With the release this month of two Palestinian freedom fighters after spending 40 years behind Israeli bars, Israel is still holding 23 Palestinian freedom fighters imprisoned since before the signing of the Oslo accords between the Palestinians and I…
Day: 19 January 2023
Israeli occupation authorities today forced a Palestinian owner to self-demolish his own house in the old city of occupied Jerusalem, citing unpermitted construction as a pretext.Witnesses told WAFA that Mahran Disi, the owner, demolished his privatel…
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Riyad Al-Maliki called today on the international community, the United Nations and the UN Security Council to go beyond the framework of condemnations and take practical steps to stop the violations and cri…
President Mahmoud Abbas urged today the US administration to intervene to stop the far-right Israeli government’s extremist measures and racist agenda before it is too late.The President’s call was made during a meeting with US National Security Advis…
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the occupied Palestinian territory, Lynn Hastings, expressed today her worries over an Israeli High Court’s ruling ordering the demolition of a donor funded school in Khashm al-Karm village, south of Hebron.She said …
The Hellenic Film Commission welcomed today representatives of the State of Palestine at the Greek Film Centre in Athens.Mrs Bothaina Hamdan, General Director of International and Public Relations of the Palestinian Ministry of Culture, accompanied by…
Minister of Health Mai Alkaila today strongly denounced the Israeli army shooting at Khalil Suleiman government hospital in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, saying it endangered the life of patients and staff.She said that this is not the first t…
Israeli occupation forces arrested seven Palestinians today, including five children, after raiding their homes in occupied Jerusalem, according to local sources.WAFA correspondent said Israeli police stormed Ras Al-Amud neighborhood in the city and a…