Palestinian traffic police warned citizens that dancing outside the car while filming it and posting it on social media will be penalized as required by traffic law. Several people have posted on social media a film of themselves leaving their car while moving on the road and dancing alongside it …

RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank: The head of the Palestinian police said Wednesday that Hamas must disarm to allow a landmark reconciliation deal signed last month with rivals Fatah to succeed. Hazem Atallah’s comments came as cracks began to show in the Palestinian reconciliation deal mediated by Egypt over the issue …

Israel continues to target the family members of Palestinians who have allegedly committed attacks by subjecting them to an array of punitive measures. Recent measures have targeted the lives and means of livelihood of family members of the accused, including through the confiscation of their money and personal property. The …

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities announced on Monday that they would begin allowing certain Palestinian residents of occupied East Jerusalem to visit the besieged Gaza Strip.A spokesperson for COGAT, the Israeli agency responsible for implementing Israeli policies in the occupied Palestinian territory, said in a statement on Monday that as …

JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — After Israeli forces banned them from entering Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City, a group of Palestinians performed prayers at the mosque’s gates Tuesday night. More than 40 Palestinians have been detained, interrogated, and banned from the Al-Aqsa Mosquecompound amid heightened security restrictions imposed by …

A Palestinian teenager shot by Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank last month died from his wounds on Monday, the Palestinian health ministry said. The incident on 23 March saw Israeli troops shoot dead another Palestinian teenager and seriously wound three more Palestinians, including the 17-year-old confirmed dead on …

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — After facing imminent demolition of their home, with some being rounded up in Israeli detention centers, the relatives of the slain Palestinian who carried out a deadly truck attack in a Jerusalem-area settlement will now have their East Jerusalem residency status revoked. Israeli Minister of Interior Aryeh …

QALANSAWE (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities demolished 10 homes belonging to Palestinian citizens of Israel in the city of Qalansawe in central Israel on Tuesday morning, prompting a defeated mayor to resign after Israeli authorities refused for decades to approve the city’s master plan. Local sources told Ma’an the devastating demolition …

  GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip, under Hamas’ control, announced during a Dec. 22 event held on a Gaza beach the creation of special marine forces as an independent entity from the other security institutions. The establishment of this new security body sends a challenge to Israel. …

  Palestine’s al-Fatah group prepares to choose its new leader at the end of the month as Mahmoud Abbas, president of Palestinian Authority and the head of al-Fatah, is to leave his post. Abbas’ main rival seems to be Muhammad Dahlan who lives in the United Arab Emirates and has …