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Palestinians fly to Cyprus from Israel for first time
Jerusalem: Dozens of Palestinians departed for Cyprus from southern Israel’s Ramon Airport after Israel launched a pilot programme to enable Palestinians from the occupied West Bank to fly overseas. “Palestinians were aboard…
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50 Palestinians forced off Israeli bus at Jewish passengers’ behest
50 Palestinian workers were forced to get off a bus following complaints of three Jewish passengers who refused to share the bus with Arabs, local media reported. The incident happened on Thursday,…
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GCC condemns Israeli aggression on Gaza; death toll rises to 43
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries condemned the new aggression launched by the Israeli occupation army on the Gaza Strip, on Friday, July 5, which led to the death of 43 Palestinians and…
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Palestinians fires over 100 rockets at Israel after airstrikes on Gaza
Tel Aviv: Hours after Israeli airstrikes killed several people including a leader of militant organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) in the Gaza Strip, over 100 rockets were fired back at Israel from…
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Israel decides to cut $176 million from Palestinian tax revenues
Tel Aviv: Israel has decided to withhold 600 million shekels ($176 million) in tax revenues it has collected for the Palestinian Authority to offset the latter’s compensation for “attackers” against the Jewish…
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16 Palestinians arrested in West Bank raids by Israeli forces
The Israeli occupation forces at dawn on Monday launched a large-scale campaign of raids, during which they arrested 16 Palestinian citizens from the governorates of Ramallah, Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus in the West Bank. According to Palestinian News…
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Painting saves 26-year-old Palestinian in Israeli prison
A 26-year-old Palestinian artist saved himself mentally and emotionally inside an Israeli prison by painting on the walls of his cell, Anadolu Agency reported. Palestinian artist Mohammad Aziz Atef recently completed his…
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Pro-Palestinian rally gathers near Biden route
Jerusalem: President Joe Biden has announced $100 million in U.S. assistance for east Jerusalem hospitals that serve as “the backbone” of health care for Palestinians. He spoke Friday during a visit to…
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Children of Palestinian prisoners hands 100m letter to Red Cross
The children of the Palestinian prisoners handed the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) the 100-meter message containing— all kinds of violations that Israel practices against prisoners inside its prisons. The…
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3 Israelis, 64 Palestinians injured after settlers stormed Joseph’s shrine in Nablus
3 Israelis and 64 Palestinians were injured by live and rubber bullets during clashes that erupted in the city of Nablus on Thursday, in the northern West Bank, Wafa News Agency reported.…
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Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli fire: UN
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announced, on Friday, that Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank on Wednesday, May 11. “All information…
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131 Palestinians injured in Israeli attack in West Bank
Ramallah: 131 Palestinian protesters were injured during the latest attack by Israeli soldiers in several West Bank villages, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Among the injured were three shot by…
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More than 6.4 million Palestinian refugees live in camps: Report
Jerusalem: More than 6.4 million Palestinian refugees are registered in the records of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in the camps. This came in a report…
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Palestinians condemn Israeli decision to hold wine festival in Beersheba Mosque
Palestinians have denounced the Israeli-controlled Beersheba Municipality’s decision to hold an Iraeli wine festival in the Great Mosque of Beersheba, Israel. The festival, which will be launched under the title wine festival,…
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West Bank: 3 Palestinians shot dead, 10 injured in Israeli raid
Three Palestinians were killed and ten others were wounded, at dawn on Friday, in an assassination carried out by the Israeli occupation forces as they stormed Jenin in the occupied West Bank,…