The 7th Strategic Dialogue between the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), and the European Union took place on 6 March in Brussels, said an UNRWA news release.The EU-UNRWA Strategic Dialogue is an im…
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UNRWA launches $16M appeal for Palestine refugees impacted by Turkey-Syria earthquake
On the one-month anniversary of the Turkey-Syria earthquakes, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) launched today an updated flash appeal for $16.2 million to meet the humanitarian and early recover…
Read moreIsraeli settlers storm Ramallah-area neighborhood, perform religious rituals
Israeli settlers this evening stormed the outskirts of at-Tira neighborhood in Ramallah and performed religious rituals in the area, according to security sources.Sources told WAFA that settlers, backed by military forces, stormed the outskirts of at-T…
Read moreIsraeli court rules in favor of school demolition east of Bethlehem
An Israeli occupation court today ruled in favor of the demolition of a school in Jub adh Dhib community, close to Beit Ta’mir village, southeast of Bethlehem, according to a local activist.Coordinator of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission, …
Read moreSeveral Palestinians in Salfit ordered to stop construction work on homes, structures
Israeli occupation forces today handed residents of the town of al-Zawyeh to the west of Salfit governorate notices ordering them to stop the construction works on three privately-owned houses and other structures, said local sources.Sources informed W…
Read moreTwenty-nine Palestinian female prisoners are currently incarcerated in Israeli jails under harsh conditions – says rights organization
The Palestinian human rights organization, Addameer, said today on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD), which falls annually on March 8th, that there are 29 Palestinian female prisoners currently incarcerated in Israeli jails under harsh co…
Read moreSettlers uproot dozens of olive saplings in a northern West Bank village
Israeli settlers today uprooted 80 olive saplings in the village of Yasouf, east of the northern West Bank city of Salfit, according to the head of Yasouf village council Saleh Yasin.He told WAFA that settlers from the illegal colony of Tapoach, sneake…
Read moreUntil the end of February, Israel seized money from 160 Palestinian prisoners from Jerusalem
The Israeli occupation authorities, and until the end of February, seized bank accounts and funds from 160 Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem who served time in Israeli prisons for their resistance of the occupation, including 24 prisoners who a…
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