A controversial bill that would allow Israel’s parliament to vote to suspend members for inappropriate behaviour – and which is seen as targeting lawmakers who are Palestinian citizens of Israel – passed into law on Tuesday night. Under the law’s stipulations, the Knesset can now kick out a member for[…]
An Israeli court on Monday sentenced a Palestinian journalist to six months in prison over charges of “incitement,” her family told Ma’an. The family of Samah Dweik, a 25-year-old journalist working for Shabakat al-Quds (The Jerusalem Network), said that she was detained in April in her home in the occupied[…]
Israel opened a major crossing between Israel and Gaza on Wednesday to allow the passage of vehicles carrying goods for the first time in nine years, officials said. An AFP photographer saw deliveries arriving through the Erez crossing at the northern entry to the Palestinian territory that has been under[…]
As the conflict between Palestine and Israel continues, it seem resistance is growing through targeted boycott campaigns spearheaded by movements such as Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS). Globally, BDS has been very vocal about their support for the Palestinian people through various initiatives. One specifically aims to mobilise the public[…]
Israeli forces continued to deploy heavily across the Hebron district in the southern occupied West Bank, detaining several Palestinians in predawn raids Monday, while clashes broke out in the town of Dura, and the villages of Bani Naim and Sair remained under strict siege. Locals told Ma’an Israeli forces ransacked[…]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) will reportedly vote on a draft concerning Israeli military violations in occupied East Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque compound, according to Israeli media. Ynet news reported that the joint Jordanian-Palestinian draft would be voted on during the 40th annual session meeting of UNESCO’s[…]
A Turkish ship carrying aid for Gaza has arrived in Israel, a week after Turkey and Israel agreed to restore ties that soured over a deadly raid on an aid flotilla in 2010. The Panama-flagged Lady Leyla container vessel docked at Ashdod port on Sunday afternoon after departing on Friday.[…]
Two Palestinian youths were shot and injured and several others suffered from tear-gas inhalation during clashes with Israeli forces Saturday afternoon in the Hanina area of the village of Dura in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron. Medical sources at the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that two[…]
A Palestinian man was pronounced dead on Friday after suffering from excessive tear gas inhalation when Israeli forces earlier in the morning heavily fired tear gas at Palestinians crossing Qalandiya checkpoint from Ramallah into Jerusalem to attend prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque. The man, identified by medical sources as Muhammad[…]
The reactions of the Turkish-Israeli rapprochement deal have been have been met with a plethora of emotions. Some Palestinians have argued that despite Turkish rhetoric, national self-interest would always supersede that of the Palestinian people. Others have reflected sentiments of disillusionment at the about turn taken by Turkey which appears[…]
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