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RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) : Dozens of jailed Palestinians, including leaders of political factions, joined a mass hunger strike on Thursday to protest their prison conditions. “Fifty prisoners from different Palestinian factions — including Hamas, Islamic Jihad, the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) […]

4th May 2017

US: Trump: ’Very good’ chance for Israel-Palestine peace

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): The prospects for peace between Israel and Palestine are “very good”, President Donald Trump said Wednesday. “We will get it done,” Trump said as he welcomed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to the White House for the first time since he took office in January. Trump reiterated his stance that […]

3rd May 2017

UNESCO adopts resolution calling Jerusalem ‘occupied’

JERUSALEM (AA): The executive board of the UN’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Tuesday passed a resolution describing Jerusalem as “occupied” and challenging Israeli sovereignty over the city. UNESCO adopted the resolution with 22 member states voting in favor, 10 voting against and 23 abstaining. The resolution states that Jerusalem’s Old City is […]

2nd May 2017

Palestine: Hamas reveals dramatic change in stance on Israel

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): The Gaza-based Hamas movement revealed a dramatic change in its stance on Israel Monday when it officially announced revisions to its controversial charter. At a press conference in Qatar, Hamas leader Khaled Mashal revealed the new document, which no longer pledges Israel’s destruction but does accept a Palestinian state […]

29th Apr 2017

Palestine: Palestinian protestors injured by Israeli forces

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Clashes erupted in the occupied West Bank on Friday between Israeli forces and Palestinians demonstrating in support of jailed hunger strikers, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent. “Ten Palestinians were hurt by rubber bullets and live ammunition in clashes that erupted in several areas near Ramallah,” the Palestinian Red Crescent said […]

26th Apr 2017

Palestine: Hamas to hand over Gaza governance to Ramallah

By Nour Abu Aisha GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Tuesday voiced its readiness to relinquish authority in the Gaza Strip to the West Bank-based Palestinian ‘unity’ government. The assertions came at a press conference convened by leading Hamas member Salah al-Bardawil, at which he said the group was prepared to […]

18th Apr 2017

Palestine: Palestinian prisoners in Israel launch hunger strike

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Long-term Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti on Monday launched a mass hunger strike against Israel’s detention policies, with more than 1,000 other prisoners joining him. The open-ended strike has been launched to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day amid calls by detainees for the resumption of prison visits, better medical care and […]

15th Apr 2017

Palestine: UK student killed in Jerusalem attack

JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli police Friday arrested a Palestinian man who allegedly stabbed a female British student – who later succumbed to her wounds — on Jerusalem’s light-rail system, according to a police statement. The assailant is mentally unstable man from East Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tied the attack to “global Islamic terrorism.” […]

7th Apr 2017

Palestine: Israeli settlers to mark Passover by storming Al-Aqsa

JERUSALEM (AA): Dozens of extremist Jewish settlers Thursday forced their way into Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound where they performed Talmudic rituals, according to a Palestinian official. “Around 48 extremist settlers — backed by Israeli police — stormed the mosque compound through the Al-Mugharbeh Gate,” Firas al-Dibs, a spokesman for the Jordan-run Religious Endowments Authority, told […]

3rd Apr 2017

Palestine: Palestinian shot dead in knife attack in E Jerusalem

By Abdul-Rauf Arnaut JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian teenage boy was shot dead in an alleged stabbing attack in East Jerusalem on Saturday, according to Israeli police. Police spokesperson Luba al-Samri in a statement the Palestinian stabbed and lightly injured two Israeli settlers in Jerusalem’s Old City. Israeli police forces opened fire on the assailant and […]

24th Mar 2017

Palestine: Palestinian teenager shot dead in camp near Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. “Mohammed Hattab, 17, was killed by Israeli forces during clashes that occurred at the entrance of Al-Jalazone refugee camp north of the West Bank city of Ramallah,” […]

18th Mar 2017

Palestine: Palestinian shot dead near Hebron, West Bank

HEBRON, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Friday, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. “Murad Abu Ghazi, 16, was killed after being struck in the chest by a bullet fired by an Israeli soldier during clashes that occurred in the Al-Aroub refugee […]

14th Mar 2017

Palestine: Palestinian killed in alleged knife attack in Jerusalem

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man, who allegedly stabbed two soldiers in Jerusalem’s Old City on Monday, according to Israeli police. Two border police officers were moderately injured in the attack, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said in a statement. He said four people have since been arrested in […]

9th Mar 2017

Palestine: Palestine leader meets UK foreign secretary in Ramallah

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday met with U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson at Palestinian Authority headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah. According to Palestine’s official WAFA news agency, Abbas briefed Johnson on “recent developments in the Palestinian territories”. The Palestinian president, the news agency reported, “also reiterated the illegality […]

8th Mar 2017

US: Don’t look to UN for solution, US tells Palestine

NEW YORK (AA): Palestinians should not look to the United Nations for a solution but engage Israel directly, United States’ envoy to the global body said Tuesday. Ambassador Nikki Haley and Palestine’s permanent UN observer Riyad Mansour met Tuesday in New York. In a statement after the meeting, Haley urged the Palestinian Authority to sit […]

7th Mar 2017

Palestine: Palestinian shot dead in Israeli raid in Ramallah

By Kaamil Ahmed JERUSALEM (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli forces during a raid in the occupied West Bank overnight Sunday. The Israeli army said the Palestinian was killed in an exchange of fire during an arrest mission in Ramallah. The raid took place in the al-Biereh town, near the central […]

5th Mar 2017

Israeli doctors torture Palestinian prisoners

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian committee on Saturday accused Israeli doctors of torturing Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. In a statement, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s committee on detainees claimed Israeli doctors working with prison and security services and in military camps tortured detainees and subjected them to psychological pressure. “The doctors systematically neglected the […]

3rd Mar 2017

Palestine: 6 Palestinians injured in E Jerusalem clashes

JERUSALEM (AA): At least six Palestinians were injured Thursday while a number of others suffered temporary asphyxia in clashes with Israeli forces near occupied East Jerusalem. According to eyewitnesses, clashes erupted with Palestinian university students after Israeli army troops stormed the East Jerusalem town of Abu Dis. Witnesses said that the raid had triggered clashes […]

2nd Mar 2017

Palestine: Palestinian killed after alleged West Bank knife attack

RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA): A Palestinian man was shot dead on Wednesday in the occupied West Bank after allegedly stabbing an Israeli settler, the Israeli military said in a statement. According to the statement, a Palestinian man armed with a knife allegedly stabbed an Israeli settler, injuring him slightly, in the Teneh Omarim settlers’ community south […]

28th Feb 2017

Palestine: Israeli airstrikes injure 4 Palestinians in Gaza Strip

By Ola Atallah GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA): Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday injuring four Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The airstrikes targeted positions associated with Palestinian resistance factions in the northern, central and southern Gaza Strip. “Four Palestinians sustained moderate injuries in the attacks,” ministry […]

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