Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Israel’s war on Gaza has decimated the occupied Strip and devastated Gaza’s economy, shrinking it to less than one-sixth of its 2022 level, amid an “alarming decline” in the West Bank, the UN has said. Since Israel launched its genocidal offensive on the Gaza Strip more than 11 months ago...
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...
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 ...
WEST BANK, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian eyewitness Mounir Khdair said that the Israeli sniper who killed Turkish-American citizen Aysenur Ezgi Eygi in the West Bank shouted with joy after shooting her. Khdair said, “After shooting her, he was happy, he shouted for joy.” Jonathan Pollak, an Israeli activist who has been taking...
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 […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP Three people were killed in what police described as a “shooting attack” near the Allenby Crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan on Sunday morning, Israel’s emergency service said. “We found three men lying unconscious, with no pulse and not breathing, with gunshot wounds. To...
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...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has condemned Israel’s killing of Turkish-American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi as an attempt to intimidate and suppress supporters of Palestinian causes. In a statement, the PLO’s department of expatriates said the killing of Eygi highlights the brutality and violence ...
