Israeli occupation forces today informed the family of Ghaith and Omar Jaradat, two Palestinian prisoners and brothers from the town of Silat al-Harithiya in the north of the occupied West Bank, about their intention to demolish their home, according to local sources. The two brothers were arrested by the Israeli occupation authorities on 20 December 2021 and charged with killing an Israeli settler outside the illegal settlement of Homesh at

Minister Hussein al-Sheikh, Chairman of the Palestinian Civil Affairs Commission and Member of the Central Committee of Fatah Movement, called today upon the international community to condemn the latest Israeli displacement of Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood. “Demolition of homes and displacement of Sheikh Jarrah residents is a crime committed by #Israel & demonstrates its occupation policy,” he said in a tweet. “This requires the world’s condemnation of this

Palestine today recorded 1,240 new Covid-19 cases and six deaths, according to Health Minister Mai Al-Kaileh. She announced that 1,240 Palestinians tested positive for the highly contagious virus and six others died of it in the occupied territories. Among the new 1,240 cases, 946 cases were recorded in the West Bank and 294 others in the besieged Gaza Strip. Al-Kaileh identified one death case as a resident of the Gaza

Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Minister Riad al-Malki Wednesday called on Norway to ensure accountability of Israel and the protection of the Palestinian people. During a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in New York, al-Malki called on Norway’s counterpart, Anniken Huitfeldt, who serves as UNSC President for January, to take immediate action to hold Israel accountable for its violations and colonial occupation and provide

Israeli forces today started the razing of a tract of land belonging to the villagers of Jalud, south of Nablus, according to a local activist. Ghassan Daghlas, who monitors Israeli colonial settlement activities in the northern West Bank, said that bulldozers of the Israeli colonial settlement of Ahiya started to level a 5-donum plot of land, located just 200 meters to the south of the village. He added that the

A UK minister Wednesday urged Israel to stop forced expulsions of Palestinians and demolitions of their property in the occupied city of Jerusalem. “Following the forcible eviction of the Salhia family, and the demolition of their home in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, I urge the Government of Israel to stop these practices, which cause unnecessary suffering and can fuel tensions on the ground,” Minister for Middle East and North Africa

The foreign ministers of four EU countries urged Israel on Wednesday evening to halt colonial settlement construction in East Jerusalem. Earlier in the month, the Israeli occupation authorities approved plans for the construction of some 3,500 new settler units in occupied East Jerusalem, nearly half of which are to be built in the colonial settlements of Givat Hamatos and Har Homa. In their statement, the foreign ministers of France, Germany,

The European Union today reiterated that Israeli settlement colonial construction and forced expulsions of Palestinians are illegal and threaten the viability of the two-state solution. Commenting on the demolition of the Salhiya family house in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, the EU spokesperson said in a press statement that “the possibility of further evictions of Palestinian families from homes they have lived in for decades in the Sheikh

Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are struggling to survive and their needs have increased dramatically, with poverty rates reaching 87 per cent among them, according to the United Nations Agency responsible for Palestinian refugees. UNRWA said in a press release that it launched on Wednesday a Special Appeal to support Palestine refugees in Lebanon who are confronted with increasing hardship and vulnerability. Funds raised by this appeal will provide vital assistance