RAMALLAH, Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeineh said today that the state of Palestine is a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and any Palestinian has the right to go to court to prosecute the Israeli occupation for its crimes that vi…
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Dutch Foreign Minister reiterates position on the illegality of settlements, commitment to the two-state solution
THE HAGUE, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Wopke Hoekstra today reiterated his government’s position on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict stressing the illegality of Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and its commitment to the two-state s…
Read moreClashes erupt in Nablus-area village, injuries reported
NABLUS, Several Palestinians were injured this evening during clashes with Israeli forces in the village of Osrin to the south of Nablus, according to Ahmad Jibril, the head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Emergency and Ambulance Department.He said tha…
Read moreDeportation hearing of Palestinian French human rights defender postponed until January 1
RAMALLAH, The Israeli court decided today to continue retaining Palestinian-French human rights defender and administrative detainee, Salah Hammouri, 37, in Israeli jails until January 1, awaiting a final decision regarding revoking his Jerusalem resid…
Read moreIsraeli forces shoot, injure three Palestinians with banned expanding bullets in al-Bireh clashes
AL-BIREH, Three Palestinians, including a teenager, were shot and injured today with banned bullets that expand upon impact and create massive wounds, also known as the Dumdum bullets, during clashes with Israeli military forces in the city of al-Bireh…
Read moreIsraeli occupation forces tear down two Palestinian-owned agricultural rooms west of Bethlehem
BETHLEHEM, Israeli occupation forces today tore down two Palestinian-owned agricultural rooms in the town of Nahalin, to the west of Bethlehem in the south of the occupied West Bank, according to a local official.Head of Nahalin village council, Ibrahi…
Read moreSurge in Israeli killings, demolitions and settlement activities justify the Palestinian resistance, says Fatah
RAMALLAH, The surge in the Israeli killing and cold-blooded execution of Palestinians, attacks on the roads, the demolition of homes, the construction and expansion of settlements, and the continued withholding of the bodies of Palestinians killed by I…
Read moreAl Jazeera refers Israeli occupation forces to the ICC over the killing of journalist Shireen Abu Akleh
THE HAGUE, Al Jazeera Media Network said that it will today submit the case of Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing by Israeli occupation forces to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague.Abu Akleh was shot…
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