Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) official Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday that the Israeli Knesset’s passing of the “Nationality Bill” “denies Palestinian citizens their rights to self-determination to instead be determined by the Jewish population.” Erekat said that the passing is “a dangerous, racist law par excellence.” Erekat added that “The[…]
Israeli forces killed two Palestinians during protests held across the Gaza Strip on Friday. Yasir Amjad Musa Abu Naja, 14, was shot in the head by an Israeli sniper on Friday in Khan Younis, according to the Gaza health ministry. The teenager succumbed to his wounds in hospital after he[…]
On 2 June, Aaref Jaber witnessed Israeli forces shooting and killing 37-year old Palestinian construction worker Rami Wahid Sabarneh. The incident took place just down the street from his home, which sits east of the Ibrahimi Mosque (also known as the Cave of the Patriarchs) in the southern West Bank[…]
Israeli police threw stun grenades at Palestinian worshippers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Thursday and detained two young men following days of increased tension at the holy site in occupied East Jerusalem. Official Palestinian Authority (PA)-owned Wafa news agency reported that the attack on Palestinians at the site came after[…]
Dozens of men – young and old – from the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh lined the entrance of the morgue at Ramallah Hospital. All were waiting to catch a glimpse of 21-year-old Ezzaddin Abd El Hafeezh Tamimi, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces on Wednesday morning, during[…]
Israeli tank fire at an Islamic Jihad observation post killed two Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, the enclave’s health ministry and sources from the movement said. The ministry identified those killed as Hussein al-Amour, 25, and Abdul Haleem al-Naqa, 28. The incident happened east of the city[…]
On the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, 200,000 prayers were held in the Al-Aqsa Mosque despite the Israeli security measures. Since the early hours of the morning, thousands of Palestinian citizens have been in the city of Jerusalem to pray the second Friday prayers in the Al-Aqsa[…]
At least 109 Palestinians, including four children, were injured by Israeli forces on Friday during protests along the Gaza border fence with Israel, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. Three protesters are in critical condition after Israeli forces shot them in the head and medics cited by a Reuters report said[…]
“Exile is like death,” Ahmad Attoun, a member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), told Al Jazeera. “I can’t explain my relationship to Jerusalem. It is part of my soul.” “Jerusalem is now just a few metres away from me, but I can’t enter. There are no words to describe[…]
In today’s world, if someone is called a “terrorist”, he instantly loses his human face. Torturing, starving, humiliating and attacking Gaza’s population of two million civilians is okay, as long as you label them “terrorists”. Once you’ve done that, no justification, excuse or evidence is needed. Even an eight-month-old infant[…]
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