Retaliation through demolition: Israel destroys Palestinian family home… for the third time (VIDEO)

The Israeli army has razed the home of a Palestinian who has been jailed, charged with killing a soldier. It’s the third time the family’s home has been demolished and more of its members are in jail, on charges including murder. Early on Saturday, a massive Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) detachment arrived at the El […]

‘Force, intimidation & tear gas’: IDF raids Palestinian news agency to ‘grab CCTV footage’

There was no need for the IDF to raid the Palestinian news agency office in Ramallah and use force and tear gas to seize CCTV footage, as they could have asked for it and got it, WAFA editor Maher Abukhater has said. Israeli soldiers raided the office of the Palestinian news agency WAFA in the […]

Israel ‘abducts’ Palestinian governor of East Jerusalem & intel chief suspected of ‘kidnapping’

Israel has confirmed detaining two senior Palestinian officials in charge of running Jerusalem’s affairs and suspected of aiding a kidnapping. The Palestinian leadership has condemned the detention as a “crime” and “abduction.” The detention of the Palestinian Authority Governor of Jerusalem, Adnan Ghaith, and the arrest of Jihad Fakih, Palestinian intelligence chief in the holy […]

Israeli border guards arrested for ‘stripping & sexually harassing’ Palestinian women

A military court has extended the detention of two Israeli soldiers accused of forcibly stripping and sexually harassing Palestinian women, and of stealing money, at a checkpoint in the West Bank. One combat soldier and one security observer from the Military Police’s Border Crossings Unit are accused of violating orders and sexually harassing women during […]

‘Vindictive & cruel’: US revokes visas of Palestinian envoy’s family after mission shutdown

The Palestinian Liberation Organization has accused US of a new level of pressure and of being ‘spiteful’ after the family of its envoy had their visas annulled following the closure of the PLO office. Hanan Ashrawi, a member of the PLO’s executive committee, said on Sunday that the US “has taken its attempts to pressure […]

Dual US-Israeli citizen stabbed by Palestinian teen in West Bank

AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean A Palestinian teen fatally stabbed an American-born Jewish settler in the West Bank on Sunday.  The victim, Ari Fuld, 45, was well-known among settlers as a pro-Israel advocate. The suspected assailant was shot and seized by armed civilians and taken into custody. Palestinian street attacks against Israelis, many carried out by assailants […]

Swedish court outrages pro-Jewish groups by nixing deportation of Palestinian arsonist

Sweden’s court decision to overturn the expulsion of a Palestinian convicted of firebombing a local Synagogue has provoked a fierce reaction from Israel and pro-Jewish groups that called it a legitimization of anti-Semitism. The Court of Appeals for Western Sweden has overruled another court’s decision concerning a deportation of a Palestinian man, who was earlier […]

US cuts to UN refugee agency an ‘attack on Palestinians & intl law’ – Palestinian FM

US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to a UN refugee agency is tantamount to an attack on the Palestinian people and international law, Palestine’s foreign minister stated. Riyad al-Maliki slammed the US on Tuesday for withholding more than $ 200 million from the budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for […]

US cuts to UN refugee agency an ‘attack on Palestinians & intl law’ – Palestinian FM

US President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding to a UN refugee agency is tantamount to an attack on the Palestinian people and international law, Palestine’s foreign minister stated. Riyad al-Maliki slammed the US on Tuesday for withholding more than $ 200 million from the budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for […]

17yo Palestinian kills 1, injures 2 Israelis in knife attack in West Bank settlement

One person has been killed and two injured in the latest stabbing attack, this time carried out by a 17-year-old Palestinian, who entered an Israeli settlement in the West Bank for his attack and who was killed during the act. The attack by the young Palestinian, who was later identified as Muhammad Tareq Yusuf, happened […]