BERLIN (AA) – EU member states are discussing sanctions against violent illegal Israeli settlers who have carried out acts of terrorism against Palestinians in the West Bank, Germany’s deputy foreign minister said on Monday. “We are currently discussing what we can do, as EU member states, on this issue. As Germany, we are also consideri...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A comprehensive strike in the occupied West Bank in protest against Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip paralyzed all aspects of life in the occupied territory on Monday. Transportation was disrupted in all provinces of the West Bank, while institutions, banks, schools, ministries, and shops shut their doors, and local st...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Hamas is part of the Palestinian political landscape, Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh has said. “Hamas is part of the Palestinian political map, and if Israel claims that it will eliminate, this will not happen, and it is unacceptable to us,” Shtayyeh said in a speech at the 21st edition of […]...
Palestinian Territories — AFP Israeli forces continued pounding Gaza’s ruined cities Friday even as UN Security Council was about to discuss a resolution calling for cease-fire. Weeks of Israeli air and ground attacks have left 17,177 people dead in Gaza, mostly women and children, according to the latest toll from the Palestine He...
Ramallah, Palestinian Territories – AFP Israeli forces shot dead six Palestinians Friday in a raid on a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The Israeli army said it conducted a “counter-terrorism” operation. The ministry said those who lost their lives included a 14-year-old boy and a...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian man succumbed to wounds sustained by Israeli army gunfire last month in the Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, Awad Tayeh Muhammad Anbar, 47, had been critically injured by Israeli forces during a raid on the Tulkarem camp on [&...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army raided and sealed an orphanage near Hebron city in the southern occupied West Bank, and seized all its assets and material on Thursday. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli army raided the headquarters of the Beit Ummar Association for Orphan Care in Beit Ummar town, and seized the association’s ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 60 Palestinians have been detained by Israeli forces in fresh military raids across the occupied West Bank, according to a local nongovernmental organization. The Palestinian Prisoner Society said the detainees included 30 Palestinians who were taken into custody in Jenin in northern West Bank. “The arrests ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Four more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire in the occupied West Bank, according to official statements on Wednesday. The Red Crescent Society said two Palestinians were killed and three others wounded during Israeli incursions into the Al-Fara’a refugee camp and the town of Tamun in the northern...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP US aid chief Samantha Power has announced $21 million in new assistance to Gaza during a visit to Egypt. The aid includes hygiene, shelter and food supplies, and is in addition to the $100 million president Joe Biden announced on October 18. Separately, the United States announced on Tuesday that it […]
