The new academic year launched in Gaza today under the theme “Year of Education in Jerusalem”. Some 3,030 schools reopened this year with 1.3 million students registered. Of those 2,212 are governmental including 1,811 are […]
Senior Roman Catholic priest Monsignor Manuel Musallam has called for resistance against the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli authorities in occupied Palestine and abroad, Shehab.ps reported on Monday. He called specifically for acts of civil […]
By Ramona Wadi Not only has the Palestinian Authority lagged behind in matters of urgent decision making, but it also persists in making defeatist comments which will generate additional repercussions for the people of Palestine […]
Israeli police rounded up seven Palestinians, including a girl, in occupied East Jerusalem on Sunday, according to a local NGO. Police forces raided a number of houses in the town of Isawiya and arrested a […]
After sparking fury by moving the US embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, President Donald Trump has now dangled a carrot in front of Palestinians by promising that they “will get something very good” in future […]
Israeli municipality staff assaulted Palestinian farmers and vendors in the streets of occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, a day before the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha. Israeli officials assault Palestinian farmers, vendors, in occupied East […]
Tens of thousands of Muslims, mostly Palestinians, performed Eid al-Adha prayers Tuesday at East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque amid a heavy Israeli security presence in and around Jerusalem’s Old City, witnesses said. Eid al-Adha Mubarak from […]
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday vowed to appeal Israel’s controversial law of Jewish nation-state at the UN. Speaking in a televised program, Abbas said he rejects the US mediation for Palestine-Israel peace talks and […]
Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday after he allegedly attempted to stab a police officer. The young man is believed to be an Israeli citizen from the Palestinian […]
Israel’s Jerusalem Municipality’s Planning and Construction Committee has approved a plan to build military colleges on Palestinian land located in Ein Karem village, southwest of the holy city, Safa reported yesterday. The Planning and Construction […]
Israel yesterday approved the expansion of the US embassy in Jerusalem, only three months after its controversial relocation to the occupied city. The Jerusalem Municipality fast-tracked building permits to enable the expansion plans, adding a […]
At least two Palestinian worshippers are thought to have been injured. Quds Network tweeted images in which one man can be seen lying on a stretcher with blood on his neck and chest. The Waqf, […]
Hundreds of Jewish settlers stormed Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Sunday, under the eyes of Israeli guards, local Palestinian sources said. The Palestinian Authority official news agency WAFA said more that more than 200 settlers […]
A group of Jewish settlers entered the Bab al-Rahma Muslim cemetery in occupied East Jerusalem, which lays on the eastern side of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Saturday, and assaulted Palestinian hikers in the occupied district of Ramallah […]
U.S. President Donald Trump spent over US$21 million, which is over 100 times of what he said it would cost, on adding features to the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem, according to the official State Department […]
Israel’s parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it will lead to blatant discrimination against its Palestinian citizens. The legislation, adopted by 62 votes […]
Israeli police questioned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today over his third corruption case, Israel Radio said. However, the right-wing leader’s popularity has risen in the past few weeks. For three years you have to serve […]
Israeli prosecutors are set to charge a Turkish national on Sunday with aiding Palestinian group Hamas, according to Israeli daily Haaretz. Ebru Ozkan, 27, was arrested by Israeli forces at Ben Gurion Airport on June […]
Israeli Minister of Agriculture Uri Ariel on Sunday forced his way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, for the first such tour by an Israeli official since 2015. Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
Israel’s top court today temporarily suspended the planned demolition of a Bedouin village in the occupied West Bank whose fate has become a focus of Palestinian protests and international concern, a lawyer for the residents […]
Israeli forces injured 35 people and arrested 10 others as they began to demolish their Bedouin village in a strategic part of the occupied West Bank, news website Arab48 reported on Wednesday, citing local residents […]
Hundreds of members of the Palestinian Fatah movement led by the Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas took to the streets in Ramallah protesting against the “deal of the century”, Wafa news agency reported yesterday. […]
The family of a young Turkish woman, who was arrested in Tel Aviv airport two weeks ago, urged Israeli authorities to release her immediately. Israeli forces arrested 27-year-old Ebru Ozkan at Ben Gurion Airport in […]
Britain’s Prince William arrived in Israel on Monday, the first member of the royal family to make an official visit to both Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. The prince’s plane landed from Jordan at […]
A senior Palestinian negotiator has accused the United States of trying to topple the government of President Mahmoud Abbas, insisting that Washington has disqualified itself from any possible role in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process. Senior […]
Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser, said Washington would likely announce its Middle East peace plan even if Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, angered by US policy so far, chose to remain on the […]
Israel has demolished or sealed 48 Palestinian homes in the Occupied West Bank and Jerusalem since October 2015, The Abdullah Hourani Center for Studies and Documentation said in a report. The Center indicated that 43 […]
Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan is advancing an amendment that would give Border Police forces operating in occupied East Jerusalem “immunity from lawsuits” for damages they cause in the course of acting against “terror […]
Three major Holy Land churches implored Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to prevent the advancement of a draft bill they said was aimed at expropriating their lands. Heads of the Armenian, Greek Orthodox […]
Israeli Minister of Jerusalem Affairs Zeev Elkin was enraged as UK Prince William referred to East Jerusalem as occupied land, claiming that “united” Jerusalem has been the Jewish capital for 3,000 years, Israeli news website […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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