RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian was killed by security forces in the West Bank city of Tulkarem on Wednesday, according to witnesses. In a statement, Palestinian police spokesman Louay Irziqat said one person was killed by gunfire inside the Tulkarem refugee camp. An investigation has been launched into the incident. Eyewitnesses said...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian in an alleged car-ramming attack in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to the military. In a statement, the army claimed that a Palestinian driver accelerated his vehicle towards Israeli soldiers near the city of Hebron. Israeli soldiers opened fire at the veh...
JERUSALEM (AA) – The first-ever public meeting between the foreign ministers of Israel and Libya was coordinated at the highest level, Israeli officials have claimed. The meeting took place with the knowledge of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, they said. Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen said that he had met with his Libyan counter...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Five Palestinians have been injured by Israeli fire while 19 others detained in Israeli raids in the occupied West Bank, according to state media and a local NGO. Israeli soldiers stationed at Dutan military checkpoint, southwest of Jenin, opened fire at four Palestinians near the town of Yabad, the state news [&hell...
ANKARA (AA) – US supermodel Bella Hadid’s defense of Palestinian rights has brought her under fire from Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir. In an interview with an Israeli channel on Wednesday, Ben-Gvir had said the safety and mobility rights of Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank held more weight than those o...
LONDON (AA) – The EU has “strongly” condemned Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir’s comments on the freedom of movement of Arabs in the occupied West Bank. The EU recalled that ties between Israel and the EU should be based on respect for human rights and democratic principles, Palestine’s official news a...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army on Thursday detained 40 Palestinians in separate areas of the occupied West Bank. The non-profit Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement that the Israeli forces made the arrests during a “detention campaign” in Hebron, Tulkarm, Jenin, Qalqilya, Nablus, Jericho, Bethlehem, and Jerusalem. Acc...
WASHINGTON (AA) – The long-standing impasse in peace talks between Israel and Palestine is exacerbating an already dire situation that is being exploited by extremists, the UN has warned. “The lack of progress towards a political horizon that addresses the core issues driving the conflict has left a dangerous and volatile vacuum fi...
JERUSALEM (AA) – While the Israeli police have denied branding a Palestinian man’s cheek with the Jewish Star of David, forensics experts have said it was done using a metal tool. The trial of Arva Sheikh Aliwe was held at the West Jerusalem District Court. The 22-year-old Palestinian had been detained last week by Israeli […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – In a grand operation, the Israeli army has demolished four Palestinian houses near Jericho city and detained 15 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. In Dweik al-Tahta village west of Jericho, four houses, including three inhabited, were demolished, as reported by Palestinian journalist Adel Abu Nema. He stated tha...
