Tag: Palestinian territories
heightened security ahead of Al Jazeera journalist’s funeral
After the official ceremony yesterday Thursday in Ramallah, it is at the beginning of the afternoon in East Jerusalem that the funeral of Shireen Abu Akleh, the Palestinian-American journalist killed…
Israel asks for a review of the bullet, the Arab countries an independent investigation
At the UN, Arab countries have called for an “independent international investigation” Calls for a transparent investigation grew yesterday following the death of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. At the…
Palestinians evicted from their homes by Israeli forces
In the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan, below the Old City, Israeli forces arrived early on Tuesday May 11 to evacuate residents from an apartment building. Bulldozers then razed it, leaving…
Masafer Yatta settlement project violates ‘international law’ for Palestinians
Israel is set to convene a committee this week to announce the construction of 4,000 new homes for Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, in violation of international law.…
Israeli court gives green light for expulsion of around 1,000 Palestinians
In Masafer Yatta, in the south of the occupied West Bank, in the hills near Hebron, a dozen Palestinian villages and about a thousand people can be evicted at any…
Nearly 600 Palestinians detained in Israel without charges
Israeli rights NGO HaMoked released a report on Monday (May 2) with this new figure: In May, Israel detained 604 people without charge or trial, almost all of them Palestinians,…
High tensions after the death of an Israeli and a Palestinian in the West Bank
After fresh clashes on the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, an Israeli was fatally injured Friday evening (April 29) at the entrance to a settlement in the West…
Erez crossing closed from Sunday due to rocket fire
After new rocket fire from Gaza, the Israeli authorities changed tactics. They announce that the Erez crossing point, through which transit Palestinian workers going to Israel, will not reopen its…
the esplanade of the Mosques closed to Jews during the last days of Ramadan
Again on Wednesday, April 20, Israeli forces fired rubber bullets and sound grenades at Palestinians entrenched in the al-Aqsa Mosque in East Jerusalem, the part of the city occupied and…
New clashes between Palestinians and Israelis around the al-Aqsa mosque
More than twenty people were injured, this Sunday, April 17, during clashes between Palestinians and Israelis on and around the esplanade of the Mosques, in Jerusalem. After violent clashes on…