An Israeli settler stabbed and killed a young Palestinian man on Tuesday night in the city of Salfit in the northern West Bank. One of the Israelis stabbed Hassan Harb squarely in the heart, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said in a statement. This scenario is extremely perilous and constitutes an open war against the … Read more
Documenta had been dogged by controversy for months due to the inclusion of a Palestinian artists’ collective critical of Israel’s occupation. One of the works on display by the Indonesian art group Taring Padi drew criticism for depictions that both the German government and Jewish groups deemed excessive. Documenta, held in the German city of … Read more
Nabil Ghanem, 53, of the West Bank city of Nablus, was identified as the victim by the Palestinian health ministry. Tens of thousands of West Bank Palestinians seek work in Israel on a regular basis. Israeli army spokesperson said forces had shot at “a suspect who vandalized the security fence”. An Israeli soldier shot and killed … Read more
A Palestinian reporter working for an Iranian news agency was temporarily seized, beaten and threatened by Palestinian gunmen. Samer Khuaira had covered the violent dispersal of a student rally in the West Bank earlier this week. He identified one of his captors as a member of the security forces. A Palestinian reporter working for an … Read more
US President Joe Biden will visit Israel, the Palestinian West Bank, and S.Arabia. A priority for Biden will be maintaining the recently extended truce in Yemen. The most closely watched meeting will be between Biden and MBS. US President Joe Biden will make history next month, by flying directly between Israel and Saudi Arabia to … Read more
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Qatar’s foreign minister on Monday to discuss Iran’s challenges. The necessity of international support for Ukraine was also highlighted, US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Qatar’s foreign minister on Monday to address a range of problems, including Iran’s … Read more
Israel signed its first-ever free trade agreement with an Arab country United Arab Emirates on Tuesday. The agreement is the latest step in a US-brokered effort to normalise relations between Israel and the Arab world, which has pushed to isolate Israel for decades over its occupation of Palestinian land. The UAE was the first Gulf … Read more
An Al Jazeera journalist killed in the occupied West Bank earlier this month was murdered by an Israeli soldier in a “war crime”, the official Palestinian investigation concluded Thursday. The Palestinian Authority (PA) and Al Jazeera have blamed Israeli forces for Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing on the morning of May 11, when she was covering … Read more
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Monday that Turkey’s diplomatic thaw with Israel will benefit Palestinians, in his first visit to Israel in 15 years. Cavusoglu was in Jerusalem on Tuesday to meet with Palestinian authorities in the occupied West Bank as Turkey and Israel work to repair ties that had deteriorated since an Israeli military … Read more
Six Palestinian convicts were sentenced to five years in jail on Sunday by an Israeli court for burrowing out of their cell last year and escaping from a high-security facility in the largest prison escape in decades. The prisonbreak triggered a large manhunt throughout the country’s north and the occupied West Bank to find the … Read more
Israeli soldier shot and killed a Palestinian teenager during an army operation in Jenin, West Bank, on Saturday, the Palestinian health ministry said. “A 17-year-old boy was killed and an 18-year-old was critically wounded by the Israeli occupation’s bullets during its aggression on Jenin,” the ministry stated in a statement. The adolescent was named Amjad … Read more
The Catholic archbishop in Jerusalem condemned Israel’s “police invasion” of a Christian hospital last week, just days before the funeral of dead Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh. During an Israeli army raid in the West Bank, the seasoned journalist was shot and killed. Palestinians and a television network said she was killed by Israeli troops, … Read more
Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist of the Al Jazeera network, was killed Wednesday while covering an Israeli army raid on the occupied West Bank. The Qatar-based TV channel claimed that Israeli forces shot Abu Akleh, 51, in the head deliberately and “in cold blood” during the unrest in the Jenin refugee camp. Israel’s Prime Minister … Read more
On Sunday, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian in the West Bank and wounded another who stabbed a police officer in Jerusalem, only hours after two Palestinians were arrested for axing three Israelis to death. Since late March, dozens of people have been killed in a wave of violence that includes Palestinian and Arab-Israeli attackers. In … Read more
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi during a brief visit to Tehran on Sunday, Iranian state television said. “Assad has left Iran for Damascus after meeting separately with the supreme leader” and the president, the report said. Iran is a major ally of Assad, backing him alongside Russia in Syria’s … Read more
The home of a Palestinian accused of killing an Israeli settler last year was demolished by Israeli authorities on Saturday, provoking tensions. According to an Israeli army statement, explosives demolished Omar Jaradat’s dwelling in Silat al-Harithiya hamlet, near the flashpoint town of Jenin in the northern occupied West Bank. Palestinians threw stones and firebombs at … Read more
Israeli security forces strengthened their presence within the occupied West Bank on Saturday and made arrests after the killing of defense at a Jewish settlement. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, one of the essential militant groups present in the West Bank, claimed responsibility for the murder which — along with the killing of a Palestinian, introduced a lethal … Read more
Following the death of a guard at a Jewish settlement, Israeli security forces increased their presence in the occupied West Bank on Saturday and made arrests. The Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade, one of the most powerful militant organizations in the West Bank, claimed responsibility for the assassination, which came at the end of a bloody Friday … Read more
A Palestinian was killed Tuesday when Israeli police invaded a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank in a “counter-terrorism” operation that provoked violent protests. The fatal shooting was the latest in a surge of violence in the West Bank and Israel this month when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and the Jewish holiday … Read more
A Palestinian turned killed Tuesday while Israeli forces stormed a refugee camp within the occupied West Bank in what the army referred to as a “counter-terrorism” operation that sparked violent riots. The deadly taking pictures was the trendy in wave of bloodshed inside the West Bank and Israel as the Muslim holy month of Ramadan … Read more
A stone statuette over 4,500 years antique depicting the face of an ancient goddess turned into located inside the southern Gaza Strip, the archaeological government in the Palestinian enclave introduced Monday. Carved out of limestone and 22 centimeters lengthy, the 2500 BC statuette became discovered by using a farmer operating his land in Khan Younis, … Read more
The United Nations voiced deep difficulty at the worsening violence between Israel and the Palestinians, as clashes erupted once more at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound on Friday. “We are deeply involved via the escalating violence in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel during the last month,” said Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN Office … Read more
Gaza City, Palestinian: Witnesses and members of the ruling Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip say Israel launched early Tuesday morning strikes in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave into Israel. Witnesses report that Israeli planes bombed the southern Gaza Strip, and Hamas’ armed wing claims responsibility for the attack. In a … Read more
Clashes between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli police wounded ten protesters on Sunday morning in and around Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, the website of the main clashes days earlier. Early on Sunday morning, “masses” of Palestinian demonstrators commenced amassing piles of stones, shortly before the advent of Jewish traffic to the site, the police stated. … Read more
Former Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi condemned the Israeli troops’ brutality against Palestinians at Masjid Al Aqsa and the challenges that Muslims face in India on Friday. On Friday, Israeli riot police entered Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, injuring at least 152 Palestinians, the latest breakout in a recent spike of violence that has stoked worries of a … Read more
On Friday morning, Palestinian protesters and Israeli police clashed at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound. “Seven injured people were taken to hospital to be treated for upper body injuries,” a Palestinian Red Crescent member told AFP. Witnesses said Palestinian protestors threw stones at Israeli security forces, who responded with rubber bullets. Al-Aqsa is a Muslim holy site. … Read more
Israeli police and the Shin Bet internal security service Thursday said they had captured a Palestinian asserted Islamic State ally blamed for two lethal blade assaults in the beyond three years. Wassim Isaid, 34, from Hebron in the occupied West Bank, has been held since last month and an prosecutor’s assertion was documented against him … Read more
Fresh clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants rocked the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday as a Palestinian was killed after stabbing an Israeli police officer, adding to a surging death toll. Israeli troops launched a fourth day of military operations around Jenin after an assailant from the flashpoint district last week shot … Read more
