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Palestinian Authority urges Palestinians not to use Ramon airport
The Palestinian Authority on Wednesday has urged Palestinians to refrain from using the Ramon airport in southern Israel. In an interview with Anadolu Agency, spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Transportation, Musa Rahal, said that the…
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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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Key al-Aqsa Brigades member killed in West Bank raid: Israel
Tel Aviv: Authorities in Israel on Tuesday said that a leading member of the al-Aqsa Brigades — the military arm of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement — during a military operation…
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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 8 people, 40 injured
Gaza City: Israel unleashed a wave of airstrikes in Gaza on Friday, killing at least eight people, including a senior militant, and wounding another 40, according to Palestinian officials. Israel said it…
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Israel to open southern Ramon Airport to Palestinians: Report
Jerusalem: Israel has approved a plan to allow Palestinian passengers to use Ramon International Airport in southern Israel, a local news site reported. The first charter flight for Palestinian passengers under the…
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Israel limits cash payments to fight tax evasion
Jerusalem: An Israeli law that went into effect on Monday limits cash payments in one business transaction to 6,000 new shekels ($1,785), as the country works to combat organised crime, money laundering…
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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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Palestinian children denied medical care outside Gaza doubled in 2021
Israeli human rights organization on Wednesday revealed that the number of minors that Israel prevented from leaving the Gaza Strip to receive medical care has doubled during 2021. Israel-based Physicians for Human Rights (PHR)…
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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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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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Israeli forces attacks Palestinian woman’s funeral in West Bank
The Israeli forces on Friday attacked the funeral procession of a Palestinian woman in the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, West Bank. The forces blocked the mourners’ path and tried…
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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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Deeply concerned by developments in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza: India
United Nations: India has expressed deep concern over developments in the West Bank, Jerusalem and Gaza, underscoring the importance of the international community and the UN Security Council sending a “strong signal”…
