JERUSALEM (AA) – The Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed a new controversial law that allows the deportation of family members of Palestinians involved in “attacks against Israelis.” The bill was approved in the second and third readings by 61-41 votes, making it an effective law. The legislation is widely seen to be targeting Ara...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian resistance group Hamas has warned that the Israeli government plans to bring in illegal settlers and force Palestinians out of their villages in the occupied West Bank. Senior Hamas figure Mahmoud Mardawi, in an official statement, said: “We warn of the grave danger posed by the plans led [&hel...
GENEVA (AA) – The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says that more than 14 million people, including those internally displaced and those who crossed borders, are on the move in conflict-torn Sudan. Eleven million are internally displaced within the country, while 3.1 million are those who have crossed borders, Director-Gene...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US has rejected the idea of mass displacements of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank after hawkish Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz called for the “temporary evacuation” of Palestinian civilians to carry out an operation. “We reject the idea of mass displacements of Palestinians in the West...
ANKARA / GENEVA (AA) – Israeli foreign minister’s call to forcibly displace people from the West Bank is “completely unacceptable,” the EU foreign policy chief said on Thursday. Before attending the informal meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels, Josep Borrell told reporters that UN’s Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordina...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Approximately 100,000 displaced Palestinians in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah city in Gaza have no place to seek refuge from Israeli forces’ bombardment, as Israel destroyed 20 shelter centers over the last two days after issuing evacuation orders, the city municipality has said. In a brief statement, the ...
ANKARA (AA) – The Israeli army has issued new evacuation orders for residents in several areas of central and southern Gaza Strip, which were previously designated as “humanitarian safe zones.” Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee announced that residents of Blocks 89-2356 in the neighborhoods of east Deir al-Balah and those in the neig...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinians in the ravaged Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City face immense difficulties trying to survive amid a lack of basic services, food shortages, a water crisis and infrastructure destruction as the Israeli onslaught enters its 10th month. Abu Mohammad Hajila, 44, sits on the rubble of a destro...
Occupied Palestinian Territories — AFP The Israeli military issued new evacuation orders for residents of southern Gaza’s Khan Yunis city on Saturday, after warning of new operations. The United Nations said more than 180,000 Palestinians have already fled fierce fighting in Khan Yunis since the military began an operation in the a...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has yet again ordered Palestinians living in the eastern neighborhoods of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, to evacuate immediately, despite earlier claims that the area was a humanitarian safe zone. Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee claimed in a statement that “the presence of multiple...
