RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Four Palestinians, including a child, were injured on Sunday by Israeli army gunfire in the city of Nablus and the Shuafat refugee camp, east of Jerusalem, according to Palestinian health authorities. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement that its ambulance crews treated an 18-year-old youth ...
LONDON (AA) – The UK has expressed concern over a recent Israeli conference held in Jerusalem that advocated for the resettlement of Gaza by Israeli Jews. “The UK is alarmed by the conference in Jerusalem calling for the resettlement of Gaza, and that Israeli ministers participated,” said a statement by the UK government. “Th...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Families of Israelis held captive by Hamas in the Gaza Strip stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday to demand a deal to secure their release. “You won’t sit here while they are dying there!” reads a sign held by relatives as they stormed a meeting of the Knesset’s Finance [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army rounded up 60 more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. The arrests took place in several areas in the occupied territory, including Hebron, Bethlehem, Tulkarm, Nablus and Jerusalem, the Commission of Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian P...
JERUSELAM (AA) – Palestinian Christian theater artists in Jerusalem presented a poignant play portraying the birth of Jesus in contemporary Palestine. This year, the Christmas celebrations were marred by the ongoing violence in Gaza perpetrated by Israel. The actors from the Al-Sabil Cultural Center, a Palestinian Christian group, delive...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Grief and desperation have overtaken the Gaza Strip in a season that is usually marked by merriment, as Israel continues its unrelenting attacks on the besieged enclave, where one Palestinian Christian Ibrahim Al-Amash summarized the somber situation by saying: “There is no holiday spirit here in Gaza.” During...
LONDON (AA) – The European Union has expressed concern over controversial Israeli projects in Jerusalem, saying they threaten to permanently change the character of numerous holy sites of the Abrahamic faiths. In a statement, the Office of the European Union Representative (West Bank and Gaza Strip, UNRWA) expressed concern over projects...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least four Palestinians were injured on Friday by Israeli army gunfire targeting a mosque in northern Jerusalem, according to medical sources. In a statement, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said that its crews dealt with four injuries from Israeli gunfire in the town of Hizma. “The Israeli army ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Tuesday killed another Palestinian in the Qalandia refugee camp near occupied East Jerusalem. The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the Palestinian as Mohammad Manasra, 25, who was killed during an Israeli raid into the camp. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa quoted eyewitnesses...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that his government will continue to expand the distribution of weapons to Israeli citizens. Netanyahu’s remarks came after a shooting attack that left three dead in Jerusalem. The Israeli prime minister saluted those who killed the two assailants. “The quick reaction of...
