NABLUS, October 28, 2014 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Tuesday conducted a live-fire military training in an area near residential homes to the east of Khirbet al-Tawil south of Nablus, according to member of the anti-settlement committee in Aqraba, Hamza Dirieh. He told WAFA that soldiers set up camps in the …
Read More »Blog Archives
Israeli Forces Demolish Parts of Jerusalem Home
JERUSALEM, October 28, 2014 – (WAFA) – Israeli police Tuesday demolished parts of a home in the central occupied East Jerusalem, according to WAFA correspondent. A West Jerusalem Municipality officers and police, accompanied by heavy bulldozers, surrounded a house that belongs to al-Sharif family in Salah ad-Din street, under the …
Read More »Demolishitions in Southern Hebron Hills on the Rise
HEBRON, October 28, 2014 (WAFA) – Israeli forces demolished another seven structures in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Khair, a locale in the Hebron south of West Bank, said a press release issued by Operation Dove (OD) on Monday. According to OD the demolishing of these homes which belong to …
Read More »Israelis quietly expand enclave in Palestinian district of Jerusalem
(Reuters) – Israeli guards quietly occupied two purchased residential buildings in a Palestinian district of East Jerusalem on Monday, expanding a Jewish settler project in defiance of U.S. criticism. A previous move on Sept. 30 by settlers into homes bought in the Silwan neighbourhood, in an area captured by Israel …
Read More »Israeli occupation detains 3 Palestinians at Al-Salaymeh checkpoint in Hebron
PNN/ Hebron FalastiNews reported that Israeli border police yesterday Sunday detained three Palestinian men at the Salaymeh checkpoint in Hebron, checking their ID cards and making them remove their belts. Sources said that one Palestinian was detained for around 20 minutes, and another for 10 minutes. The other Palestinian was …
Read More »Legislative Council to hold vote of confidence for unity government
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hamas and Fatah have both agreed to hold a session of the Palestinian Legislative Council before Nov.15 to give a vote of confidence to the unity government and form a unified body to lead the council. Hamas lawmaker Salah al-Bardaweel said Sunday that a vote of …
Read More »Official: PA forces regularly conduct politically motivated arrests
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestinian Authority police regularly detain people in the West Bank due to their political affiliation, an official said Sunday. Khalil Assaf, a member of the subcommittee on civil liberties formed after the West Bank-Gaza unity government was sworn in in June, told Ma’an that regardless of the …
Read More »Hamas blasts PA for failing to begin Gaza reconstruction
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Hamas movement on Sunday urged the Palestinian Authority to facilitate the entry of construction material into the besieged Gaza Strip in order to speed up the reconstruction ahead of winter, as the first major rain of the fall season highlighted the challenges still facing tens …
Read More »Inas Khalil 5, killed after run over by Israeli settler, and her mate Tulin Asfur severely injured
PNN/ Ramallah Inas Shawkat Khalil 5, from Sinjil village near Ramallah, was announced passed away in Ramallah Public hospital today after Israeli settler ran over her with his car, caused here severe injuries then ran away. Her mate, Tulin Asfour 5, is still in hospital, suffering serious injuries and comma. …
Read More »Young Palestinian 'beaten by Jewish mob' in Jerusalem hotel
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — A mob of Jewish men assaulted a young Palestinian on Friday evening while he was working at a hotel in Jerusalem in an attack apparently motivated by racial hate, the victim’s father told Ma’an. Faysal Azzam told Ma’an that 11 “extremist” Jews yelling racial epithets attacked his …
Read More »