The President of the Legislative Council commended the position of the people of Iraq, the Presidency, the Government, and the Parliament, which categorically rejected normalization of the Zionist occupation. In a press release, he called for Iraq to continue to form an impassioned dam in the
Palestinians imprisoned by Israel under its contested policy of administrative detention have continued to protest their ill-treatment and repressive Israeli policies through hunger strikes and boycotting military court hearings - even if it means putting their lives and
The second Intifada was one of the most defining moments in the history of Palestinian struggle against Israeli occupation. The popular uprising dubbed “Al Aqsa” was sparked after right-wing Israeli leader Ariel Sharon entered Al Aqsa Mosque on 28 September 2000 accompanied by a
RAMALLAH, Tuesday, September 28, 2021 (WAFA) – A drop in temperature is expected in Palestine today, which becomes 3°C below the seasonal average, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department (PMD). Moderate conditions are expected to prevail. Winds are westerly to
The Committee to Support Palestinian Journalists confirmed that the Israeli occupation has committed 652 violations against journalists since the beginning of this year, calling on the international community to compel the occupation to implement international laws that guarantee media freedom of
Keir Starmer faced a calamitous day at his party conference on Monday as delegates pushed through a defiant motion on Palestine and a shadow cabinet member resigned with a furious statement denouncing Starmer's leadership. Labour conference backed a motion urging the party
The Egyptian side, which is responsible for managing the crossing from the Palestinian side, has reported to the Palestinian side a large list of prohibitions on passengers travelling through the crossing, particularly those from the Egyptian side, and has circulated them to all
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) called on Palestinians in the West Bank to step up resistance against the occupation after five youths were martyred during a military operation in which Israeli special forces invaded the villages of Jenin and Ramallah. Palestinian medical sources said
Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council issued warrants on Sunday for the arrest of people who attended a conference that called for the normalization of ties with Israel in autonomous Kurdistan. The council mentioned in a statement carried by the Iraq News Agency (INA) that the names of three
Palestinian political and civil society leader Khalida Jarrar, 58, has been released after close to two years in Israeli prisons. Israeli authorities released Jarrar, a left-wing figure and member of the now-defunct Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), at the Salem checkpoint west of Jenin
Today, Friday, 50 Thousand Worshippers Perform Friday Prayers in the Holy Mosque This comes as the occupation increased its security measures at its gates According to the Islamic Awqaf in Jerusalem, 50 thousand worshipers performed the prayers in the
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez appeared to cry on the House floor after breaking with her fellow Squad members in a vote to fund Israel’s Iron Dome. The bill passed with a 420 to 9 bipartisan majority despite the Squad’s efforts, led by Ms Ocasio-Cortez, to nudge forward its
Tuesday, Turkish President Receb Tayyip Erdogan reaffirmed that peace and stability in the Middle East will not be possible if the oppression of the Palestinian people continues. He added during the 76 UN assembly, that the main problem which feed instability and threaten peace in our
Ramallah, Occupied West Bank –Former Palestinian prisoner Hussein Masalmah has died, seven months after being released from Israeli custody due to illness related to leukaemia, with Palestinian officials accusing the Israeli authorities of “medical negligence” over his
A Palestinian detainee held in an Israeli prison is refusing insulin therapy for his diabetes in response to Israel’s extension of his administrative detention order, one day before he was due to be released, the Palestinian news agency Al-Qastal reported. Amin Shuwaiki, 61, was detained
The people of Maldives will continue to fight for the full recognition of Palestine as an independent state, says President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. The president made this remark during his General Debate Statement at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), on
NEW YORK: A sovereign and democratic Palestinian state is the best way to ensure Israel’s future, US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. “We must seek a future of greater peace and security for all people of the Middle East,” Biden said on the opening day of the UN General
The escape of the six Palestinian detainees may have shown the ingenuity of the prisoners, but more importantly it shone a light on the intolerable conditions they were living under. Anger in the occupied territories over Israel’s treatment of Palestinian prisoners has reached its zenith,
Israeli forces arrested dozens of Palestinians in the occupied territories on Tuesday, including the father of a cancer-stricken child - who's image bidding farewell to his son went viral on social media. Hijazi al-Qawasmi, a father of four, was detained in Hebron after heavily
JERUSALEM The Israeli coalition government led by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett failed to extend a controversial law known as family unification, which bans Palestinian families living in Israel or occupied territories from reuniting, according to Israeli media. The Knesset session, which
JERUSALEM, - A Palestinian stabbed and wounded two people in a Jerusalem cosmetics shop before being shot and wounded by the occupation police, amid heightened tensions since a prison escape by Palestinian inmates a week ago. The incident came hours after a Palestinian used a screwdriver to
The African divide over Palestine was partly based on the fact that African solidarity with Palestine was historically placed within the larger political framework of mutual African-Arab solidarity. However, with official Arab solidarity with Palestine now weakened, the Palestinians are forced to
Ahmed Bahar, vice president of the Palestinian Legislative Council (Parliament), warns that reconstruction depends on Israel’s will to comply with international law. But the promised foreign aid is not reaching Gaza. “We are open to a permanent ceasefire and prisoner exchange
Two Israelis, including former Israeli Deputy Director of the Ministry of Communications Haim Grun, were killed in a small plane crash that took off for Greece last night. Identical Hebrew media reported that the Greek authorities had informed their Israeli counterpart of a “Sinsna
Israeli authorities on Monday demolished two houses belonging to Palestinian citizens of Israel in Lod near Tel Aviv for building without permits. Palestinians inside Israel, who make up 20 percent of the country's population, have long protested discriminatory laws,
Activists and human rights defenders have condemned the Palestinian Authority trials of 30 activists, political figures and national figures. RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority (PA) has begun the trial of a group of activists and national figures at the Magistrate Court in the
Zubeidi, one of the six Palestinians who escaped Gilboa’s high-security Israeli prison last week and along with three others, was recaptured on Friday and Saturday. He was allegedly beaten and tortured by the Israeli security forces after being recaptured Hasan Abed Rabbo, spokesperson of
The Palestinian public observed keenly the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. For most Palestinians, it represented a window of hope and a major morale boost; if the greatest world power could be defeated then surely the Israeli occupation could be defeated as well. Yet, there was a stark contrast
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid has unveiled a new Israeli plan by his ministry to deal with the Gaza Strip called "Economy for Security." On Sunday evening, Lapid reviewed his plan linking economic improvement to the security of Israelis and formulated in his office on dealing
Today Monday, the Palestinian Society for the Welfare of the Families of the Disabled launched a project to empower women economically affected by the recent Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, funded by the Kuwait Red Crescent Society. The President of the Assembly's Governing
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