BOGOTA: Colombia recognised Palestine as a sovereign state in the days before new President Ivan Duque took office, according to a letter from the foreign ministry made public on Wednesday. “I would like to inform you that in the name of the government of Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos has decided to recognise Palestine as […]
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Israel to build new settler homes after deadly knife attack
AFP / Ahmad GHARABLI – Israeli security forces at the Adam settlement in the occupied West Bank on July 26, 2018, after a stabbing attack Israel is to build hundreds of new homes in a settlement in the occupied West Bank where a Palestinian stabbed three Israelis, one fatally, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday. The […]
Four Palestinians martyred in Gaza escalation
GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli aircraft and tanks hit targets across the Gaza Strip Friday after shots were fired at troops on the border, the army said, with reports that four Palestinians were martyred. Hamas said among the four deceased three of them were its members. A fourth Palestinian was shot dead during protests along the frontier with […]
Argentina-Israel warm-up fixture cancelled over Palestinian protests
A pre-World Cup 2018 warm-up fixture between 2-time world champions Argentina and Israel in Jerusalem was cancelled after protests erupted in Palestine over the move. According to the media, the two teams were set to face each other in a friendly match before the commencement of the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Jerusalem on June […]
Social media outraged as Israeli army martyrs Palestinian medic
A 21-year-old Palestinian medic, Razan Najjar, was shot in the neck and killed by an Israeli army sniper during demonstrations on Friday. Thousands gathered on Saturday to offer funeral prayers of the deceased 21-year-old. She was laid to rest in a cemetery in Khan Yunis of her hometown in Khuza’a. According to Palestinian Health Minister […]
US will ‘unquestionably’ veto UN resolution on Palestine-Israel conflict: Nikki Haley
The United States will “unquestionably veto” a UN draft resolution calling for the protection of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, US Ambassador Nikki Haley said on the eve of a Security Council vote on Friday. Haley described the text put forward by Kuwait on behalf of Arab countries as a “grossly one-sided approach […]
8-month old killed due to Israeli tear gas not included in Gaza ministry’s death count
A baby who died near the Gaza border was not included in a Gaza health ministry list of Palestinians killed by the Israel army, after a dispute over how she died. The ministry and family members originally said 8-month-old Leila al-Ghandour had died after inhaling tear gas along the border during a day of clashes […]
Indian forces killing unarmed civilians in IOK: PM
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday said that the Indian forces were killing innocent and unarmed civilians in occupied Kashmir. PM Abbasi made the comments while addressing the 55th session of Azad and Jammu Kashmir Council. During the PM-led session, the council members offered Fateha for victims of Indian LOC violations and brutalities […]
In an act of defiance, American Jews rally for Palestinian cause
American-Jews rally for Palestine under George Washington’s statue Boston, US – In the summer of 2012, Ayelet Reiter was atop the Austrian Hospice of Jerusalem looking into the Old City. It was Ramadan and the next day was Tisha B’Av, a day that Jews like her would mourn the destruction of the Holy Temple by […]
Lebanese actor draws attention to Palestinian suffering at Cannes
Lebanese actor Manal Issa held a sign that read “Stop the Attack on Gaza” at the premiere of “Solo: A Star Wars Story” at the Cannes film Festival on Tuesday. Palestinians on Tuesday marked the Nakba, or “disaster”, in the memory of more than 700,000 Palestinians who escaped or were expelled in the 1948 war surrounding Israel’s […]