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By Mohammad Tareq ANKARA , Turkey (AA): The UN on Wednesday accused Israel of causing the displacement of Palestinians living in a Bedouin community in the occupied West Bank. In a report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said around 100 Palestinians were forced to leave the Ras At-Teen Bedouin community […]

12th Feb 2022

Palestine: Israeli forces injure 80 Palestinians in anti-settlement rallies

By Awad al-Rujoub RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): At least 80 Palestinians sustained injuries on Friday as Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and tear gas shells to disperse rallies in different areas in the occupied West Bank. In a statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society and field activists said medical teams treated 80 Palestinians in protests […]

10th Jul 2021

Palestine: 93 of Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in West Bank

By Mustafa Deveci RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) : The number of Palestinians injured Friday climbed to 93 as Israeli forces used live and rubber-coated metal bullets and tear gas to disperse demonstrators against illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. A mosque near Jenin was attacked by Israeli soliders. The Palestinian Red Crescent said 23 […]

3rd Jul 2021

Palestine: 135 Palestinians injured by Israeli forces in West Bank

By Mustafa Deveci JERUSALEM (AA): 135 Palestinians were injured Friday when tear gas was thrown at protesters by Israeli forces in the northern occupied West Bank. Palestinians held demonstrations against illegal Jewish settlements in different parts of the West Bank, especially in Beita in Nablus and the village of Beit Dajan. Israeli forces intervened […]

18th Oct 2020

Palestine: Israel built over 12,000 illegal settlement units in 2020

By Lubaba Zouqan RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israel has approved the construction of 12,159 illegal settlement units in the occupied West Bank this year, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said Saturday. On Thursday, the Israeli government approved a plan to build 3,212 new units in the Jewish-only settlements in the West Bank. “The [Israeli] move […]

1st Jul 2020

Palestine: Illegal Israeli settlements being built in West Bank

By Cagri Kosak RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) : Jewish settlers began building illegal settlements Tuesday in the south of the occupied West Bank after seizing Palestinian lands. Eyewitnesses said a large number of settlers raided the northern part of Halhul village in Hebron. The invaded lands are in small hill area, known as Tallat al-Jomjoma, […]

24th Jan 2020

Palestine warns Israel, US over ‘Deal of Century’

By Hamdi Yildiz RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestine’s leadership vowed Thursday not to recognize any Middle East peace plan it had previously rejected, warning the U.S. and Israel against announcing such a deal. Nabil Abu Rudeinah, the spokesperson of the Palestinian Presidency, said in a statement that the Palestinian leadership will reject any steps by […]

5th Nov 2019

Palestine: Israel issues 16 orders to annex Palestinian land

By Qais Abu Samra RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli authorities have issued 16 confiscation orders for Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank over the past three days, a Palestinian official said Monday. “The confiscations aim to create a fait accompli in the West Bank,” Walid Assaf, the head of the National Committee to Resist […]

1st Aug 2019

Palestine: Israel to build 6,000 illegal settlement homes for Jews in West Bank

JERUSALEM (AA): Israel’s security cabinet has approved a plan to build 6,000 illegal settlement homes for Jews in Area C of the occupied West Bank, according to Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper on Wednesday. All cabinet members voted in favor of the plan proposed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a meeting Tuesday night. The meeting […]

7th Apr 2019

Palestine: Netanyahu vows to annex West Bank after Israeli polls

JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to annex the occupied West Bank if he wins the general election slated for April 9. “We will ensure that we are in charge on the ground. And we will impose sovereignty over the settlements in Judea and Samaria [West Bank],” he said in an interview with […]

12th Mar 2019

Palestine: Israel to construct 23,000 illegal buildings in East Jerusalem

By Afra Aksoy and Hamdi Yildiz JERUSALEM (AA): Israel will construct more than 20,000 new illegal houses in occupied East Jerusalem in the next five years, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “We signed an agreement in the framework of construction of 23,000 new housing units in Jerusalem with an investment […]

27th Dec 2018

Palestine: Israel approve Jewish-only West Bank illegal housing units

JERUSALEM (AA): The Israeli authorities on Wednesday announced plans to build illegal hundreds of new Jewish-only housing units in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media reports. According to the Times of Israel website, a Defense Ministry-appointed committee responsible for authorizing settlement construction has announced plans to build almost 1,300 new West Bank housing […]

24th Nov 2018

Palestine: Jewish settlers raid Palestinian village in West Bank

By Qais Abu Samra NABLUS, Palestine (AA): Extremist Jewish settlers on Friday raided a Palestinian village in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where they vandalized several vehicles, according to a Palestinian official. Ghassan Daghlas, head of the settlement file at the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority, told Anadolu Agency by phone that a group of settlers had […]

1st Jun 2018

Palestine: Israel approves 1,500 new West Bank illegal Jewish settlement units

JERUSALEM (AA): The Israeli authorities late Wednesday approved construction of hundreds of new settlement units in the West Bank, Israeli media has reported. According to the Walla news website, Israel’s Supreme Planning Council on Wednesday approved the construction of 1,500 new housing units throughout the Israeli-occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. It went on to […]

31st May 2018

Palestine: Israeli gov’t approves new West Bank illegal settlement units

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli government on Wednesday approved construction of 450 new Jewish-only illegal settlement units in the occupied West Bank. According to Israel’s Channel 7, the government’s planning and building committee approved construction of the new housing units in the Gush Etzion settlement bloc south of Jerusalem. The new units will […]

9th Feb 2017

Palestine: Israel approves new illegal settlement units in West Bank

By Anees Suheil Barghoti RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Israeli authorities late Wednesday approved the construction of hundreds of new Jewish settlement units in Israeli-occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported. According to Israeli Walla news site the Israeli civil administration’s supreme committee approved 1,162 new units in various areas in the West Bank. “As part of […]

18th Mar 2016

Palestine: Israeli army kills two Palestinians in West Bank

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH, (AA): Two Palestinians were shot dead by the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank following an alleged stabbing attack, the Israeli army said. The head of Beit Fajjar Municipality, south of Bethlehem, said the two Palestinians have been identified as Ali Jamal Mohammad Taqatqa, 19, and Ali Abdul-Rahman al-Kar […]

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