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Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian Worker near Apartheid Wall
Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian youth on Friday, near the apartheid wall north of the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, the official news agency WAFA reported. Official Palestinian sources told WAFA that […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Shoot, Arrest Palestinian Worker near Tulkarm
Israeli forces opened fire at a Palestinian worker on Sunday in the village of Qaffin, near the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told WAFA that […]

Israel’s Gantz Approves 100-Kilometer Wall in Occupied West Bank
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has approved a plan to build a 100-kilometer wall in the occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported. Gantz made the announcement during a tour of the occupied territory on Monday. […]

Israeli Soldiers Kill Young Palestinian Man near Apartheid Wall in Jenin
Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man on Wednesday, near the apartheid wall, west of Jenin, the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported. The Ministry said in a brief statement that 29-year-old Rafat Ali Issa was […]

Israeli Forces Injure Palestinian Worker near Apartheid Wall
Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday shot and wounded a Palestinian worker near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The worker, according to WAFA, was trying to cross the […]

Israeli Soldiers Kill Palestinian Worker near West Bank Wall
A 32-year-old man from the Gaza Strip was reportedly beaten to death by Israeli soldiers on Monday night, near the Israeli apartheid wall, in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarm, the official Palestinian news […]

Jewish Settlers Raise Israeli Flag atop Mosque near Bethlehem
Jewish settlers on Friday raised the Isreali flag atop a mosque in the village of Kisan, near Bethlehem, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local activist Ahmad Ghazal said that a group of Jewish […]

Israel to Build New Stretch of Concrete Wall in West Bank
Israel announced on Wednesday that it is building an additional 45-kilometer concrete wall in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu News Agency reported. Israeli Defense Ministry Benny Gantz said in a statement the 9-meter-high wall will […]

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Worker near Qalqilia
A Palestinian worker was killed by the Israeli occupation forces on Sunday near the Israeli apartheid wall, to the south of Qalqilia, in the occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The […]

Israeli Forces Kill 17-Year-Old Palestinian Boy near Ramallah
Israeli forces killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy on Thursday, near the Israeli apartheid wall in the village of al-Midya, west of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. According to the Palestinian Ministry of […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Critically Injure Palestinian Youth near Apartheid Wall
A Palestinian youth was shot and critically injured on Saturday by Israeli soldiers near the Israeli apartheid wall in the occupied West Bank, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Ministry of Health […]

Israel to Station Reserve Battalions along Apartheid Wall
Six Israeli reserve battalions will be stationed along the illegal Apartheid Wall that isolates the occupied West Bank from Israel, the military announced on Wednesday. The decision to call up reserve battalions in replacement of […]

Israeli Soldiers Chase Palestinian Workers, Injure One near Hebron
A Palestinian worker sustained burns on Sunday and others were injured while being chased by Israeli occupation soldiers near the town of ad-Dhahiriya, to the south of Hebron (Al-Khalil), the official Palestinian news agency WAFA […]

Israeli Forces Block Major Military Checkpoints in Northern West Bank
Israeli forces Tuesday night blocked major checkpoints in the northern West Bank district of Tulkarm, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources confirmed that Israeli forces closed the Shufa checkpoint, which was installed […]

Thousands Join 8th Annual Marathon in Bethlehem (VIDEO)
Over 10,000 Palestinian and international runners arrived in Bethlehem on Friday to participate in the Eighth International Palestine Marathon, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The marathon started at the Church of Nativity taking […]

Israel Rebuilds Collapsed Section of Apartheid Wall (VIDEO)
The Israeli Ministry of Defence said on Sunday it had cooperated with border police forces in the reconstruction of the recently-collapsed parts of the Apartheid Wall in Jerusalem, Israeli media reported. The ministry’s Engineering and […]

Ten Things You Should Know about Amnesty International Report on Apartheid Israel
By Romana Rubeo On Tuesday, February 1, London-based international human rights group Amnesty International (AI) released an extraordinary report, which labels Israel an ‘apartheid state’. The report calls for Israel to be held accountable […]

Shtayyeh at COP26: ‘Israel is the Most Critical Threat to Palestinian Environment’
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh highlighted the negative impact of the Israeli occupation on the Palestinian environment in a tweet, upon his arrival at the Glasgow Climate Summit on […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian near Apartheid Wall in Jenin
Israeli forces early Thursday shot and injured a Palestinian in al-Yamun, near the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told WAFA that Israeli soldiers opened fire […]

A Ladder over the Wall: Why Palestinian Worker Khaled Drags His Leg as He Walks
By Tamar Fleishman At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Israeli government issued transit permits to Palestinian construction workers, on the condition that the workers remained at their workplaces without returning to the West […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Critically Injure Palestinian Youth in West Bank
A Palestinian youth was shot and injured today evening by Israeli forces near the apartheid wall to the west of Jenin, in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Israeli […]

Israeli Forces Injure Palestinian Workers near Apartheid Wall
Israeli forces today injured two Palestinian workers near Israel’s apartheid wall, in the West Bank village of Anin, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Security sources told WAFA that Israeli forces opened fire towards […]

ISRAEL (contd) – A Poem
By Niall McDevitt THE STATE LAND // THE NO-GOS // THE SEAM // THE BUFFER // THE ANNEX // THE WALL // THE FENCE // THE BARRIER // THE WALL // THE FENCE // THE […]

The Evolution of Apartheid: Why Israel is Becoming a Pariah State
By Ramzy Baroud On April 27, one of the world’s largest and most credible rights groups, Human Rights Watch (HRW), concluded, in a comprehensive 213-pages report, that Israel is an apartheid state. “Across these […]

‘Operation Guardian of the Walls’ Will Not Fix Israel’s Apartheid Walls
By Jamal Juma Israel has once again gone on a killing spree. Over 83 Palestinians, including 17 children, have already been killed in Israel’s bombings of Gaza as of today, 13 May 2021. Israeli forces […]

Israeli Tear Gas Canisters Set Fire to Palestinian Lands near Tulkarem
The heavy firing of tear gas canisters and stun grenades by Israeli forces caused the fire to break out in Palestinian-owned lands in the village of Fa’run, south of the occupied West Bank city of […]

Palestinian Worker Severely Injured while Chased by Israeli Forces
A Palestinian worker was severely injured today after he fell on the ground while being chased by Israeli occupation soldiers near the Israeli apartheid wall, near Jenin, according to local sources, WAFA reported. Palestinian workman […]

Israeli Forces Injure Palestinian Worker near Jenin
A Palestinian worker was injured today while trying to cross the Israeli apartheid wall, west of Jenin in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Khaled Nasser Freihat sustained gunshot wounds […]

Palestinian Worker Dies after Inhaling Teargas Fired by Israeli Soldiers
A Palestinian worker died on Sunday early morning due to a heart attack resulting from the inhalation of toxic teargas fired at him by Israeli occupation soldiers in the village of Far’oun, near the city […]

Israeli Soldiers Open Fire at Palestinian Workers near Apartheid Wall, Injure Two
Two Palestinian workers were today injured by Israeli army gunfire near the apartheid wall in the Yabad area, southwest of the northern West Bank city of Jenin, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. Local […]