Illegal Jewish settlements and industrial zones in the occupied West Bank are causing severe environmental issues and affecting the lives of Palestinians. Data from the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reveals that these settlements discharge more than nine billion gallons of untreated wastewater annually into Palestinian territorie...
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza and southern Lebanon continue despite a UN Security Council resolution passed this week urging an immediate cease-fire during Ramadan. In the last 24 hours, Israeli forces killed 76 Palestinians and wounded 102 in Gaza. Palestinian civilians seeking aid have been targeted, with two severely wounded by Israeli snipe...
Washington, United States – AFP The United States sanctioned three Israeli settlers and two farming outposts Thursday, accusing them of undermining stability in the West Bank. The move marks the second time this year that Washington has sanctioned Israeli settlers, as it looks to respond to the rise in West Bank settler violence. “...
Muslim Network TV Protests continue over the illegal sale of Palestinian properties in synagogues across the U.S. and Canada. This coincides with Israel’s ongoing war in Gaza. Canadian Rabbi David Mivasair noted these sales have persisted for years but are now garnering significant attention. New Jersey peace activist Rich Siegel condemn...
Muslim Network TV news: Around 240 Palestinian women have been detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank and Israel since October. According to a local nongovernmental organization, this year has been the bloodiest for Palestinian women. Marking International Women’s Day on Friday, the Palestinian Prisoner Society said targeting Palestinian ...
Ankara, Turkey – AFP Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Tuesday that Israeli settlers were one of the main obstacles to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. “One of the biggest obstacles to a solution are the actions of the usurpers, called settlers, who have invaded and stolen land that belonged to Palestinians,R...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army carried out several raids across the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, arresting a number of Palestinians and demolishing a Palestinian home. Witnesses reported that the Israeli army raided the Kafr Dan town, near the cities of Jenin and Tulkarem, in the northern West Bank. Raids were also reporte...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army detained 55 more Palestinians in military raids across the occupied West Bank on Monday, according to prisoners’ affairs groups. At least 22 people were taken into Israeli custody in Hebron city, while other arrests took place in the cities of Bethlehem, Ramallah, Jerusalem, and Qalqilya, the C...
GENEVA (AA) – Spain on Monday announced that it has initiated a process of sanctioning 12 Israeli settlers in the West Bank. In his appearance before the Joint Commission for the country’s Congress of Deputies, Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares said: “The government of Spain has initiated the procedures to sanction a first...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian boy has been killed and several others injured by Israeli army gunfire in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah. Mustafa Abu Shalbak,16, succumbed to his injuries after being shot by occupation forces in the neck and chest, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement. The boy, who [&hell...
