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Settlers cut down 36 olive trees in Burin

Settlers cut down 36 olive trees in Burin

  • 2019-10-07

Settlers cut down dozens of olive trees in the town of Burin, south of Nablus. According to the head of the village council Burin Yahya Kadous that the settlers last night cut down 36 olive trees and...

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Israel plans to set up a huge landfill near Khan al-Ahmar

Israel plans to set up a huge landfill near Khan al-Ahmar

  • 2019-10-07

Israeli authorities plan to set up a huge garbage dump in the Khan al-Ahmar area between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea, as well as a factory to recycle part of the waste. Fakhri Abu Diab, a researcher i...

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The occupation intends to establish a new outpost east of Hebron

The occupation intends to establish a new outpost east of Hebron

  • 2019-10-07

The Israeli occupation forces razed more than 30 dunums of Palestinian land in Al-Baqa´a area east of Hebron on Monday. According to local sources: The occupation forces began to remove electri...

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A young man was wounded by Israeli gunfire west of Jenin

A young man was wounded by Israeli gunfire west of Jenin

  • 2019-10-07

 Israeli soldiers wounded on Monday morning, a young man was shot dead near the military checkpoint Barta´a southwest of Jenin. According to medical sources, the Israeli occupation forces...

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Prisoner Shorouk Dwayat enters her fifth year in Israeli jails

Prisoner Shorouk Dwayat enters her fifth year in Israeli jails

  • 2019-10-07

 Jerusalem prisoner Shorouk Dwayat (22 years), on Monday, entered its fifth year in the prisons of the occupation. The head of the Committee of the Families of the Prisoners of Jerusalem Amjad A...

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Settlers destroy vehicles and write racist slogans in Qira, north of Salfit

Settlers destroy vehicles and write racist slogans in Qira, north of Salfit

  • 2019-10-06

Settlers carried out attacks and vandalism on Sunday morning in the village of Qira, north of Salfit. According to local sources, settlers infiltrated Qira and damaged tires of a number of vehicles b...

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The Israeli occupation forces swept 22 dunums of cultivated land north of Beit Jala

The Israeli occupation forces swept 22 dunums of cultivated land north of Beit Jala

  • 2019-10-05

Israeli occupying forces razed 22 donums of agricultural land planted with vines, olives and almonds in the village of Krimizan, northwest of Beit Jala. According to the coordinator of the Wall and S...

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Fishermen injured by Israeli targeting in the Gaza Sea

Fishermen injured by Israeli targeting in the Gaza Sea

  • 2019-10-04

Two Palestinian fishermen were injured early Friday when their boat came under fire from Israeli gunboats in the Gaza Strip. The fishermen committees said in a statement: "The Israeli gunboats...

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Lebanese artist deprived of European prize because of his support for "BDS"

Lebanese artist deprived of European prize because of his support for "BDS"

  • 2019-10-03

Aachen authorities have decided to deny Lebanese artist Walid Raad the $ 9,900 Indigo Zachs Literary Prize he was due to receive because of his support for the BDS movement. The German city of Aachen...

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Palestine wins membership of the Human Rights Committee of the Arab League

Palestine wins membership of the Human Rights Committee of the Arab League

  • 2019-10-03

The State of Palestine on Thursday won nine votes in the membership of the Arab League´s Human Rights Committee. The State of Palestine will be represented in this committee by Counselor Majdi...

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