LONDON (AA) – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled in an advisory opinion in July that the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful and must end as soon as possible and that third countries must do nothing to aid or assist that occupation. Norway’s $1.7 trillion wealth fund may have to divest shares […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – US Senator Patty Murray and Representative Pramila Jayapal have urged the Biden administration to conduct an independent, US-led investigation into the killing last week of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank. “Our hearts are with her family, friends, colleagues and co...
Palestinians took a seat at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. It is a new right accorded to the Palestinian Authority’s delegation despite it not being a full member of the body. In May, an overwhelming majority of the General Assembly asserted that Palestinians deserved full membership. The General Assembly granted the delegation certain n...
ISTANBUL (AA) – New Zealand’s spy chief said Thursday he was “considering” a request to probe the country’s possible role in Israeli war on Gaza which has killed more than 41,000 Palestinians since last October, public broadcaster Radio New Zealand reported. The confirmation by Brendan Horsley, who is inspector-general of intelligence and secu...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army killed a Palestinian man in the Far’a refugee camp in Tubas city, as it continued targeting the northern occupied West Bank. A medical source in the Tubas Government Hospital identified the slain Palestinian as Sufyan Abdul Jawad, 46, who was shot by an Israeli soldier’s bullet in h...
AMMAN, Jordan (AA) – Jordan has said that it has again closed the King Hussein Bridge (Allenby) Crossing with the West Bank to both outbound and inbound travelers, as well as cargo, hours after statements regarding its reopening. In a statement from the Public Security Directorate, which operates under the Interior Ministry, authorities ...
LONDON (AA) – Palestine’s envoy to the UK urged the US and the international community to hold Israel accountable for the killing of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, a Turkish-American activist. Speaking to the media, Ambassador Husam Zomlot said that Israel has not only killed Palestinians but also citizens from other nations, including the US,...
NABLUS, Palestine (AA) – Hundreds of Palestinians in the West Bank city of Nablus paid farewell on Monday to Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi, who was killed by Israeli forces on Friday. The funeral procession began from Rafidia Government Hospital in Nablus, with mourners walking through several streets, chanting slogans condemning...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Finance Minister known for his radical right-wing Zionism Bezalel Smotrich has said that he is working to grant 500,000 illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank “the same rights of every citizens in Israel.” “I will continue to work with all my strength to allow the half million settlers who are […]
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Illegal Israeli settlers demolished 47 agricultural structures and homes last week in the Taybe area in the west of Hebron in the southern West Bank. The destruction was discovered by the Palestinians upon their return to their properties after being barred from accessing them by Israeli forces since early Sept...
