Editors from two Palestinian news publications based in the occupied West Bank say their Facebook accounts were suspended last week and that no reason was provided, alleging their pages may have been censored because of a recent agreement between the US social media giant and the Israeli government aimed at[…]
Israeli forces have razed the southern West Bank homes of two Palestinian men accused of shooting dead four Israelis at a popular Tel Aviv nightspot in early June, Palestinian sources have told Al Jazeera. Mohammad Makhamrah, 22, and his cousin Khaled Makhamrah, 21, were charged last month for murder, conspiring to murder and attempted[…]
Israel’s national water company has cut crucial water supplies to large areas of the occupied West Bank, leaving tens of thousands of Palestinians without access to safe drinking water during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Mekorot, the main supplier of water to Palestinian towns and cities, siphoned off water[…]
Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked has announced she will push for a controversial plan to extend Israeli civil law to West Bank settlements – a move that critics say would be tantamount to the annexation of territories beyond the Green Line. “Conditions need to be equal. There are basic laws[…]
Israeli soldiers raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank on Monday, and shot at Palestinians resulting in the injuries of 28. Hundreds of young men from the al-Amari camp responded to the Israeli presence by throwing rocks, leaving 28 with gunshot injuries. The Palestinian health ministry said 28[…]
Israel’s defence ministry has approved plans to build 153 new settler homes in the occupied West Bank, a spokeswoman for Israeli settlement watchdog Peace Now said on Monday. Hagit Ofran said the plans were adopted last week, and involve small settlements in the Ariel area in the northern West Bank,[…]
A South African activist working as an ecumenical accompanist in the occupied West Bank has recounted the experiences faced by Christian Palestinians at the hands of Israeli soldiers. Soweto native, Itani Rasalanavho is current stationed in Bethlehem as part of the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme for Palestine and Israel (EAPPI), where[…]
Israeli forces detained 12 Palestinians across the occupied West Bank overnight Saturday, local and Israeli sources told Ma’an. Local sources said three Palestinians were detained in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron. Each of the detainees were taken in separate raids in Hebron city, Dura village and Der[…]
At least five people have been killed in two alleged Palestinian attacks in Tel Aviv and the Gush Etzion Israeli settlement near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank, Israeli police have said. The first attack was allegedly carried out on Thursday by a knife-wielding man who fatally stabbed two Israeli[…]
Dozens of Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces on Friday during clashes across the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, medics said, as Palestinian political factions called for a “Day of Rage.” At the northern entrance to Hebron, a rally organized by Hamas after Friday prayers was suppressed by[…]
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