Tag Archives: Palestine

Telephone service between the United Arab Emirates and Israel began working Sunday as the two countries open diplomatic ties, part of a deal brokered by the US. Associated Press journalists in Jerusalem and Dubai were able to call each other from both landline and cellular phones registered to Israel’s country …

Israel closed the Gaza Strip’s offshore fishing zone Sunday following a night of cross-border fighting with Palestinian resistance, the most intense escalation of hostilities in recent months. Palestinian resistance in Gaza fired two rockets into southern Israel after Israeli airstrikes targeted sites belonging to the territory’s Hamas rulers. The military …

After years of informal normalisation, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has finally reached a formal “peace agreement” with Israel that paves the way for a strategic relationship between the two countries under the auspices of the Trump Administration. The agreement rewards US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin …

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says there is no change in his bid to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank and the strategic Jordan Valley despite allegations that a normalization deal with the UAE included a halt to the annexation plan. “There is no change to my plan …

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas called for an urgent meeting on Thursday with other Palestinian leaders following the announcement of the peace deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates. Abbas spokesman Nabil Abu Rdeneh called the deal “treason,” saying it must be reversed. He called on other Arab states …

The Israeli military has launched aerial and ground attacks against targets across the Gaza Strip for a second night in a row, while Tel Aviv tightens its grip on the blockaded territory’s fishing activities and fuel imports. It claimed in a statement that warplanes, attack helicopters and tanks struck a …

The Israeli military has carried out overnight airstrikes and artillery attacks on several parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, with no immediate reports of casualties. Israeli forces conducted attacks on at least three sites in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, with Palestinian sources saying the occupying regime’s aircraft had …

A Palestinian media report has warned of an Israeli regime’s plan to build hundreds of new illegal settler units in the strategically sensitive E1 region of the occupied West Bank in East al-Quds. The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)’s National Bureau for Defending Land and Resisting Settlements in a recent report …

A section of a mosque in the occupied West Bank was set on fire on Monday, and Palestinian officials accused Israeli settlers of being behind the attack. “The Land of Israel for the People of Israel,” read part of a slogan sprayed in Hebrew on the mosque’s wall, a reference …

Nabil Shaath, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas’ close aide, announced on Wednesday that 23 European Union (EU) countries stand with Palestine against the Israeli plan to annex large swathes of occupied West Bank, Al Watan Voice reported. The only two European states which have not yet announced their stance …

Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian youth, who was reportedly throwing stones at them during clashes between the troops and Palestinian villagers in central occupied West Bank. The victim was fatally shot by the forces in the village of Kifl Haris near the city of Salfit in the …

Indonesia’s government and House of Representatives have denounced the Israeli regime’s plan to annex Palestinian territories. “President Joko Widodo fully supports our firm stance against the Deal of the Century, including the annexation of the West Bank by Israel,” Mardani Ali Sera, Deputy Chairman of the Indonesian Parliamentary Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation …

Earlier this week, Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said that the 1 July deadline for Israel to extend its sovereignty over some parts of the West Bank, was not “a sacred date,” stressing that his priorities lay in tackling COVID-19, not new territory. Palestinians take to the streets of Ramallah …

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned Israel against proceeding with plans to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, calling them illegal. Writing in an article published in Hebrew on the front page of Israel’s top-selling daily, Yediot Aharonot, Johnson, despite saying he is a “passionate defender of Israel,” …

Today, Tuesday, the Dutch Parliament voted on a draft resolution submitted by the Socialist Party that considers the Zionist annexation plan a violation of international law. Parliament, through this decision, demanded the Dutch government and the European Union to take punitive measures against the occupation in the event that he …

Palestinians are expected to turn out en masse in the ‘Day of Rage’ protests that have been called by various Palestinian factions against the occupationist agenda by the US and the Israeli regime for their homeland. The factions recently declared a “Day of Rage,” putting out a call for nationwide …

A senior member of the UK Labor Party has called for banning the import of products from the West Bank if the Israeli regime goes ahead with the illegal annexation plan. Lisa Nandy, the shadow foreign secretary, said that the UK must ban the import of goods from illegal settlements …

A senior official from the Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas says armed resistance is a main tool to thwart the Israeli plan of annexing parts of the occupied West Bank and the Jordan Valley. “The Israeli annexation plans are a new crime added to the crimes of stealing Palestinian land …

The UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories urged the EU on Friday to consider measures to prevent or punish any Israeli annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank. Friday’s statement by Michael Lynk said the EU should back up its warnings against Israeli plans with …

The United Nations and European and Arab powers on Wednesday warned Israel that its plans to annex Palestinian land would deal a major blow to peace but the United States offered its green light. One week before Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to start the annexation process, a …