RAMALLAH, Weather today in Palestine is abundantly clear with a slight rise in temperature, which becomes above annual average by 7-8°C, according to the Palestinian Meteorological Department (PMD).
Winds are southeasterly to northeasterly and light to moderate, while sea waves …
Day: January 10, 2021
Activists conclude two-hour boycott of Facebook over bias against Palestine
RAMALLAH, Palestinian social media, activists, and supporters of the Palestinian cause concluded yesterday a two-hour boycott of Facebook in protest of the latter’s censorship of the Palestinian content on its platform and bias for the Israeli occupation.
The two-hour pause …
Villagers fend off an attack by settlers near Nablus
NABLUS, Palestinian villagers and residents of the village of Burqa, north of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, yesterday fended off an attack by hardcore Israeli settlers which targeted the village, according to a local source.
Ghassan Daghlas, an official …
Hundreds of Israelis resume anti-Netanyahu protests
TEL AVIV, Hundreds of Israelis resumed their weekly demonstrations last night against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling for the long-serving Israeli leader to resign over corruption charges and mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
Protesters held signs reading “Go,” and “Bibi, …
Five human rights organizations demand inoculation of Palestinian prisoners against coronavirus
NAZARETH, Five human rights organizations in Israel submitted today a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court against the decision of the Israeli Minister of Internal Security, Amir Ohana, not to vaccinate Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails against COVID-19.
The petition …
Settlers uproot, steal olive saplings south of Nablus
NABLUS, Hardcore Israeli settlers today uprooted and stole scores of olive saplings in the village of Qusra, to the south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, according to a local activist.
Ghassan Daghlas, a local official who monitors …