VIENNA, The Palestinian National Council (PNC), headed by Azzam al-Ahmad, participated today in the World Conference of Speakers of Parliament, which is being held in the Austrian capital, Vienna.The conference will discuss a set of issues related to s…
RAMALLAH, President Mahmoud Abbas received today evening, at the presidential headquarters in Ramallah, a delegation of civil society and human rights organizations.The president stressed during the meeting that “we are partners in defending the rights…
JERUSALEM, Israeli police this morning detained youth at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for calling Allah Akbar (God is great) while Jewish fanatics were making their morning provocative tour of the Muslim’s third holiest site, according to witnesses.They…
RAMALLAH, UN-Habitat, through the HAYA Joint Program, funded by the Government of Canada, in partnership with the Ministry of Local Government (MoLG) organized an event to launch the “City-wide Public Space Assessments in Palestine and the Strategies f…
CAIRO, Labor Minister Nasri Abu Jish today called on the Arab countries to open their markets for the Palestinian workforce to help Palestine cut down on unemployment and poverty rates.Abu Jish told WAFA on the sidelines of the Arab Labor
HEBRON, Israel today decided to ban Muslims from praying at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the southern West Bank city of Hebron, citing the Jewish New Year as a pretext, while it will be open only for Jews, according to local
RAMALLAH, In a step seen as vengeance following the escape yesterday of six Palestinian resistance fighters from Gilboa jail, the Israeli occupation authorities began to impose collective punishment against all Palestinians incarcerated in Israel, toda…
HEBRON, Israeli occupation forces today attacked Palestinians peacefully protesting Israeli settlement plans in the south Hebron hills causing several suffocation cases, according to local activist Rateb Jabour.He told WAFA that soldiers fired tear gas…
