one Palestinian killed and 10 others were wounded in new Israeli escalation against Gaza strip according local sources.
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Gaza and the three-state solution
The Palestinian in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip elected Hamas to run the Palestinian Authority in 2006. Ismail Haniyeh became the Prime Minister according to Palestinian law and the election results — deemed “free and fair” by independent monitors — but the international community and adjacent countries did …
Read More » } ?>Israel arrests 7 Palestinian journalists in one week
Israeli occupation authorities arrested seven Palestinian journalists in one week from the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, Al-Khaleej Online reported yesterday.
Read More » } ?>Israel detains Palestinian journalist, the fifth in one week
The Israeli military detained on Wednesday Palestinian journalist, Mohammad Muna, who runs Hawa Nablus radio station, after raiding his home in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, according to local and Palestinian security sources. They said an army unit raided Muna’s home east of Nablus, searched it and detained …
Read More » } ?>Israel detains 20 Palestinians in overnight raids in West Bank, including four journalists
The Israeli army detained in overnight and early morning raids on Monday 20 Palestinians from throughout the occupied West Bank, including four journalists detained in the Ramallah area, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). It said seven Palestinians were detained in the Ramallah area, including four journalists and the …
Read More » } ?>Euro-Med publishes Arabic translation of ESCWA report on Israel’s apartheid after its withdrawal from UN archives
A translated version of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia’s (ESCWA) report titled “Israeli Practices towards the Palestinian People and the Question of Apartheid” was issued by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med). Last year, the report was withdrawn days after its release at the request …
Read More » } ?>Newspaper Review: PLO Executive Committee meeting focus of dailies
News about the PLO Executive Committee meeting that took place in the city of Ramallah hit the front pages of three Arabic Palestinian dailies on Sunday. Al-Hayat al-Jadida, al-Quds and al-Ayyam said that the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) said on Saturday following its meeting in Ramallah, …
Read More » } ?>Palestinians are being impoverished by the manipulation of humanitarian aid
In March, the World Bank issued a press release stating that the deterioration in Gaza’s humanitarian situation is preventing economic growth. Among the destabilisation factors mentioned were the lack of access to basic services, unemployment and cuts in UNRWA funding. Israel’s colonial violence was excluded completely from the analysis presented …
Read More » } ?>Officials say UNRWA financial crisis part of plan to end the Palestinian refugee issue
Palestinian officials warned on Thursday that the financial crisis facing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is part of a scheme aimed at ending the Palestinian refugee issue.
Read More » } ?>Hamas, UN envoy discuss humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Head of Hamas Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh yesterday discussed the humanitarian situation in Gaza with UN Special Coordinator for Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov, the movement said in a statement.
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