RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) — A young Palestinian man was killed and another injured on Friday near the city of al-Bireh in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement. The victim died of an abdomen injury, while another Palestinian man was moderately wounded, according to the ministry. According to the official [&...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli forces have detained some 135,000 Palestinians since the outbreak of the Palestinian Al-Aqsa Intifada, also known as Second Intifada, in September 2000, a Palestinian official group has revealed. In a statement marking the 23rd anniversary of the Al-Aqsa Intifada, the Commission for Prisoners’ Affai...
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 […]...
ANKARA (AA) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that Bangladesh will continue to fight for the rights of Palestinians. “It is worrying that the rights of the Palestinians are not fulfilled,” said Hasina, referring to the 75th commemoration of the Nakba, when Israel declared its independence in occupied Palestinian lands i...
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 […]
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel has announced that it will seal off the Palestinian territories for the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, which begins at midnight on Saturday. The Israeli army said in a statement that based on a security assessment and the political level directives, a full closure of the West Bank will be imposed […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the Palestine cause and Israeli escalation in occupied territories. During the meeting held on the sidelines of 78th UN General Assembly session in New York, the Palestinian leader “reiterated the need fo...
ALGERIA (AA) – Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune invited the UN on Tuesday to convene a special session for the purpose of conducting a vote on granting full state membership to Palestine. Tebboune addressed regional and global issues, including the Palestinian cause, during his speech at the 78th UN General Assembly in New York Ci...
