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By Anees Barghouti JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces Tuesday for allegedly attempting to stab an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, the Israeli police said. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said a Palestinian wielding a knife had approached security guards at the Qalandia checkpoint near Jerusalem. “The Israeli forces […]

20th Nov 2016

Palestine: 350 Palestinian minors languishing in Israeli jails

By Anees Barghothi RAMALLAH, (AA): A it least 350 Palestinian children are languishingn Israeli jails, a local Palestinian NGO said Saturday. “Israeli authorities are holding 350 Palestinian children aged between 12 and 18,” the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement on the occasion of the UN Universal Children’s Day. It said twelve females […]

4th Nov 2016

Palestine: Israeli army kills Palestinian ‘assailant’

By Anees Barghouti RAMALLAH, (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead after he allegedly tried to stab an Israeli soldier in the West Bank, according to the Israeli military Thursday. A Palestinian “assailant” attempted to stab an Israeli soldier at the entrance of Ofra, the statement said, adding “Israeli forces at the scene shot […]

2nd Nov 2016

Palestine: Israel razes Muslim graves in East Jerusalem cemetery

By Anees Barghouthi JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli authorities on Tuesday demolished several graves in occupied East Jerusalem’s historical Bab al-Rahmeh cemetery east of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to a Palestinian official. “Personnel from the so-called ‘Israeli Nature Authority’ — backed by large numbers of Israeli forces — stormed the historical Bab al-Rahmeh cemetery and knocked […]

31st Oct 2016

Palestinian killed after 3 Israeli police officers hurt

By Abdurrauf Arnavut JERUSALEM, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian man was killed in the southern West Bank on Sunday evening after allegedly wounding three Israeli police officers, according to Israel’s Channel 2. Israeli police spokeswoman Luba Samri said in a written statement that the man was shot after he attempted to run over three Israeli […]

27th Oct 2016

Palestine: Palestinian dies after being run over by Israeli settler

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, (AA): A Palestinian man died Wednesday evening from wounds sustained after being run over by an Israeli settler the day before, according to Palestinian police. “Mohammed Dawoud, 60, has passed away in Nablus Specialist Hospital in the city of Nablus as he succumbed to his wounds from Tuesday,” said […]

24th Oct 2016

Palestine: Israel arrests 19 in Jerusalem, closes West Bank

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli police have arrested 19 Palestinians during overnight raids in the occupied West Bank as the military closed off the occupied Palestinian territories ahead of a Jewish holiday starting Sunday. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld tweeted that those arrested had been involved in “riots” during the Yom Kippur holiday two […]

20th Oct 2016

Palestine: Hamas slams UN chief over Al-Aqsa resolution

By Ola Atallah GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian group Hamas has criticized UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for distancing himself from a UNESCO resolution denying a Jewish connection to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound. On Tuesday, the UNESCO’s executive board officially adopted a resolution that referred to the Al-Aqsa mosque as a purely Islamic heritage. Ban, […]

19th Oct 2016

Palestine: Majority of Palestinian minors in Israeli custody are ‘tortured’

RAMALLAH (Ma’an): The “overwhelming majority” of Palestinian minors held in Israel’s Megiddo and Ofer prisons have been tortured during their detention and interrogation, the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs said Tuesday, amid a marked increase in the incarceration and mistreatment of Palestinian children by Israel. Lawyer for the committee Luay Ukka said in a statement […]

17th Oct 2016

Palestine: Israeli forces shoot, injure 2 Palestinians in Jenin

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an): Israeli forces reportedly shot and injured two young Palestinians in the village of Qabatiya in the northern occupied West Bank district of Jenin on Sunday, after an Israeli army raid into the town provoked clashes between locals and Israeli soldiers. State-run Palestinians news agency Wafa reported that 18-year-old Ahmad Hamamdeh and 21-year-old Amjad […]

8th Oct 2016

Turkey: Muslim leaders warn Al-Aqsa Mosque ‘is in danger’

By Ilker Girit ISTANBUL (AA): More than 500 Muslim leaders and clerics from 30 countries met in Istanbul on Friday to warn that the Al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site that is located in Jerusalem, was in danger. The religious and political leaders, representing at least 50 civil society organizations and political parties in […]

6th Oct 2016

Israeli navy seizes Gaza-bound aid ship in international waters

By Ola Atallah GAZA CITY, (AA): The Israeli navy seized the Zaytouna-Oliva, a Gaza-bound aid ship, on Wednesday and was towing it towards the Israeli port of Ashdod, according to the initiative’s organizers and reports in the Israeli media. Sondos Ferwana, a spokeswoman for the International Coalition for the Fourth Freedom Flotilla, told Anadolu […]

1st Oct 2016

Palestine: A Palestinian killed in West Bank by Israeli forces

JERUSALEM (AA & The Muslim News): One Palestinian was killed Friday by Israeli police in the West Bank, according to authorities. A 28 year old Palestinian identified as Naseem Abu Mazer, from Kafr Aqab village, was shot and killed Friday night by Israeli troops at the Qalandia checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah, after allegedly pulling […]

25th Sep 2016

Palestine: 1,000 Palestinian minors detained by Israel

By Anees Barghouthi RAMALLAH, (AA): Israeli forces have detained around 1,000 Palestinian minors since the beginning of 2016, a Palestinian committee said Saturday. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s committee on detainees said some of the minors were held under Israel’s administrative detention, a policy under which prisoners can be held for up to one […]

17th Sep 2016

US refuses to address email leaks on Israeli nukes

By Kasim Ileri WASHINGTON (AA) – The State Department on Friday refused to address the existence of Israeli nuclear weapons that were disclosed in emails by former Secretary of State Colin Powell. In a message regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the U.S. Congress last year, Powell wrote that Iran would never […]

16th Sep 2016

Spain: Women’s boats leave Spain to protest Gaza blockade

By Alyssa McMurtry MADRID (AA): An international group of female activists has set sail from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip as part of the latest attempt to end the Israeli blockade. Around 20 women from a range of countries were given a warm farewell by cheering crowds including Barcelona Mayor Ada Colau on Wednesday […]

10th Sep 2016

Israel: Settlements no obstacle to peace: Netanyahu

JERUSALEM / WASHINGTON (AA): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday claimed that Jewish settlements built on occupied Palestinian land in the West Bank did not constitute “obstacles” to an eventual peace settlement with the Palestinians. “I am sure that many of you have heard the claim that the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria […]

11th Sep 2016

Palestinian child killed, ‘run over by Jewish settler’

By Anees Bargouthi BETHLEHEM, (AA): A Palestinian girl was killed Saturday when a Jewish settler ran her over with his vehicle in the southern occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. “A Palestinian was killed after she was run over by a Jewish settler’s car near al-Khader village located near Bethlehem […]

5th Sep 2016

Palestine: Palestinian killed, 3 injured in West Bank

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces on Monday after an alleged attack on soldiers in East Jerusalem while three were injured during raids around the West Bank city of Nablus. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said Mustafa Nimir, 24, was shot dead and a passenger […]

3rd Sep 2016

Saudi Arabia denies hiring Israeli firm to secure pilgrims during hajj

By Hussein Mahmoud CAIRO (AA): The Saudi embassy in Cairo has denied reports about hiring an Israeli firm to make electronic bracelets for millions of pilgrims. An Israeli radio said Riyadh has reached a deal with an Israeli firm to provide electronic bracelets as a way to secure millions of pilgrims during the Muslim […]

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