozens of others injured in renewed clashes between rival groups in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon over the past days. After a month-long shaky ceasefire, the violence broke out on Thursday between affiliated members of Fatah movement and armed …

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 …

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 …

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing where they agreed to establish a strategic partnership between the two countries. During the Wednesday meeting, Xi said this partnership will mark a new stage in their relations that will build on their past achievements and open …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

I hold the citizenship of my occupier; I hate it but I also fear losing it. When Zionist militias started attacking Palestinian villages and ethnically cleansing them in 1948, news reached my grandparents in the village of Reineh in Jalil, northern Palestine. Fearing Zionist violence, they packed their bags and …

The Israeli occupation forces have fatally shot two Palestinian men and injured seven others in a raid on the Balata refugee camp near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, amid the regime’s relentless aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian Information Center said on Saturday that the …