RAMALLAH, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad al-Maliki said today that the Palestinian leadership is considering a legal and political response to the vindictive measures recently announced by the far-right Israeli government against the…
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Israel orders demolition of five homes, three wells in Masafer Yatta
HEBRON, Israeli occupation authorities notified Palestinians today of their intention to demolish five homes and three water wells in Masafer Yatta region, south of the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.Rateb Jabour, a local Palestinian an…
Read morePLO official says Israeli vindictive measures amount to collective punishment
RAMALLAH, Ahmad Majdalani, member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said today the recently announced Israeli measures against the Palestinian people amount to collective punishment.Speaking to the Voice of Pale…
Read moreSettlers plow land north of Jericho in a prelude to confiscate it
JERICHO, Illegal Israeli settlers embarked today on plowing a 100-dunum Palestinian state-owned land near the village of Al-Jiftlik, to the north of Jericho, local sources said.Ahmad Ghawanmeh, mayor of the village, told WAFA that a group of settlers e…
Read moreIsraeli authorities demolish a café in Majd al-Kurum
NAZARETH, Israeli occupation authorities demolished today a café and restaurant in the town of Majd al-Kurum, in the Galilee region, under the pretext of construction without a permit, local sources said.Israeli police, accompanied by bulldozers, broke…
Read moreIsraeli settlers destroy around 40 olive saplings east of Qalqilia
QALQILIA, Israeli settlers this evening destroyed olive saplings belonging to a Palestinian resident near the village of Hajja to the east of Qalqilia, according to local sources.Sources told WAFA a number of settlers destroyed around 40 olive saplings…
Read moreIsraeli forces turn rooftop of main water reservoir tower in Tulkarem-area village into observation point
TULKAREM, Israeli occupation forces today turned the rooftop of the main water reservoir tower in the village of Khirbet Jubara, south of Tulkarem in the occupied West Bank, into a military observation point.Head of the village council, Raed Mahmoud, t…
Read moreRacist Israeli minister Ben-Gvir scraps rule allowing lawmakers to visit Palestinian prisoners
TEL AVIV, Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced today that he is planning to cancel regulations that allow any lawmaker to meet with Palestinian freedom fighters incarcerated in Israeli jails.In a statement, Ben-Gvir s…
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