Tag Archives: Palestine

Shadi Salim, 41, shot dead near occupied West Bank village of Beita, the scene of protests against an Israeli outpost. A Palestinian man has been killed in Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, the scene of confrontations between protesters and Israeli forces for weeks, Palestinian officials said. Shadi Omar …

Israeli forces have opened live fire to disperse Palestinians rallying in the northern part of occupied territory of the West Bank against the regime’s illegal and unbridled settlement construction. The incident took place in the city of Tubas on Saturday, Turkey’s official Anadolu news agency reported. The troops did not …

A Palestinian commission for prisoners says fourteen Palestinians are currently on hunger strike in Israeli regime prisons in protest at their indefinite, unfair and unexplained illegal imprisonment at the hands of the Tel Aviv regime. In a statement released on Sunday, the Palestinian Commission of Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs said …

One hundred and sixty academics from 21 countries demand that the European Union exclude all Israeli academic institutions complicit in the regime’s violation of international law and the rights of Palestinians from the EU’s taxpayer-funded research programs. This is according to the official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoting a press statement …

Scores of Palestinians have been injured in clashes with Israeli forces in the West Bank town of Beita, medics said. Protests there have been ongoing for several months since Israel installed an outpost settlement in the area. At least 146 Palestinians were “injured by live and rubber bullets and tear …

Former United Nations human rights chief Navi Pillay will head an international commission of inquiry into war crimes committed by the Israeli regime against impoverished Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during its latest onslaught on the besieged coastal enclave in May. The Human Rights Council said in a statement on …

Hundreds of Palestinians struggle to see a future as Israel demolishes homes and businesses in occupied territories. Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem – Hundreds of Palestinian families are struggling to put their lives back together after their homes and businesses were demolished by Israeli authorities, either as collective punishment …

Five Palestinians go on indefinite hunger strike at the Israeli regime’s jails as their last resort to protest their similarly indefinite and unexplained imprisonment at the hands of the regime. The Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported the development on Thursday, citing the Palestinian Prisoners’ Affairs Authority. “Four of them are …

Israeli human rights group B’Tselem has released two videos showing armed Israeli settlers and masked Zionists fatally shooting Palestinians who did not pose any danger to them, with the Tel Aviv regime’s soldiers standing idly by. The first clip captured on May 14 shows Israeli forces in the West Bank …

The Israeli regime’s much-flaunted “Iron Dome” missile system, which is constantly fortified and updated by the United States, “mistakenly” fired at one of the regime’s own warplanes during Tel Aviv’s latest war on Gaza, a report says. The incident came in May, when the regime was waging a heavy 12-day …

A survey of US Jewish voters conducted after the recent Israeli war on the besieged Gaza Strip has found that a quarter of respondents believe the occupying entity is an apartheid regime committing genocide against Palestinians. The study, based on interviews with 800 Jewish voters, was commissioned by the Jewish Electorate …

Israel’s closure of border crossings and its crippling restrictions on the movement of goods and individuals will have serious repercussions for the already dire humanitarian and economic situation in the besieged Gaza Strip, a rights advocacy group has warned. In a statement, the al-Mezan Center for Human Rights cautioned that …

Hundreds of Irish artists, including actors, novelists, playwrights, poets, designers, composers, architects, painters, sculptors, filmmakers and others, have expressed solid support for the international anti-Israel movement of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS), and announced that they intend not to perform or exhibit in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. The Ireland Palestine …

Israeli forces have injured 411 Palestinians during clashes with anti-settlement protesters in the town of Beita and the nearby village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank province of Nablus. According to the Palestine Red Crescent Society, 23 Palestinians were shot with live ammunition fired by Israeli forces during clashes on …

A Palestinian prisoner is finally released from Israeli custody and transferred to hospital after a 65-day hunger strike to protest the so-called administrative detention, which allows prisoners to be held without charge or trial. Amjad al-Najjar, a spokesman for the Palestinian Prisoners Club, said 28-year-old Ghadanfar Abu Atwan, who has …

Rebuilding Gaza after the latest devastating war between Israel and the Palestinians will cost up to $485 million, the World Bank said. The report says it will take up to $380 million to repair the physical damage alone, with more required for other recovery needs. Israel carried out waves of …

The Israeli army struck Hamas positions after it said incendiary balloons were launched from the besieged enclave. Israeli military has carried out another overnight raid on Hamas positions in the besieged Gaza Strip after saying incendiary balloons were launched from the Palestinian enclave. The Israeli army said it struck a …

Fierce clashes have broken out between Israeli forces and Palestinians protesting against an illegal settlement outpost near the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, leaving dozens of the Palestinians injured. The violence erupted after Friday prayers when Israeli occupation forces attacked Palestinian protesters calling for the removal of the Eviatar …

Israeli forces demolish a butcher’s shop and use tear gas to push back residents and activists. Violence erupted after the demolition of a Palestinian business by Israeli forces began in the al-Bustan area of the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan on Tuesday. Israeli forces accompanied by bulldozers entered the …

Israeli forces continue to attack Palestinians taking part in anti-settlement protests in several areas across the occupied West Bank, wounding dozens of them in the latest such assaults.