UN Commission: Israeli Settler Attacks on Palestinians Part of Systematic Displacement Policy
GENEVA: The UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel has stated that attacks by armed Israeli colonist militias against Palestinian civilians in the occupied West Bank are part of a systematic policy aimed at forcibly displacing the Palestinian people from their lands. The Commission emphasized that these state-backed attacks […]
Palestine Signs Commemorative Board Marking 80 Years of UN Charter
NEW YORK: The Permanent Representative of the State of Palestine to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, signed the commemorative board marking 80 years of the adoption of the United Nations Charter. The United Nations provided an opportunity for 195 states, including 193 member states as well as the State of Palestine and the Vatican as […]
Palestinian Prisoner Imad Sarhan Dies in Gilboa Prison Due to Medical Neglect
RAMALLAH: Israeli authorities on Sunday informed the family of Palestinian prisoner Imad Rajeh Sarhan, 47, from Haifa in the 1948 occupied territories, that he died in Gilboa prison after suffering a heart attack on Saturday. Sarhan had been detained since October 15, 2001, and was serving a life sentence. He suffered prolonged interrogation and systematic […]
Israeli Terrorist Settlers Set Fire to Palestinian Vehicles in Deir Dibwan, Ramallah
RAMALLAH: Israeli colonists on Sunday evening set fire to two Palestinian-owned vehicles and damaged two others during an attack on the town of Deir Dibwan, east of Ramallah. According to reports, a group of Zionist settlers stormed the al-Marah area near the western entrance of the town, torched two vehicles belonging to local citizens, and […]
Western Countries Impose Sanctions on Israeli Settler Violence Networks in West Bank
They have imposed coordinated sanctions targeting networks involved in financing, facilitating and carrying out settler violence against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The measures were announced on Tuesday jointly by France, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway amid a surge in settler attacks and record expansion of illegal settlements. Also Read: Palestinian Health Ministry […]
Australia, Canada, France, Norway and UK Impose Coordinated Sanctions on Israeli Colonist Networks
LONDON: Australia, Canada, France, Norway and the United Kingdom have announced coordinated sanctions targeting Israeli networks involved in financing, facilitating and carrying out colonist violence in the occupied Palestinian Territory. The measures were coordinated with earlier sanctions announced by Australia and New Zealand, reflecting growing international anger at the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements and […]
Palestinian Ministry Welcomes International Sanctions on Israeli Settler Terrorists
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has welcomed the announcement by Australia, Canada, France, Norway, and the United Kingdom of coordinated sanctions targeting individuals and entities involved in financing, supporting, and carrying out colonist attacks against Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian Territory. The Ministry described these sanctions as an important step in […]
Palestinian Ministry Condemns Israeli Knesset Bill on Theft of Palestinian Tax Revenues
RAMALLAH: The Palestinian Foreign Affairs Ministry has strongly condemned the Israeli Knesset’s approval of a bill expanding deductions from Palestinian clearance tax revenues. The Ministry described the legislation as a colonial measure that forms part of a systematic policy of organized piracy and the continued plundering of Palestinian funds. Also Read: Israeli Extremist Minister Ben-Gvir Calls […]
Netanyahu Claims Israeli Forces Approaching Control of 70% of Gaza Strip
RAMALLAH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday that Israeli forces are approaching control of approximately 70% of the Gaza Strip as military operations continue and occupied areas expand. Speaking at the start of a cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said Israeli forces currently control more than 60% of the Gaza Strip and are expected to […]
Israeli Strikes Kill Five Palestinians in Khan Younis, Gaza
GAZA: Five Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Sunday in Israeli air and drone strikes west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported that at least one Palestinian was killed and 10 others wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting Rashid Street west of Khan Younis. In a separate incident, […]