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RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) Two Palestinians were killed Friday and dozens more injured in clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian man succumbed to his wounds sustained in clashes with Israeli forces along the border between Gaza Strip and Israel last week, according to the Palestinian […]

22nd Dec 2017

US envoy to hold ‘friendship’ reception over UN vote on Jerusalem

By Servet Gunerigok ANKARA (AA): U.S. Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley sent an invitation to the countries that supported the U.S. against a UN General Assembly resolution on Jerusalem. The invitation asked the representatives of the 65 countries that voted no, abstained or were absent “to a reception to thank you for your […]

20th Dec 2017

Palestine: Israel unveils new synagogue in Al-Aqsa Mosque

JERUSALEM (AA): The Israeli authorities on Tuesday unveiled a new Jewish synagogue under the Al-Buraq Wall –known to Jews as the Western Wall– in occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. “Following 12 years of construction, the new synagogue was opened on Monday evening,” the Heritage Foundation of the Western Wall, an Israeli governmental body, said […]

19th Dec 2017

Palestine: Arab countries regret US veto of Jerusalem UN resolution

By Zeynep Hilal Karyagdi and Gulsen Topcu (AA): Arab countries decried the U.S. veto Monday of a UN resolution on Jerusalem. The U.S. vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that rejected the establishment of diplomatic facilities in the contested city of Jerusalem, breaking with the rest of the council. The move comes less than […]

16th Dec 2017

Palestine: 4 Palestinians killed, 376 injured by Israeli forces

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Four Palestinians were killed and 367 more injured in clashes that erupted Friday in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip. In a statement, the Palestinian Health Ministry said Mohammed Amin Akel, 22, succumbed to injuries after having been shot multiple times by Israeli forces — after allegedly stabbing an Israeli […]

15th Dec 2017

Palestine: Palestinian minors suffer ‘detention, abuse’ by Israel

By Gharib Suleiman JERUSALEM (AA): Amjad, a 15-year-old Palestinian boy, cannot forget the moment he was detained by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank two months ago. “I remember the incident as if it were yesterday,” Amjad, whose family preferred not to give his second name, told Anadolu Agency. The Palestinian boy was […]

14th Dec 2017

OIC Istanbul Declaration: E Jerusalem capital of Palestine

By Satuk Bugra Kutlugun and Nilay Kar Onum ISTANBUL (AA): The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) issued a declaration on Wednesday recognizing East Jerusalem as the capital of Palestine. The “Istanbul Declaration” dubbed “Freedom for Jerusalem” was issued Wednesday evening after an extraordinary summit held in Istanbul. “We confirm that we recognize the state […]

13th Dec 2017

Palestine: Dozens of Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque for Hanukkah

By Eshat Firat JERUSALEM (AA): Dozens of Jewish settlers accompanied by Israeli security personnel forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque on Tuesday, according to a statement by Firas al-Dibis, a Palestinian official with Jerusalem’s Islamic Waqf, which oversees the city’s holy sites. Local eyewitnesses appeared to confirm the report, saying that Jewish […]

13th Dec 2017

Palestine: 45 Palestinians injured in West Bank & Jerusalem by Israeli forces

By Eshat Firat and Yusuf Mahmud RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): At least 45 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank, Gaza and Jerusalem were injured by Israeli forces Tuesday amid ongoing demonstrations against last week’s decision by the U.S. to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. According to a statement from the Palestinian Red Crescent, 36 demonstrators […]

11th Dec 2017

Palestine: 5 year old Palestinian girl run over by Israeli army vehicle in Hebron

By Qays Abu Samra HEBRON, Palestine (AA): A 5-year-old Palestinian girl was injured Sunday after being run over by an Israeli military vehicle in the West Bank old city of Hebron, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Meanwhile, more than 150 Palestinians on Sunday were injured in occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. In […]

9th Dec 2017

Palestine: Israel kills four and injures over a thousand Palestinians

By Nour Abo Aisha GAZA CITY (AA): Four Palestinians were killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. In a statement, ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said two Palestinians were recovered from under the rubble of a Hamas post struck by Israeli warplanes south of Gaza […]

8th Dec 2017

Palestine: Islamic institutions warn of ‘Judaization’ of Jerusalem

By Abdel-Raouf Arnaout JERUSALEM (AA): Islamic institutions based in Jerusalem on Thursday warned of the potentially dire implications of the U.S. decision to recognize the city as Israel’s capital. “We warn against the exploitation of this decision by the Israeli occupation and extremist Jewish groups to advance their plans as they pertain to the […]

7th Dec 2017

US President Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as capital of Israel condemned

(AA): The US formally recognised Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday brushing aside broad-based international opposition. Under Geneva Convention, Jerusalem is considered as an occupied territory and so it is illegal to consider it as capital of its occupied, Israel. France “does not approve” the U.S’ “regrettable” move in recognizing Jerusalem as the […]

4th Dec 2017

US plan to move embassy to occupied Jerusalem ‘danger’ to peace

By Qays Abu Samra, Mahmut Geldi and Afra Aksoy RAMALLAH/GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas on Sunday warned against U.S. plans to relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying that such a move would jeopardize the future of the political process in the region. His remarks came amid recent […]

20th Nov 2017

Palestine: Israel killed 14 Palestinian children in 2017

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces have killed 14 Palestinian children in the West Bank and Gaza Strip since the start of this year, according to a Palestinian statistics agency. In a statement on Sunday, the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said Israeli forces had killed 35 children in 2016. […]

19th Nov 2017

Palestine to cut all communication with US

By Eshat Firat RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestine has threatened to cut off “all communication” with the U.S. over its warning to close the Washington offices of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In a video, Saib Ureykat, PLO Secretary General said: “Palestine administration will cut off all communication with the U.S. in case that PLO […]

12th Nov 2017

Weekly Report on Israeli human rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR): Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (02– 08 November 2017) Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Two Palestinian civilians were wounded in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces continued to target the Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip […]

4th Nov 2017

Palestine: Israeli army attacks West Bank anti-settlement rally

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): The Israeli army on Friday dispersed several anti-settlement rallies staged by Palestinian youth in the occupied West Bank. “Army troops used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse weekly anti-settlement protests,” the Palestinian Popular Resistance Committees (PRCs), which organize the weekly demonstrations, said in a statement. According to […]

3rd Nov 2017

Palestinians decry 100-year-old Balfour Declaration, ask for compensation from UK

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets across the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday to mark the passage of 100 years since the Balfour Declaration, which laid the groundwork for Israel’s establishment — and their displacement — in 1948. Protest marches were held in the West Bank cities of Ramallah, Nablus, […]

3rd Nov 2017

Arab capitals protest Balfour Declaration centennial

By Wassim Seifeddine, Yosra Ouanes and Laith Juneidi BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA): Several Arab countries on Thursday saw large protests marking the centennial of the Balfour Declaration, which paved the way for Israel’s establishment in 1948. In Lebanon, the Palestinian Alliance of Forces held a sit-in protest outside the office of the UN Economic and […]

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