Hundreds of Palestinian families flee West Bank camp ahead of Israeli demolition orders

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Majdalani: Israeli statements calling for annexing West Bank, imposing sovereignty represent dangerous escalation, challenge to international community

Majdalani: Israeli statements calling for annexing West Bank, imposing sovereignty represent dangerous escalation, challenge to international community [Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:44:05 +0300] Ramallah - Saba: Ahmed Majdalani, a member of the Executive...

‘Quiet Pogrom in West Bank’ | Palestine This Week with Mouin Rabbani

Palestine This Week opens with a close look at Gaza, where talk of a ceasefire deal is gaining traction. Reports suggest that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon travel to Washington to finalise an agreement. But behind the...

U.N. Rapporteur Identifies 60+ Firms Profiting from Gaza Slaughter and West Bank Occupation

A U.N. human rights expert has named 60 companies she says are profiting from Israel’s campaign of genocidal violence in Gaza or the expansion of illegal settlements in the West Bank. The report by special rapporteur for Palestine Francesca...

MSF: Israel continues to destroy West Bank refugee camps after 5 months of military operations

Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) has confirmed that Israeli forces are still carrying out large-scale destruction and military operations in Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank, five months since the assault began. In a...

Jordan condemns Israeli intention to annex the West Bank

Israel has no autonomy over the occupied Palestinian territories, the Foreign Ministry stressed in a statement in response to the recent declaration by Zionist Justice Minister, Yariv Levin, who called for the annexation of the West Bank. The...

IDF releases video of Hamas abusing Palestinians in Gaza’s alleyways

Footage of Hamas abusing Palestinians in Gaza (Video: IDF) The footage, circulated on social media, depicts Hamas members beating civilians in alleyways and dark streets, and even opening fire on them. According to Alian, the brutal violence is...

U.S. officials reduce travel warning for Israel, the West Bank, but dangers remain

The State Department has reduced its travel advisory for Israel and the West Bank, but says visitors could be in danger if they decide to visit. On Tuesday, the agency announced a Level 3 “Reconsider travel” advisory for those planning to travel...

Impunity and Defiance: Has Slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza become ‘Normalized’?

If indeed “normalization” has become a Zionist ritual of bloodshedding embedded within its racist military doctrine of extermination of Palestinians, how long will the world allow it to fester before pulling the plug? Thus far, there is no...

I am a Palestinian from Gaza. This is my cease-fire proposal to Israel

For twelve days, the world held its breath. When Iran and Israel exchanged missiles in June, international actors rushed to de-escalate. The UN Security Council met for an emergency session. World leaders made calls. Cease-fire proposals were...

Israel kills 118 Palestinians in Gaza in 24 hours

Israeli authorities have ordered 22 Palestinian families to vacate their homes in the village of Sur Baher, south of occupied East Jerusalem, by July 7, according to the Wafa news agency. According to the Jerusalem Governorate cited in the report,...

IDF says it arrested 400 terrorists from six West Bank cells during Iran war

Palestinians face forced displacement in occupied West Bank

Israeli settler violence and military operations in the occupied West Bank have intensified since October 2023, displacing Palestinians and expanding settlements. Activists say this is part of a government-backed plan to annex the territory....

Palmer's Bar to close after serving beers for 120 years on West Bank

The bar didn't give a reason for its closure, but said it will have a "jam-packed" calendar and "plenty of time to party and say farewell" before shutting the doors. MINNEAPOLIS — After nearly 120 years serving up cold ones on the West Bank of the...

Palestinian martyred by zionist enemy gunfire in Tulkarm

[Thu, 03 Jul 2025 20:26:08 +0300] Ramallah - Saba: A Palestinian citizen was martyred by gunfire from the Zionist enemy forces on Thursday evening near the Nur Shams refugee camp, east of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian News Agency (WAFA),...

Palestine Action activists give triumphant salutes as they arrive at court accused of electric scooter attack on RAF warplanes

Palestine Action activists have bee pictured giving triumphant salutes as they arrived in court today accused of carrying out a £7million e-scooter attack on RAF warplanes. The four alleged members of the controversial protest group Palestine...

Gaza rescuers say Israeli forces kill 25, including 12 in shelter

Gaza's civil defense agency said Israeli forces killed at least 25 people on Thursday, including 12 in a strike on a school sheltering Palestinians displaced by the war nearing its 22nd month. Israel has recently expanded its military operations...

Gaza civil defence says Israeli forces kill 69 people

Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli forces killed at least 69 people on Thursday, including 15 in a strike on a school sheltering Palestinians displaced by the war nearing its 22nd month. Israel has recently expanded its military operations...

Gaza civil defense says number killed by Israeli forces Thursday rises to 69

Gaza's civil defense agency said the number of people killed by Israeli forces on Thursday rose to 69, updating a previous toll of 25. Civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 69 people were killed by Israeli strikes, artillery, or...

Gaza hospital director killed in Israeli strike

GAZA — The director of Gaza's Indonesian Hospital has been killed in an Israeli air strike on his home in Gaza City along with several family members, the Hamas-run health ministry has said. The ministry said Dr Marwan Sultan had a long career in...