RAMALLAH, Renowned Palestinian-French artist Samir Salameh died on Thursday in Paris. He was 74.
Salameh was born in Safad, Palestine, in 1944 but fled the city with his family in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war to end up as refugee in …
Gaza fisherman, their boats detained
GAZA, Israeli navy forces detained on Thursday four Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza City coast and seized their boats, according to witnesses.
A fisherman told WAFA that the navy boats opened fire at the fisherman who were sailing in two …
Government says building 20,000 new settlement units in Jerusalem a declaration of war
RAMALLAH, The Palestinian government strongly condemned on Thursday an Israeli plan to build 20,000 new settlement units in occupied East Jerusalem, describing it as a declaration of war on the holy city.
Government spokesman Yousef al-Mahmoud said in a statement …
Woman writer remanded for the sixth time for eight more days
RAMALLAH, Palestinian woman writer Lama Khater was remanded in custody for eight more days, the sixth remand since her arrest at her Hebron-area home on July 24, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Thursday.
Khater appeared at a military …
Woman writer remanded for the sixth time for eight more days
RAMALLAH, Palestinian woman writer Lama Khater was remanded in custody for eight more days, the sixth remand since her arrest at her Hebron-area home on July 24, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS) said on Thursday.
Khater appeared at a military …
Trade deficit registers drop by 10% in June, says statistics bureau
RAMALLAH, Palestine’s trade balance, which represents the difference between exports and imports, showed a decrease in trade deficit by 10% in June compared to May, and an increase by 7.1% compared to June 2017, and reached $359.5 million, the Palestinian …