Category: Jerusalem

On Saturday evening, Israeli Channel 12 disclosed the details of the “proposal” that was presented by the United States during the indirect negotiations in Doha, for a ceasefire in Gaza…

By Jonathan Kuttab – Sabeel: It is outrageous, in the midst of an ongoing genocide where each day brings news of more tragedies and horrors, that we would have the luxury…

JERUSALEM, Thursday, August 15, 2024 (WAFA) – Israeli colonists today took over a Palestinian-owned residential building at Batn al-Hawa in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, according to the Shehadeh…

On Wednesday, Jordan has expressed strong condemnation of the Israeli occupation government’s recent decision to approve the establishment of a new colonial outpost on a UNESCO World Heritage Site in…

On Wednesday morning, illegal paramilitary Israeli colonizers stole at least 200 sheep from Palestinian Bedouins in the Ras Al-Awja community, north of Jericho, in the northeastern West Bank. Hasan Mleihat,…

On Wednesday, Israeli bulldozers demolished five Palestinian homes, a gas station, and a carwash facility in the At-Tour town, located to the east of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank.…

AMMAN, Monday, August 12, 2024 (WAFA) – Jordan’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ayman Safadi, has strongly condemned the Israeli government’s aggression on Gaza and its continuing disregard of…

Israeli forces invaded Shu’fat refugee camp, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, delivered demolition orders for several homes, and took measurements of homes, in addition to invading Al-Isawiya…

The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society said in a joint statement that Israeli soldiers abducted, in less than two days, at least 40 Palestinians, including children and…

On Friday night, Israeli soldiers assaulted three young Palestinian men in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, before abducting one of them.…

Report By B’Tselem: “Welcome to Hell” is a report on the abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli custody since 7 October 2023. The Israeli Information Center In…

Israel rains death and destruction on Gaza and West Bank; UNRWA gradually resumes educational activities; anti-Zionist rabbis attend Haniyeh’s funeral; Israeli-American soldier posted videos of Gaza homes, mosque being detonated;…

Israel rains death and destruction on Gaza and West Bank; UNRWA gradually resumes educational activities; anti-Zionist rabbis attend Haniyeh’s funeral; Israeli-American soldier posted videos of Gaza homes, mosque being detonated;…

BERN, Saturday, August 3, 2024 (WAFA) – The World Council of Churches (WCC) Friday called for ending the Israeli occupation and recognition of the Palestinian people’s right to self-determination. WCC…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least six Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded various governorates across the occupied West Bank,…

RAMALLAH, Sunday, July 28, 2024 (WAFA) – The crackdown on Palestinian detainees at the Israeli occupation’s Ofer Prison has reached a crisis point, with reports of severe mistreatment, including systematic…

On Saturday evening, a group of fanatic paramilitary Israeli colonizers invaded Hizma town, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, attacked homes and property, and fired…

On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-two Palestinians, including a journalist, former political prisoners, and a child, from their homes in several parts of the occupied West Bank.…

TEL AVIV,  Thursday, July 25, 2024 (WAFA) – The Israeli Knesset General Assembly approved on Thursday the Israeli government’s decision to transfer responsibility for the Land Authority to the extremist…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted four Palestinians, including one child, in occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers broke into a home in the Ath-Thouri neighborhood…

RAMALLAH, Monday, July 22, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates slammed the passing of a draft bill designating UNRWA as a “terrorist organization” by the Israeli…

NEW YORK, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 (WAFA) – Palestine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Riyad Mansour, said during an open debate on the ongoing crisis in Gaza at…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers shot and seriously injured a Palestinian child in the Shiokh Al-Arroub town, north of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank’s southern part. Several Israeli military…

On Sunday evening, the Israeli army and the police forced a Palestinian family to demolish its home in the Ein Al-Louza neighborhood in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque,…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Hizma town, north of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a gas station. Media sources said several military vehicles, and bulldozers…

On Sunday, Israeli Border Police shot and killed a Palestinian young man after he allegedly carried out a car-ramming attack in the city of Ramla in central I Israel, killing…

On Thursday, the Israeli District Court in occupied Jerusalem rejected the appeal of four Palestinian Jerusalemite families against eviction rulings in the Batn Al-Hawa neighborhood in Silwan, south of the…

BRUSSELS, Wednesday, July 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) today demanded the European Union (EU) to take clear positions on Israeli assaults against journalists. The PJS addressed…

The Israeli ministerial cabinet is planning to meet in the coming few days to approve the construction of more than 5,000 new colonialist units in the occupied West Bank, and…

Israeli forces abducted, on Tuesday, seventeen Palestinians, including two children, in the governorates of Ramallah, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, and Hebron. At dawn Tuesday, occupation forces abducted two Palestinian young men in…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished three Palestinian homes in Jerusalem, Nablus, and Jericho, in the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers invaded Wad Al-Jouz neighborhood in occupied Jerusalem,…

On Saturday, the Qatari Foreign Affairs Ministry condemned the Israeli decision to expand the illegal colonies in the occupied West Bank. The Ministry said that “The State of Qatar strongly…

Ramallah 6-26-2024 WAFA – Today, Wednesday, the Israeli occupation forces carried out 17 demolition operations in the West Bank, including Jerusalem, and another within the 1948 territories. In the city…

From Monday evening until Tuesday morning, the Israeli occupation forces abducted at least 25 Palestinians from the West Bank, including a wounded person and former detainees. The Prisoners’ Affairs Authority…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers fired live rounds at Palestinian workers near the Dahiat Al-Barid area, north of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank, wounding one before abducting him along…

On Monday evening, Israeli soldiers abducted a Palestinian and caused scores to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation, in Anata town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank.…

On Saturday night, Israeli soldiers shot six young Palestinian men with live round near the illegal Annexation Wall in the ar-Ram town, north of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in…

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) reports 84 incidents of theft of Palestinian journalists’ property by Israeli forces since October. Report By WAFA News The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate announced today that…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least sixteen Palestinians, including one child, and attacked many Palestinians, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Detainees’ Committee and the…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers invaded Jaba’ town, northeast of occupied Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a Palestinian home. Local sources said the soldiers demolished a home, owned by…

A large group of Israeli colonizers invaded, on Tuesday evening, the Old City and Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West…

The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has reported a significant and unprecedented rise in the number of detainees suffering from skin diseases, particularly the highly contagious scabies disease, in Israeli prisons,…

On Tuesday, Israeli soldiers demolished three homes in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The Wadi Hilweh Information Center In…

On Thursday dawn, Israeli soldiers killed a young Palestinian man near the Sahera Gate in the Old City of the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, after he allegedly…

RAMALLAH, Wednesday, May 15, 2024 (WAFA) – Thousands of Palestinians everywhere in the world today mark the 76th anniversary of the Nakba of 1948, when nearly 750,000 indigenous Palestinians were ethnically…

RAMALLAH, Monday, May 13, 2024 (WAFA) – The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs warned today that female Palestinian detainees incarcerated in Israel’s Damon Prison are held in total isolation…

On Monday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least sixteen Palestinians, including two children and former political prisoners, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said…

These are some of the Israeli violations and attacks by Israeli occupation soldiers and the parliamentary colonizers militias against the Palestinians in the West Bank, on Saturday, May 11, 2023.…

RAMALLAH, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates welcomed the overwhelming vote and international consensus in the United Nations General Assembly affirming the right…

JERUSALEM, Friday, May 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has decided to temporarily close the Agency’s headquarters in occupied…

On Sunday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-five Palestinians, including a young woman, children, and former political prisoners, from several parts of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the…

On Thursday, Israeli soldiers abducted three Palestinians in the Bethlehem Governorate, and one near the occupied capital, Jerusalem, in the occupied West Bank. Several army jeeps invaded Husan village, west…

Earlier Thursday, Israeli soldiers invaded the town of Hizma, northeast of the occupied Palestinian capital, Jerusalem, in the West Bank, and demolished a residential building and sheds. Media sources said…

On Sunday dawn, Israeli soldiers abducted at least fifteen Palestinians, including a young woman, two children, and several former political prisoners, in various parts of the occupied West Bank. The…

On Saturday, Israeli soldiers abducted at least twenty-one Palestinians, including a child, and attacked families, in several parts of the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) said the…

On Wednesday evening, the army continued its invasions and violent searches across the occupied West Bank and abducted five Palestinians in Jenin, Nablus, Jerusalem, and Ramallah. In Ya’bad town, south…