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UN urges Israel to allow humanitarian workers to continue working in Palestine
United Nations: The UN urged Israel to allow human rights and humanitarian organisations to continue their work in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). On Thursday morning, Israeli forces broke into, searched and…
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Israeli forces conduct raids at offices of NGOs in Palestine
Ramallah: Israeli forces on Thursday conducted raids at offices of various NGOs in Palestine’s Ramallah. After conducting a raid on the Al-Haq organization, an independent Palestinian human rights group based in Ramallah,…
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Israeli court extends detention of Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Manasra
The Israeli court on Tuesday extended the solitary confinement of the Palestinian prisoner Ahmed Manasra for an additional six months, the Palestinian Prisoners Club (PPC) reported. The extension means Ahmed Manasra will…
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Israeli court refuses to release Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda
The Israeli occupation court on Monday rejected a request for the release of Palestinian prisoner Khalil Awawda, who has been on hunger strike for 156 days, in protest against his administrative detention.…
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UNSC to hold emergency meet to discuss escalation across Gaza Strip
New York: United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency closed-door meeting on Monday to discuss the latest escalation between Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip, media reports…
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Palestine accuses Israel of ignoring Joe Biden’s pledges
Ramallah: Palestine has condemned the killing of a Palestinian teenager, and accused Israel of ignoring the pledges made by US President Joe Biden. The Palestinian presidency condemns “the crime committed by the…
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Palestine seeks full UN membership to protect 2-state solution
Ramallah: Riyad Mansour, Palestine’s envoy to the UN, said that it is “making all possible efforts” to obtain full membership of the world body to protect the two-state solution. The Palestinian mission…
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India contributes USD 2.5 million to UNRWA for Palestine refugees
Jerusalem: India contributed USD 2.5 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Director of the West Asia and North Africa Division of…
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Israeli forces kill 2 in West Bank gun battle: Palestine
Nablus: Israeli troops and special forces on an arrest mission exchanged fire with Palestinians barricaded in a house in the occupied West Bank on Sunday, Israeli police said. The local rescue service…
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Nearly 3,500 Palestinian residents in West Bank face severe water crisis
Ramallah: Nearly 3,500 Palestinian residents of Duma village in the Jordan Valley in the northern West Bank are on the verge of a severe water crisis, local media reported. Community leaders have…
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Israel cancels expanded work permits for Gazans in response to rocket fire
Jerusalem: Israel has decided to cancel a recently increased quota of work permits for Palestinian labourers from Gaza in response to rocket attacks. The decision was announced by the Coordinator of Government…
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Palestine rejects results of US probe on Al Jazeera journo’s killing
Ramallah: Palestine has rejected the results of a ballistic probe by a US team into the bullet that killed veteran Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May in the West Bank. On…
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Bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen handed to US: Palestine
Ramallah: A senior Palestinian official has said that the bullet which killed veteran Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in May had been handed to a US team for an examination. The bullet…