GENEVA (AA) – A UN report Friday urged accountability and justice for severe violations of armed conflict laws and other gross human rights violations committed by all parties in the Gaza Strip, West Bank, including East Jerusalem and Israel. The UN Human Rights Office report covers the year leading up to Oct. 31, 2023. “The [&hell...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Hamas hailed a shooting attack on Thursday that killed one Israeli and injured 11 others near occupied East Jerusalem as a “normal response to Israeli massacres” in the Gaza Strip and West Bank. According to Israeli police, three Palestinians opened fire near the settlement of Maale Adumim early Thursday. The three were [&helli...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States on Wednesday rebuked Israel for demolishing the home of a Palestinian activist in east Jerusalem, saying its ally was damaging its own standing. The unusually forceful US condemnation of Israeli actions came hours after Fakhri Abu Diab, a campaigner against demolitions, said that dozens o...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian child was shot dead by Israeli police in occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, according to the official news agency Wafa. Wafa, citing eyewitnesses, said Wadee’ Oweisat, 14, was killed at an Israeli military checkpoint near the town of Al-Eizariya. Palestinians shared a video on social media s...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army demolished 58 Palestinian structures in the occupied West Bank in January, said a local organization on Sunday. “The demolished structures included 22 inhabited houses and 16 agricultural facilities,” the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission said in a statement. It said most of the demolitions...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN human rights office has warned of a “rapidly deteriorating” human rights situation in the occupied West Bank. In its flash report, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Israel to “end unlawful killings and settler violence” against the Palestinian population. “...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has issued three tenders for building 1,839 illegal settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem, according to an Israeli rights group. In a statement, Ir Amim organization said 500 units will be built in the Mount Scopus settlement, 1,039 in French Hill, or Givat Shapira, settlement, and 300 others in East Talpiot [&hel...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An illegal Israeli settler hung a “donkey’s head” on a grave in a Muslim cemetery in the occupied East Jerusalem. “A settler stormed the Bab al-Rahma cemetery and hung a ‘donkey’s head’ on a grave there,” the Jerusalem governor’s office said in a statement. Palestinian activists shared images and footage showing the [&he...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police fired sound bombs and tear gas at Palestinians in East Jerusalem to prevent them from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Friday prayers. In a statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its crews “dealt with two injuries due to beating by the Israeli police in Bab al-Amoud and […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli forces have arrested another seven Palestinians from the Wadi al-Joz neighborhood in the occupied East Jerusalem. A joint force of Israeli police and the border police arrested seven Palestinians from Wadi al-Joz for “throwing rocks at Israeli forces”. Eyewitnesses, however, reported that the Israeli police...
