Two Palestinians have been shot dead during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, as the Israeli regime’s far-right Netanyahu administration intensifies its deadly raids across the occupied territories. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that confrontations broke out soon after Israeli forces stormed …
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Land Day: Palestinians rally against Israeli theft of their land
Palestinians have held rallies to commemorate the 47th anniversary of Land Day, in honor of the struggle against Israeli settler-apartheid oppression and the call for freedom, justice, and equality. People in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, and East al-Quds took to the streets on Thursday to mark the event that …
Read More »Jordanian MPs vote for expulsion of Israeli ambassador over ‘racist’ remarks by minister
Jordanian lawmakers have called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador following “racist” remarks by a far-right Israeli minister, who recently denied the existence of the Palestinian people. During the legislative session on Wednesday, Jordanian House of Representatives Speaker Ahmed al-Safadi called on the government to take action in response …
Read More »European states decry Israeli bill allowing settlers’ return to evacuated areas
Britain and a dozen other EU member states condemn the Israeli parliament’s approval of a bill that will enable settlers to return to areas of the West Bank evacuated in 2005 as part of the so-called Disengagement Law. In a joint statement on Monday, the UK and the EU countries, …
Read More »Israeli attack wounds Palestinians as settlers and soldiers dance
Five Palestinians have been wounded in a settler attack in Huwara, where soldiers and settlers danced together celebrating Purim. Israeli soldiers have been filmed dancing with Jewish settlers on the streets of a Palestinian village where settlers attacked five members of the same family. The five Palestinians were hospitalised after …
Read More »Israeli settlers shoot, wound 2 Palestinians in West Bank
Israeli settlers shot and seriously wounded two Palestinians in the northern occupied West Bank early Friday, Palestinian health officials said, in what authorities describe as the latest incident in a wave of settler violence. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the two wounded Palestinians were being treated at a hospital in …
Read More »Israeli forces demolish house of Palestinian man in West Bank after shooting operation (Video)
Israeli forces have demolished a five-story house belonging to the family of a Palestinian man who was killed after carrying out a shooting operation near an illegal settlement in the southern part of the occupied West Bank a few months ago. The Palestinian Information Center, citing local sources, reported on …
Read More »Palestinians urge Sudan to reverse plan to normalize ties with Israel
The Palestinian Hamas resistance movement has condemned in the strongest terms the decision by Sudan’s foreign ministry to move forward towards normalizing relations with Israel during talks with visiting foreign minister Eli Cohen in Khartoum, calling upon officials in the North African country to reverse the measure. “Hamas believes that …
Read More »CIA chief visits occupied territories amid deadly Jenin raid
CIA director William Burns has arrived in Tel Aviv to visit occupied territories and the West Bank, where he is expected to meet Israeli and Palestinian officials, two informed American sources have said. The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said on Friday that Burns arrived in Tel Aviv on Thursday and met …
Read More »Biden’s nominee for US human rights post withdraws after criticism of stance on Israel
US President Joe Biden’s nominee for a top State Department human rights post has withdrawn her candidacy as she faced intense scrutiny from a Republican senator who refused to agree to her nomination due to her statements on Israel. Sarah Margon, whose nomination to serve as assistant secretary of state …
Read More »Israel army kills nine Palestinians, including elderly woman
At least 20 others were injured with live ammunition during a large-scale raid on the Jenin refugee camp. Israeli troops have killed at least nine Palestinians in one of the deadliest days in the occupied West Bank since Israeli raids intensified at the start of last year. The Palestinian Ministry …
Read More »Security Council says worried, fails to take action after Israeli minister storms Aqsa
UN Security Council members have underscored the need to maintain a decades-old status quo at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds after the recent Israeli desecration of the holy site. The move was prompted on Thursday after a contentious visit by far-right Israeli minister Itamar …
Read More »Israel forces kill 2 Palestinian youths in raid near occupied West Bank city of Jenin
Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian youths during a nocturnal raid on a village near the city of Jenin in the north of the occupied West Bank. Palestinian medical sources said the fatalities were caused as the regime’s forces stormed the village of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin. They identified …
Read More »One Israeli dead, multiple wounded, as two blasts rock bus stations in occupied al-Quds
Two separate explosions have rocked two bus stations at the entrance of occupied al-Quds, killing at least one Israeli and wounding several others. According to initial reports released by Palestinian media, the explosions occurred on Shaari Street in occupied al-Quds on Wednesday morning. The Jerusalem Post said one Israeli died …
Read More »Israeli forces kill Palestinian teenager in Jenin amidst escalating Israeli settler violence
Israeli raids on Monday arrive after a wave of Israeli settler violence against Palestinians on Saturday when dozens of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinians in Hebron’s old city in the southwest Bank. Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager and wounded five other Palestinians on Monday during a morning raid in the …
Read More »Israel has detained more than 50,000 Palestinian minors since 1967 -Report
The Detainees Affairs Commission of the Palestine Liberation Organization says the Israeli regime has detained over 50,000 Palestinian children since the occupation of the West Bank and East al-Quds in 1967. The PLO Detainees Affairs Commission said on Sunday the majority of children were arrested from their homes at night …
Read More »Israeli forces fatally shoot Palestinian youth after alleged stabbing, car-ramming attack
Israeli forces have shot dead a young Palestinian man in Ariel settlement in the West Bank city of Salfit after he allegedly killed three settlers in a stabbing and car-ramming attack. Palestinian media outlets identified the young man as 19-year-old Mohammad Murad Souf from the town of Hares, near Nablus. …
Read More »Israeli forces violently attack Palestinian women on Prophet’s birthday anniversary
In yet another act of aggression against Palestinians, the Israeli regime’s forces have violently attacked Palestinian citizens, including women, commemorating the birthday anniversary of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) near the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of al-Quds. The violence broke out late on Saturday after the Israeli soldiers …
Read More »Palestinian child falls, dies during Israeli police chase in occupied West Bank
A Palestinian boy from the central part of the occupied West Bank has lost his life after falling from a high place while running away from Israeli police forces who were chasing him, medical sources say. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing medical staff at Beit Jala Governmental Hospital, reported …
Read More »Four Palestinians killed, dozens injured during Israeli raid on Jenin camp
Four Palestinians have been killed and dozens of others injured after Israeli forces carried out a raid on the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank. Palestine’s official Wafa news agency, citing security sources, reported that Israeli forces raided Jenin and its refugee camp in the early hours of …
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