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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 […]

2nd Sep 2016

Palestine: Plans for 463 illegal settlement housing units advanced in W Bank

IMEMC News & Agencies: Israel’s Civil Administration recently approved the advancement of plans for 463 new illegal housing units in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, on Wednesday, Israeli NGO Peace Now reported, according to Ma’an. Peace Now said that the Civil Administration’s High Planning Committee validated plans for 20 housing units in the […]

27th Aug 2016

Palestine: Israeli forces kill Palestinian, 336 killed since Oct

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH, (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead Friday after approaching a group of Israeli soldiers in Israeli-occupied West Bank. According to Israeli media, unarmed Palestinian was killed after he approached an Israeli checkpoint at the entrance of Silwad village northeast of Ramallah city. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency the Israeli army […]

24th Aug 2016

Palestine: 5 Palestinians injured in Israeli raid in Bethlehem

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH, (AA): Five Palestinians were injured early Tuesday when Israeli forces raided a number of shops in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. According to eyewitnesses, Israeli forces confiscated lathing and blacksmith machines from several shops in Bethlehem and the northern Doha town on claims they were being used to manufacture […]

22nd Aug 2016

Palestine: Israeli warplanes carry out 50 strikes in Gaza, 5 injured

By Anees Bargouthi GAZA CITY, (AA): Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Sunday, shortly after a rocket was fired into southern Israel. The Israeli military said in a statement that a rocket hit the southern city of Sderot from the Palestinian territory. “In response to the attack, the Israeli air […]

17th Aug 2016

Palestine: Palestinian killed, dozens injured in W. Bank clashes

By Anees Bagouthi HEBRON, (AA): A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes that erupted in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Tuesday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. “Mohamed Abu Hashhash, 17, was killed after being struck in the chest by a bullet fired by an Israeli sniper during clashes that […]

14th Aug 2016

Palestine: 300 Israelis storm Al-Aqsa complex on Jewish holiday

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Hundreds of hardline Israelis stormed East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound and several were arrested during a Jewish religious festival on Sunday. Around 300 Jews visited the flashpoint compound, according to Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld, who said seven were arrested for chanting or deviating from a route set by […]

12th Aug 2016

Palestine: Israeli humanrights violations in occupied territories

Imemc: PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (04– 10 August 2016): Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt) continued during the reporting period (04 – 10 August 2016). Shooting: Israeli forces have continued to commit crimes, inflicting civilian casualties. They have […]

10th Aug 2016

Palestine: Israel arrests UN aid worker for alleged Hamas links

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has arrested a U.N. aid worker in the blockaded Gaza Strip, accusing him of supporting Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, Israel’s Shin Bet intelligence agency announced Tuesday. The arrest of Waheed Borsh, an engineer for the United Nations Development Project (UNDP), follows last week’s indictment of Mohammad al-Halabi, […]

4th Aug 2016

US grilled for inaction over Israeli illegal settlement

By Esra Kaymak Avci WASHINGTON (AA): The State Department was grilled by reporters Wednesday for not going beyond condemning and taking proper action against Israel’s illegal settlement activities in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem. A reporter asked the State Department spokesman Mark Toner what the U.S. would do to “make good on its expression of displeasure” […]

2nd Aug 2016

Palestine: 27 Palestinians rounded up by Israel in W Bank raids

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): At least 27 Palestinians have been detained for alleged “illegal activity” in overnight raids carried out by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli military announced Monday. According to an Israeli military spokesperson, 10 of the 27 were picked up in the town of Dura, located roughly […]

2nd Aug 2016

Palestine: Freedom or death, Palestinian hunger-striker declares

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Bilal Kayed, a Palestinian prisoner detained by the Israeli authorities without charge, has vowed to continue his hunger-strike — now in its 48th day — and refused to undergo medical examinations unless released. “Mr. Kayed has stated that he would rather die of starvation than give up his rights […]

1st Aug 2016

Palestine: Palestinian shot dead in alleged stabbing

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian was shot dead on Sunday after he allegedly attempted to stab Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, the Israeli military said in a statement. “An assailant armed with a knife exited his vehicle and charged soldiers at the entrance to Nablus. Forces thwarted the attempted stabbing attack […]

28th Jul 2016

Palestine: Israel issues tenders for occupied E Jerusalem settlement units

By Anees Bargouthi JERUSALEM (AA): The Israeli government has issued tenders for the construction of 323 new housing units for Jewish settlers in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, the Israeli media reported Wednesday. According to Israeli Radio, the plan includes 130 new housing units in the Jewish-only Har Homa settlement and another 89 units in the […]

21st Jul 2016

Palestine: Israeli army guns down Palestinian teen in West Bank

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH (AA) – A Palestinian teen was gunned down on Tuesday night by the Israeli army during clashes in the occupied West Bank. Muhey al-Tabakhi, 12, died after a rubber bullet fired by Israeli forces struck his chest during clashes in the central town of al-Ram, the Palestinian Health Ministry said […]

18th Jul 2016

Palestine: Palestinian child sentenced to 6.5-year sentence

IMEMC News: A 14-year old Palestinian boy was sentenced Sunday to 6.5 years in prison for allegedly attacking an Israeli security guard in Jerusalem last November. Moawiya Alqam was accused of trying to stab an Israeli security guard at the entrance to the illegal Israeli settlement of Pisgat Ze’ev, along with his 12-year old cousin […]

15th Jul 2016

Palestine: Israeli human rights violations 30 June to 13 July

PCHR Report on Israeli Human Rights Violations in the oPt (30 June – 13 July 2016): Israeli violations of international law and international humanitarian law in the occupied Palestinian territories continued during the reporting period (30 June – 13 July 2016). Shooting: Israeli forces have continued to commit crimes, inflicting civilian casualties. They have also […]

12th Jul 2016

Palestine: Tony Blair held talks with Hamas one month ago

By Alaa Rimawi JERUSALEM (AA): Former “quartet” envoy and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair held talks with Hamas one month ago regarding the situation in the blockaded Gaza Strip, a source close to the Palestinian resistance group told Anadolu Agency on Monday. “Blair spoke with Hamas about the possibility of reaching a formula on […]

7th Jul 2016

Palestinian president slams ‘quartet’ report

By Anees Bargouthi RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday slammed a recent report issued by the Middle East “quartet” (comprised of the U.S., the UN, the EU and Russia) on the moribund Palestine-Israel peace process. “The report… does not fulfill its mission nor will it lead to peace,” Abbas said after […]

3rd Jul 2016

Palestine: Israel approves 42 new settlement units in W Bank

By Anees Bargouthi JERUSALEM (AA): In the wake a fatal stabbing of a local teenager, Israeli authorities on Saturday approved the construction of new settlement units in southern Israel-occupied West Bank, Israeli media reported. According to Israeli Channel 10, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman approved the construction of 42 […]

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