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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 […]

2nd Nov 2017

Palestine: Gaza handover 1st phase of reconciliation: Hamas chief

By Nour Abu Aisha GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh described Wednesday’s handover of the Gaza Strip’s border crossings to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as “the first phase of inter-Palestinian reconciliation”. In an address delivered in Gaza City, Haniyeh stressed that Hamas had handed over responsibility for the enclave’s borders “without bargaining […]

26th Oct 2017

Palestinian teens mistreated by Israeli police as Israeli rights groups

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Young Palestinian Jerusalemites detained by Israeli police are made vulnerable by late-night arrests, lengthy interrogations and a lack of access to their parents or lawyers, Israeli rights groups said in a statement on Wednesday. Palestinian teens “find themselves in a threatening and bewildering situation” because they often do not […]

24th Oct 2017

Palestine: Gazans demand release of loved ones jailed by Israel

By Mohamed Majid GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Dozens of Palestinians staged a rally outside the Gaza City office of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Monday to demand the release of loved ones imprisoned by the Israeli authorities. Meanwhile, Israeli police rounded up 51 Palestinians in an occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood […]

19th Oct 2017

Palestine: Israel detains 2 Palestinian journalists, bringing number in prison to 24

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli forces on Wednesday detained two Palestinian journalists in the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of Palestinian reporters now languishing in Israeli prisons to 24, according to a Palestinian NGO. In a statement, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said that Israeli security personnel had detained two […]

13th Oct 2017

Egypt: Hamas, Fatah pen landmark reconciliation deal in Cairo

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah on Thursday signed a landmark reconciliation agreement in Cairo. “The two sides agreed in principle to allow the legitimate Palestinian government to return to Gaza in accordance with [Palestinian] law,” Azzam al-Ahmad, who led Fatah’s delegation at the Cairo talks, said at a news conference. […]

12th Oct 2017

Palestine: Agreement reached between Hamas & Fatah

By Yaser al-Banna, Ali Abo Rezeg GAZA CITY (AA): Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have reached an agreement after talks held since Tuesday in the Egyptian capital of Cairo. “Ismail Haniyeh [Hamas chief] has just announced that an agreement was reached dawn on Thursday between Fatah and Hamas movements under Egyptian auspices,” Taher […]

11th Oct 2017

Palestine: Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque complex for ‘Sukkot’

JERUSALEM (AA): Hundreds of Jewish settlers on Tuesday forced their way into Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to mark the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a Palestinian official said. Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman for the Jordan-run Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, which is responsible for overseeing the city’s Islamic sites, said a total of 537 settlers, backed by […]

6th Oct 2017

Palestine: Palestinian PM leaves Gaza after landmark 3-day visit

By Mohamed Majed and Hani al-Shaer GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Thursday afternoon returned to the West Bank city of Ramallah following a landmark three-day visit to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. Before departing the blockaded coastal enclave, Hamdallah visited Gaza City’s Dar al-Shifa Hospital, the territory’s largest medical facility, to […]

2nd Oct 2017

Palestine: Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in Palestine

{The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)}: Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory(oPt) (20 – 27 September 2017) An armed Palestinian was killed at the entrance to “Har Adar” settlement, northwest of Jerusalem. A Palestinian civilian wounded during Kafer Qaddoum weekly protest, northeast of Qalqiliya. Israeli forces conducted 85 incursions […]

22nd Sep 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 (14- 19 September 2017): Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Seven Palestinian civilians, including a child , were wounded in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Israeli forces […]

18th Sep 2017

Weekly Report on Israeli Human Rights violations in Occupied Palestinian Territory

Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (30 August – 13 September 2017) Israeli forces continue systematic crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) A Palestinian civilian from al-Dheishah refugee camp, south of Bethlehem, succumbed to his wounds. 10 Palestinian civilians, including 2 children, were wounded in the West Bank […]

11th Aug 2017

Palestinians decry annulment of Jerusalem residence permits

By Mohammed Majid GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Gaza’s Ministry of Awqaf (religious endowments) has condemned Israel’s decision to annul residence permits for thousands of Jerusalem’s Palestinian residents. “Israel has abruptly canceled residence permits for 14,595 Palestinians in Jerusalem,” the Hamas-run ministry said in a statement released late Wednesday. “The Israeli authorities continue to escalate […]

8th Aug 2017

Palestine: Israel detained 880 Palestinians in July: NGOs

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces rounded up 880 Palestinians last month, according to Palestinian NGOs. In a statement on Tuesday, the Palestinian Prisoners Club said 144 children and 18 women were among those detained in July. “A total of 425 residents of Jerusalem were among those arrested last month,” […]

29th Jul 2017

Palestine: Israeli army kills Palestinian teenager on Gaza border

By Nour Abu Aisha GAZA STRIP, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian teenager was killed and another six injured Friday evening during clashes between protesters and Israeli soldiers on the borders of Gaza, according to a Palestinian official. Israeli soldiers shot dead Abdel Rahman Abu Hamaisa, 16, on the eastern border of al-Bureij refugee camp in […]

28th Jul 2017

Palestine: 1 Palestinian succumbs to wounds from Al-Aqsa clashes

By Aness Suheil Barghoti, Kaamil Ahmed and Enes Canli JERUSALEM (AA):- One Palestinian on Thursday succumbed to injuries received earlier this week in clashes with Israeli forces around Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, Palestine’s Health Ministry announced. The death added to the casualties around the holy site, as three Palestinians were killed last Friday protesting the measures […]

26th Jul 2017

Palestine: Israeli police wound Palestinians near Al-Aqsa Mosque

By Turgut Alp Boyraz JERUSALEM (AA): At least 13 Palestinians were wounded late Tuesday when Israeli police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at worshippers near the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, in East Jerusalem, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. Worshippers were performing the night prayer when police intervened at one of the mosque gates, […]

23rd Jul 2017

Palestine: Israel seals Palestinian village, another Palestinian dies by Israeli shooting

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces on Saturday slapped a siege around the hometown of a Palestinian man, who allegedly killed three Jewish settlers in a nearby settlement. Meanwhile, Israeli forces shot at least two Palestinians with live bullets, critically injuring one, in the town of al-Eizariya in the district of Jerusalem during clashes there […]

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