NABLUS– The Israeli military blocked six out of seven access roads to the town of Hawwara, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, as a punishment for hoisting Palestinian flags, according to a local official.Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israe…
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Israeli settler runs over a child south of Nablus
NABLUS, A Palestinian child was hospitalized today after being run over by a car-driving Israeli settler near the town of Beita, to the south of Nablus city in the occupied West Bank, according to local sources.Ameer Bashir Khdeir sustained bruises and…
Read moreOccupation forces injure 4 Palestinians in Kafr Qaddum
QALQILIA, At least four Palestinians were injured by Israeli occupation forces today during the weekly protest against Israeli settlement construction in the village of Kafr Qaddum, in the West Bank province of Qalqilia.Morad Shtewi, a local anti-occup…
Read moreIsrael orders construction on six Palestinian-owned houses in Bethlehem to stop
BETHLEHEM, Israeli occupation authorities today ordered a number of Palestinian residents in the village of Artas to the south of Bethlehem to stop the construction work on their privately-owned houses, according to a local activist.Coordinator of the …
Read moreEvangelical Lutheran Church condemns killing of iconic Palestinian journalist
JERUSALEM, The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jordan and the Holy Land condemned the recent Israeli army killing of iconic Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.Bishop Sani-Ibrahim Azar issued a press statement expressing “deep heartbreak and devast…
Read morePresidency warns against daily Israeli incursions into West Bank cities, Al-Aqsa Mosque
RAMALLAH, The Palestinian Presidency today warned against Israeli storming the northern West Bank city of Jenin and its refugee camp on a daily basis, the random arrests of dozens of people, allowing Jewish extremists to storm the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque i…
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