WASHINGTON (AA) – A total of 1,264 Palestinians are currently held by Israel in administrative detention, UN special coordinator for the Middle East, Tor Wennesland, said Wednesday. The number, according to the UN envoy, is the highest in over a decade. “Israeli security forces carried out 1,042 search-and-arrest operations in the West B...
Erez, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel on Thursday allowed Palestinian workers to cross from Gaza for the first time in two weeks through the Erez crossing, following violent protests that rocked the blockaded enclave. The Israeli authorities had initially closed off the transit route, the only gateway for pedestrians from the Gaza S...
TORONTO (AA) – The UN will continue to advocate for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in all their contacts, spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Wednesday. Dujarric was speaking at a daily press conference, where he was asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s presenting of a map of “a new Midd...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Israel on Tuesday said its forces bombed three military observation posts belonging to the Hamas movement in eastern Gaza Strip. The Israeli army said in a statement on X that it struck with a drone two military posts in the areas of Bureij and Jabalya. In a separate post, it […]
ANKARA (AA) – Preparations are underway for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Türkiye, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, as it might take place in October or November. “The Turkish Foreign Ministry continues to work on the date of the visit. I think Netanyahu’s visit to Türkiye … will be paid i...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories — AFP A Saudi envoy on a rare visit to the Israeli occupied West Bank has pledged that the Palestinian cause will be “a cornerstone” of any normalisation deal the oil-rich kingdom may strike with Israel. The delegation headed by Nayef al-Sudairi was Saudi Arabia’s first in three decades...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Saudi Arabia has called for a just solution to the Palestinian cause to guarantee security in the Middle East region. “The security of the Middle East region necessitates the expedited pursuit of a just and comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue,” Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan said in a speech to […]...
TULKAREM (AA) — Israeli forces killed two Palestinians on Sunday in a raid on the Nur Shams Refugee Camp in the occupied West Bank. Local hospital officials said the Palestinians lost their lives during the raid which eyewitnesses said the Israeli army carried out on the camp in the city of Tulkarem from various points. […]
United Nations, United States – AFP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations on Friday that his country is on the “cusp” of establishing relations with Saudi Arabia and said the Palestinians would not get a “veto.” Netanyahu said agreements in 2020 to normalize relations with three other A...
JENIN CITY, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian was killed by the Israeli forces near Jenin city, northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Friday. In a statement, the Ministry said that the Palestinian was killed by live bullets in the town of Kafr Dan on Friday. This came as Israeli forces raided […]
