LONDON (AA) – The UK government has announced new sanctions targeting three illegal Israeli settler outposts and four organizations supporting violence in the West Bank. The move comes in response to a significant rise in attacks against Palestinian communities by Israeli settlers. Foreign Secretary David Lammy revealed the measures as p...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar’s emir has accused Israel of deliberately expanding its aggression as part of a pre-planned agenda against Lebanon and the occupied West Bank. Speaking at the opening of an ordinary session of Qatar’s Shura Council in Doha, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani warned of escalating violence with potential consequ...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – An elderly Palestinian grandfather has been brutally beaten to death by Israeli forces after they stormed his home in the town of Dura in Hebron, in the southern West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a statement that “Ziad Abu Halil, 66, was martyred after Israeli forces assaulted him […]...
Sweden’s recently-appointed Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard was forced to flee parliament hall after tomatoes and onions were thrown at her during a debate about how Sweden should vote on a United Nations referendum about Israel and the West Bank. Stenergard fled when those in the stands suddenly started shouting and throwing th...
Israel has shut down the Ibrahimi Mosque in the old West Bank city of Hebron. The closure came as Israelis celebrated the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. Head of mosques at the Hebron Endowments Administration Akram al-Tamimi says strict military measures were implemented to prevent Palestinians from entering the city. He says he condemns the...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 18 Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike late Thursday on the Tulkarem refugee camp in the northern occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed the death toll in a statement. Earlier, it said that 16 people were killed in the attack. The […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – A group of 103 US lawmakers has called on the Biden administration to conduct an independent investigation into the killing of Turkish American activist Aysenur Ezgi Eygi by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank earlier this month. In a letter sent on Tuesday to President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, [&hel...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – At least 716 Palestinians, including 160 children, have been killed by Israeli army and illegal settlers in the occupied West Bank since October 7, 2023, Palestine’s Health Ministry says. A ministry statement said the death toll from Israeli aggression in the West Bank has reached 716, with 5,750 wounded since ...
ANKARA (AA) – China has urged Israel to immediately halt building illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank and implement a UN resolution for a cease-fire in Gaza, state-run media reported. Speaking to reporters in Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said countries should take a responsible attitude and concrete a...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – Three Palestinians were killed by Israeli army fire south of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the official news agency Wafa. Wafa said three young men lost their lives by Israeli fire during a military raid in the town of Qabatiya near Jenin. Israeli forces surrounded a […]
