11:09pm BST Israel and Hamas have agreed to restore calm in the Gaza Strip, according to a spokesman for Hamas. “With Egyptian and United Nations efforts it has been agreed to return to the era of calm between [Israel] and Palestinian factions,” Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum told Reuters. Egyptian security …
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Israeli gunboats intercept freedom boat departing Gaza to break blockade
Israeli army gunboats Tuesday intercepted a boat carrying Palestinians who attempted to break the 11-year-blockade of the Gaza strip. According to participants, the boat was headed to Limassol, Cyprus, and was part of a small flotilla comprised of three boats in total. The two other boats did not breach the …
Read More » } ?>Palestinians call to save their homes from Israeli demolition orders
Palestinian families in the village of Aqaba, north of the West Bank, on Sunday called on Palestinian human rights organizations and the government to save their homes from the Israeli demolition orders. The Israeli authorities have recently issued orders to demolish the homes of 20 families in the village of …
Read More » } ?>Gaza boats will attempt to break Israel Navy siege on Tuesday
The Gaza Strip will set off a flotilla of ships on Tuesday in a bid to break the 12-year-long Israeli blockade on the Palestinian territory. “This trip will carry the hopes and dreams of the Palestinian people for freedom,” Salah Abdul-Ati, a member of a Palestinian committee tasked with breaking …
Read More » } ?>Human Rights Watch praises repeal of articles against women in Palestinian law
The international rights group, Human Rights Watch (HRW), praised on Thursday the Palestinian Authority’s recent repeal of what it said were “certain discriminatory provisions against women” in Palestinian law, describing the act as “a good first step toward what should be the repeal of a series of such measures.”
Read More » } ?>Israel settlers flood Palestinian farmland with sewage
Israeli Jewish settlers flooded Palestinian farmland with sewage in Beit Amer neighbourhood on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Hebron, the Safa news agency reported yesterday. Activist Yousef Abu-Maria told Safa that the settlers from the illegal Jewish-only settlement of Etzion channelled wastewater on to the Palestinian farmlands. …
Read More » } ?>Palestinian journalists protest against Israeli violations
On Sunday, tens of Palestinian journalists staged a peaceful march in the West Bank city of Al-Bireh, protesting against Israeli violations against their work, Quds Press reported.
Read More » } ?>PA signs deal to settle debts to Israel electricity firm
Palestinian electricity supplier PETL in Ramallah has reached an historic deal to settle the Palestinian Authority’s debts to the Israel Electric Corporation (IEC), Israeli economic outlet the Globe revealed yesterday. Nearly one billion shekels ($277 million) is owed by the PA to the IEC with the deal setting out a timeframe …
Read More » } ?>Determining humanitarian relief at the expense of Palestinian political rights
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is facing a $300 million financial deficit which, according to the organisaiton’s spokesman in Gaza, Adnan Abu Hasna, may jeopardise services to Palestinian refugees after August this year. Israel and the US have lobbied tirelessly …
Read More » } ?>Media freedom watchdog warns of more Israel attacks on journalists in Gaza
A senior official from the Committee to Protect Journalists has warned that more journalists may be killed or injured by Israeli forces during ongoing protests in the occupied Gaza Strip.
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