Ma’an News – Israel must stop shooting at Palestinian civilians in the Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch said Friday, noting four have been killed near the border fence since the beginning of 2014. A report by the New York-based watchdog cited UN data which also said more than 60 civilians were wounded by Israeli gunfire near […]
By Mohammed Omer. WRMEA – I drag our suitcases, mine and my pregnant wife Lina’s, through the often impenetrable Rafah Crossing, at the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt. It’s a ritual carried out by thousands whenever it is announced that the border will be open. Even so, would-be travelers wonder whether they will […]
IMEMC – Hanan Khatib, one of the lawyers of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, stated Thursday that 15 ailing Palestinian political prisoners, held at the Ramla Prison Clinic, are facing deteriorating conditions amidst the lack of adequate medical care. Khatib said the detainees are denied the right to much needed medical attention and care, and […]
IMEMC – Palestinian medical sources have reported that eight Palestinians, including children, were injured when the Israeli Air Force fired a missile into an area in Beit Lahia city, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The attack took place near the Beit Lahia Club in the al-Manshiyya area. Medical sources said the wounded […]
Ma’an News – Israel is to start sending call-up papers to all Christian Palestinian-Israelis of military service age, army radio reported Tuesday, angering Palestinian MKs who accused the government of seeking to divide Christians from Muslims.Military service will remain voluntary for Israel’s 130,000 Palestinian-Israeli Christians as it is for its more than 1.3 million Palestinian-Israeli […]
The Guardian – The two main rival Palestinian factions have signed an accord designed to end seven years of sometimes violent division, paving the way for elections later in the year and the formation of a unity government within weeks. The move, after a day of talks between Hamas and Fatah in Gaza that lasted until three […]
IMEMC – The Israeli Authorities prevented Palestinian Legislator and the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, from entering the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, as he was planning to head to Gaza along with other members of the National Reconciliation Committee. Barghouthi said that the Israeli authorities informed him his request “has […]
By Carlos Latuff. IMEMC – For three days, a small village in the West Bank, Nabi Saleh, was subjected to a military siege imposed by the Israeli army as a form of collective punishment. On Saturday, the 12th of April, Israeli forces imposed a blockade on the village after declaring it a ‘closed military area’. […]
IMEMC – Miles of Smiles Convoy (26) arrived this past week, in Gaza, with solidarity activists from 21 nations worldwide. Deputy Foreign Minister, Ghazi Hamad, welcomed the convoy’s activists “Here Gaza, where we share patience and resilience.” Hamad expressed hope that the convoy encourages other convoys. He appreciated the delegation’s determination to come to the […]
IMEMC – Israeli forces set up a military base on the roof of a Palestinian house in the Bethlehem district, on Sunday, a Ma’an reporter said. In the village of Tuqu southeast of Bethlehem, Israeli soldiers climbed to the rooftop of a house belonging to Nayef Hussein Moussa. The soldiers stationed machine guns on the […]
