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Articles of the author TUBAS West Bank
Policeman's killing part of spiraling West Bank violence On verge of an explosion
When a white van drew up next to the office of the Palestine Customs Police in Tubas, a town in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, Abdel Nasser Sarhan had no reason to be suspicious. According to Abdel Nasser's colleagues, the van's driver got out and (...)

12 - 08 - 2024
West Bank: Israel investigates after volunteer paramedic killed
The Israeli army has launched an investigation after a Palestinian volunteer paramedic was killed in the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRCS) said Mohammed Awad Allan, 50, was shot while treating people who had been injured by (...)

21 - 04 - 2024
Released Palestinians allege abuse in Israeli jails
Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails say that guards carried out abuse and collective punishment in the weeks after the Hamas attacks on Israel on 7 October. They have described being hit with sticks, having muzzled dogs set on them, (...)

01 - 12 - 2023
Israel's Palestinian prisoner release a 'window of hope' in West Bank
By nightfall, the road in front of the Beitunia checkpoint had the feel of a restive festival, the sting of politics and tear gas mingling in the air. Small campfires flickered in front of a handful of green Hamas flags; there were many more (...)

25 - 11 - 2023
Palestine: Rights experts call for stronger torture prevention measures
Palestinian authorities must strengthen fundamental legal safeguards against torture and ill-treatment, especially from the first moments of detention, a group of UN human rights experts said on Monday. The members of the UN Subcommittee on (...)

25 - 09 - 2023
Palestinian families return to rubble in Jenin refugee camp
"We had to flee. Or my daughters and I would have been killed," Fatina al-Ghoul says, weeping as she looks back at a pile of rubble that was once her home. A bulldozer has already arrived and is clearing up debris from her street, which has been (...)

06 - 07 - 2023
Israel's Jenin operation reignites Palestinian anger
A thick crust of black ash has settled on the pavements and roads in the center of Jenin. It comes from barricades of burning tires set up by young Palestinian men, who prowl streets where they might see an Israeli jeep. Some of them carry rocks or (...)

05 - 07 - 2023
Greater protection needed for Palestinians amid rising violence, annexation threat
The international community must take firm and principled action to protect the human rights and dignity of Palestinians, amid mounting violence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and the threat of even further annexation, an independent (...)

01 - 04 - 2023
Ten Palestinians killed during Israeli raid in Nablus
Ten Palestinians, including an elderly man and several militants, have been killed during an Israeli military raid in the occupied West Bank, witnesses and Palestinian health officials say. Explosions and gunfire sounded as troops raided the heart (...)

22 - 02 - 2023
Six killed as Israel targets gunmen in West Bank raid
Five Palestinians, reportedly all gunmen, have been killed in a major Israeli raid against a group in the occupied West Bank. A sixth Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli troops who were attacked with stones in a protest against the raid, (...)

25 - 10 - 2022
UNRWA thanks Saudi Arabia for building a school, health center in Bethlehem, West Bank
Director of West Bank Operations at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Gwyn Lewis has expressed her appreciation for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's generous support, through the Saudi Fund for (...)

17 - 08 - 2021
Envoys from European countries visit West Bank village following increased Israeli settler violence
Heads of Mission and representatives from Belgium, Denmark, EU, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom visited Beita, a village near Nablus in the West Bank, the UK (...)

05 - 08 - 2021
Palestinian PM calls for halt to Israeli aggression on Gaza as death toll nears 200, including 58 kids
Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called on the world on Monday to stand with the Palestinians and end the brutal Israeli aggression carried out against the innocent people of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Shtayyeh's call to the international (...)

17 - 05 - 2021
UN official calls for new and timely Palestinian election date
After the postponement of the Palestinian Legislative Council elections, originally scheduled for May 22, a senior UN official in the region on Friday urged the authorities to set a new date for the polls. UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East (...)

30 - 04 - 2021
Palestinian Authority sets dates for legislative and presidential elections
The Palestinian Authority on Friday announced it will hold its first national elections in more than a decade. In a statement carried by the Palestinian news agency, WAFA, the PA said that President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday enacted a decree to hold (...)

16 - 01 - 2021
Palestinian authorities call on UNSC to act against Israeli settler violence
The Palestinian authorities have drawn the attention of the UN Security Council toward Israel's continued settlement building on the Palestinian land. In a statement, the Palestinian foreign ministry on Friday urged the UNSC to reassume its role and (...)

26 - 12 - 2020
KSrelief Distributes 1,015 Ramadan Food Baskets in West Bank and Gaza Strip
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has distributed 1,015 Ramadan food baskets in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in cooperation with Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, benefiting 10,050 individuals, it was reported here (...)

05 - 05 - 2020
'You will never break our will,' Palestinians tell Netanyahu after annexation pledge
Palestinians tilling the fertile Jordan Valley said on Wednesday they have been rooted for generations to the West Bank land that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to annex, and they vowed never to give it up. "We tell Netanyahu, and (...)

11 - 09 - 2019
Netanyahu pays homage in Hebron, in nod to rightist voters
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a rare visit to a core ultra-nationalist Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, pledging a permanent Israeli presence there as he tries to rally right-wing votes for an election two weeks (...)

04 - 09 - 2019
Palestinian women demand legal protection after suspected 'honor killing'
Hundreds of Palestinians demonstrated in the West Bank on Wednesday to demand legal protection for women after a 21-year-old woman died last month in what rights groups say was a so-called honor killing. A Palestinian Authority investigation is (...)

04 - 09 - 2019
Israeli teenager killed by bomb near settlement
An Israeli teenager was killed and her father and brother were injured by a bomb near a settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Israeli officials said. The family was visiting a spring in a popular hiking area when an improvised explosive (...)

23 - 08 - 2019
Israeli demolition order on Jerusalem outskirts stokes Palestinian fears
Israeli plans to demolish Palestinian homes near a military barrier on the outskirts of Jerusalem have drawn international criticism, amid Palestinian fears that a precedent would be set for other buildings along the barrier route. The deadline for (...)

18 - 07 - 2019
Palestinian contractors poised for riches from Israeli tech firm's takeover
Palestinian engineers working for Israeli chip designer Mellanox Technologies are poised to share a $3.5 million payout when the company's takeover by US chip supplier Nvidia Corp is completed. Mellanox is one of a handful of Israeli firms that have (...)

17 - 06 - 2019
KSrelief Continues Distributing Ramadan Iftar Meals in West Bank and Gaza Strip
King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center (KSrelief) has continued, for the 16th day in a row, the distribution of Iftar meals in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It is worth mentioning that the KSrelief has recently signed an agreement to provide (...)

22 - 05 - 2019
Veteran Palestinian negotiator says she was denied US visa for first time
A veteran Palestinian negotiator said on Monday she had been denied a US travel visa for the first time, and viewed it as retaliation for her criticism of the Trump administration and Israel. Asked about Hanan Ashrawi's allegations, a US State (...)

14 - 05 - 2019
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