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Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Young Man near Ramallah
A young Palestinian man was killed by Israeli occupation forces Thursday evening outside the village of Bayt Sira, to the west of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Follow-up Israeli occupation media: The […]

Israel Extends Administrative Detention of Female Palestinian Journalist
Israeli occupation authorities on Monday extended the administrative detention of Palestinian journalist Bushra Al-Taweel for the third time in a row, for a period of three months, the Middle East Monitor reported. Twenty-nine-year-old Al-Taweel, a […]

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teenager near Ramallah
A Palestinian teenager was killed by Israeli forces on Thursday morning, in the village of Beitin, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Ministry of […]

Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teenager near Ramallah
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian teenager on Friday afternoon in the village of al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a press statement that Amjad […]

Settlers Uproot over 450 Palestinian Trees, Vandalize Cars near Ramallah
Jewish settlers uprooted on Monday around 450 trees belonging to two Palestinian residents in the towns of Turmusaya and Mughayir to the northeast of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Mohammed Alwan, the […]

PA President Abbas Meets with Israeli Defense Minister Gantz ahead of Biden’s Visit
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz held a rare meeting on Thursday in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, Reuters reported. Gantz said on Twitter that the meeting “was conducted […]

Stories from Qalandiya: A Miniature Jesus at a Military Checkpoint
By Tamar Fleishman What do you call it, when bureaucracy takes precedence over a person’s health and human life is not a priority anymore? I don’t know how to define a situation when a baby, […]

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 […]

Qalandiya Stories: Abdallah’s Last Stand
By Tamar Fleishman The last time Israeli soldiers destroyed Abdallah’s fruit stand and only source of income was last August. Soon after the assault, Abdallah went home, in despair. But very soon, he got back […]

Palestinian Teenager Killed by Israeli Forces near Ramallah
A Palestinian teenager was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers near Ramallah on Wednesday, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed that Thayer Khalil Yazouri, 18, was shot in the […]

Israeli Forces Injure Three Palestinians near Ramallah
Three Palestinian young men were injured on Monday by Israeli gunfire, while a fourth was detained, during an Israeli military raid in the village of Ni’lin, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the […]

Tree Injured as Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinians near Ramallah
Three Palestinian civilians were hurt on Thursday after being assaulted by a group of Jewish settlers on the outskirts of the village of Sinjil, near Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Eyewitnesses told […]

Israeli Occupation Forces Kill Palestinian Youth, Wound 11 Others in Ramallah (VIDEOS)
Israeli forces on Wednesday night killed a Palestinian youth and wounded 11 others in the town of Silwad town, north of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed in […]

WATCH: Two Palestinian Young Man Injured by Israeli Gunfire near Ramallah
Two Palestinian young men were injured on Friday, after they were shot by Israeli occupation forces who raided the village of Dayr Ghasana in the occupied West Bank province of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news […]

Jordan’s King Lands in Occupied West Bank on Rare Trip to Meet PA President Abbas
Jordan’s King Abdullah II landed in Ramallah on Monday to meet Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, on his first trip to the occupied West Bank since 2017, Abbas’s office said. Abdullah’s visit comes as foreign […]

Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian Youth near Ramallah
A Palestinian youth was shot and injured on Wednesday during clashes with Israeli forces in the town of Beit Liqya to the west of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told […]

Meanwhile in Palestine: On the Politics of Life and Death
By Tamar Fleishman As I was standing at the Qalandia military checkpoint, I saw a Red Crescent ambulance, which was parked at the designated spot, waiting for its Palestinian counterpart. The paramedic, whom I’ve known […]

80-Year-Old Palestinian Man Dies after Being Beaten by Israeli Soldiers near Ramallah
An 80-year-old Palestinian man died early Wednesday after Israeli soldiers detained, blindfolded, and handcuffed him in the village of Jiljilya, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]

Israeli Forces Attack Palestinian Students near Ramallah
One person was hit by a rubber bullet in the head and dozens suffocated from tear gas inhalation on Tuesday, as Israeli occupation forces attacked Palestinian students near Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA […]

WATCH: Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinian Cars under Israeli Army Protection
Jewish settlers attacked Palestinian commuters on Monday, in the town of al-Bireh, near Ramallah, under heavy protection from the Israeli forces, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Eyewitnesses said that Jewish settlers stoned Palestinian […]

WATCH: Jewish Settlers Run over Sheep, Kill Three, near Ramallah
A group of Jewish settlers killed three sheep belonging to a Palestinian shepherd in the village of Al-Mughayir, near Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Dadl Abu-Alia told WAFA that he was grazing […]

WATCH: Palestinian Elderly Killed in Settler Car-Ramming near Ramallah
A Jewish settler rammed his vehicle into a Palestinian elderly at the entrance of Sinjil town, northeast of Ramallah, on Friday killing her, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Security sources told WAFA that […]

Without Saying a Word: The Electrocuted Boy at the Qalandiya Checkpoint
By Tamar Fleishman It is late afternoon and an ambulance coming from the West Bank is waiting at the Qalandiya Checkpoint compound to complete the procedure required for Palestinian patients who need to cross either […]

Jewish Settlers Attack Palestinian Vehicles near Ramallah
Jewish settlers attacked with stones Palestinian vehicles passing near the entrance of the illegal Jewish settlement of Beit El, northeast of the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. […]

Israeli Electric Company to Cut Power to Several West Bank Areas
The Israeli Electricity Company (IEC) is to cut the electricity supply to several parts of the occupied West Bank in response the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s debts, Israeli media reported on Wednesday. According to the Israeli […]

Israel Demolishes Four Palestinian Stores in Ramallah
Israeli occupation forces on Tuesday demolished four Palestinian stores which were under construction in Deir Qaddis town, west of Ramallah, the Palestinian Information Centre (PIC) reported. According to local sources, bulldozers escorted by Israeli soldiers […]

Jewish Settlers Vandalize Cars, Injure Palestinian Man in West Bank
A Palestinian man sustained burns and four vehicles were vandalized on Saturday in an attack carried out by a group of Jewish settlers near the town of Turmus Ayya, north of Ramallah city, in the […]

Jewish Settlers Destroy over 300 Olive Trees near Ramallah
Jewish settlers on Thursday uprooted more than 300 olive trees in the village of Al-Mazraa al-Garbieh, near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, as part of their continued attack on olive harvesting season, the […]

Israeli Soldiers Beat up, Detain 13-Year-Old Palestinian in Ramallah
Israeli forces on Monday beat up and arrested 13-year-old Mustafa Khalil Ameereh while he was in the land of his family in Ni’lin, near Ramallah. Mustafa’s father told QNN that an Israeli force arrested his […]

Hundreds March in Ramallah in Solidarity with Palestinian Freedom Fighters (VIDEO)
Hundreds of Palestinians marched through the streets of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank, on Saturday evening in support of the Palestinian freedom fighters who escaped the Israeli prison of Gilboa on Monday. The protesters […]