The Israeli government is planning to build 7,000 new settlement units in the occupied East Jerusalem, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry said on Monday. The ministry said in a statement the Israeli scheme aims to separate the holy city from its Palestinian surroundings. “It also aims to increase the number of Jewish settlers in the city …
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An Israeli Cabinet panel voted Sunday to endorse a piece of legislation that would silence mosque loudspeakers that broadcast the call to prayer, kicking up charges of discrimination from the country’s Arab minority and Palestinian people. The vote by the Cabinet panel on Sunday means the legislation will be introduced in parliament as a bill …
Donald Trump’s election victory means the Palestinian people will never have a state of their own, a Right-wing Israeli government minister has said as he hailed the demise of a “two-state solution” in the Middle East. Naftali Bennett, Israel’s education minister, is a champion of Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank and released a …
Some 2,000 Palestinians in the Jordan Valley have been affected by Israeli demolitions since the start of the year, according to United Nations figures. Reporting on the data, Israeli newspaper Haaretz said the number is “particularly high” because Israeli occupation forces have targeted “water networks to several communities in the valley”. In 2016 to date, …
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Israeli occupation forces shot an “unarmed and suicidal” 12-year-old girl in an incident initially reported by the Israeli media as a failed stabbing attack. According to Defence for Children International – Palestine (DCIP), Bara Esawi was shot three times in the leg “for failing to halt at Eliyahu checkpoint near Qalqilya, northwest of Ramallah in …
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The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said that Israel is currently detaining 25 Palestinian journalists, seven of whom are imprisoned under arbitrary Administrative Detention orders, without charges or trial. According to IMEMC, Israeli Authorities are holding seven journalists under Administrative Detention, without charges or trial, except for the alleged “secret files,” that neither the detainees nor …
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Six Palestinian fishers in Gaza were fired upon and seized by the Israeli occupation navy this morning, Tuesday 1 November. Despite an announcement last week that the Palestinian fishing zone was being “expanded” by the occupation’s naval forces to nine nautical miles, the two fishing boats were attacked by Israeli gunboats in four nautical miles …
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The Israeli Knesset (parliament) on Monday evening passed the preliminary reading of a controversial bill that would legitimize illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The measure, known as the Regulation Bill, was approved by 60-49 votes after a raucous debate. It must now pass three additional votes by the Knesset before it becomes law. …
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The attorney general’s office said Tuesday it would hold a hearing for controversial Likud lawmaker Oren Hazan before deciding whether to press charges in an assault case dating back some two years, prior to his election to the Knesset. “Before deciding to press charges, the suspect has been summoned for a hearing,” a statement from …
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Israel has reportedly suspended all working ties with the embassies of 12 UN Security Council members following the passing of a UN resolution declaring the country’s settlements on Palestinian territories illegal. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for Israel’s foreign ministry to temporarily limit working ties with the members who voted in favour of Friday’s …
