Settlers attack vehicles near Ramallah
Israeli settlers on 6 September attacked Palestinian-registered vehicles passing near the illegal Israeli settlement of Kokhav HaShahar to the northeast of Ramallah, causing damage to some. Local witnesses told WAFA settlers through rocks and stones at passing cars, among them a vehicle belonging to Rafiq Abu Alia, from the nearby village of al-Mughayyer. Extremist Israeli […]
Israel to seize lands in Bethlehem
Israeli authorities today issued three military orders to seize Palestinian-owned lands in Beit Jala, Tuqu; and al-Rashayda in the south of the occupied West Bank in order to expand nearby illegal Israeli settlements, according to sources. Hasan Breijieh, from the Bethlehem anti-settlements and anti-wall committee, said that Israeli authorities issued orders to seize lands in […]
Netanyahu visits Hebron, promises Jews will remain there
Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netnayahu Wednesday evening carried out a provocative “visit” to al-Ibrahimi mosque in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron amidst tight security measures that affected the city’s Palestinian population and which came following a “visit” by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. Netanyahu said at an election campaign to win settlers’ vote […]
Germany’s Merkel insists on two-state solution in Israel-Palestine conflict
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas have held talks in Berlin. Abbas called for Europe to play a greater role in the Middle East peace process because he says the US is not neutral. German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Thursday for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict even if this […]
President Abbas declares an end to working on agreements with Israel
President Mahmoud Abbas declared tonight an end to working on all the signed agreements with Israel. He said at an urgent meeting for the Palestinian leadership held in Ramallah and called for following Israel’s demolition of 10 Palestinian buildings in Sur Baher neighborhood in occupied East Jerusalem that displaced Palestinian civilians that the leadership decided […]