BEIRUT, Lebanon (AA) – Clashes renewed on Saturday between Palestinian Fatah movement and rival armed groups at the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp in Lebanon, local sources said. Sounds of gunfire and shells were heard early Saturday inside the camp, according to a reporter at the scene. The violence erupted shortly after the fighting groups had [...
GAZA, JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli authorities have decided to reopen the Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing on Sunday, the Presidential Committee for Coordinating the Entry of Goods into the Gaza Strip has announced. The Israeli authorities will “re-allow exports from the Gaza Strip through the Karm Abu Salem crossing, starting Sunday,” according...
JERUSALEM (AA) – There are no terms ready for a possible normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the UN national security adviser has said. “Many of the elements of a pathway to normalization are now on the table,” Jake Sullivan told journalists in a press briefing. He said that no terms are ready to […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has called on the international community to avoid confusion and discrimination in dealing with the conflict and human suffering in Palestine. Addressing the East Asia Summit in Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, Anwar said any form of racism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia cannot be accepte...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army raided several areas in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, detaining 13 Palestinians and triggering clashes. Local sources said that the Israeli forces injured a Palestinian in the Dheisha refugees camp in southern Bethlehem, and dozens of others suffered asphyxiation from tear gas. The Palest...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday condemned the opening of Papua New Guinea’s embassy in Jerusalem as an “aggression” and a “violation” of international law. In a statement, the ministry termed the embassy opening as “an aggression against the Palestinian people and their rights.” It war...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A US delegation led by President Joe Biden’s Middle East czar is currently in Saudi Arabia to address a wide array of regional issues, the White House confirmed Tuesday. Brett McGurk is joined by Barbara Leaf, assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs and US Special Envoy for Yemen Tim Lenderking. [&he...
Tulkarem, Palestinian Territories – – AFP Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in a raid on a West Bank refugee camp, the Palestinian health ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said 21-year-old Ayed Samih Khaled was “shot by live occupation (Israeli) bullets fired to the head” in the Nur Shams camp near the norther...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Two Palestinians have been injured by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, according to local medics. Clashes erupted in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, after Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters at a school, eyewitnesses said. Dozens suffered temporary asphyxiation from the Israeli tear gas, including...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Hassan Nasrallah, the Secretary-General of Lebanese group Hezbollah, held talks in Beirut on Saturday with leaders of Palestinian groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad to discuss developments in Palestine. The meeting, attended by Hamas deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and Islamic Jihad Secretary-General Ziyad al-Nakhalah, ass...
