ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Office (FO) on Monday issued a statement expressing solidarity to the Palestinian cause and its people. The statement affirmed that Pakistan stood by its call for establishment of a viable, sovereign and contiguous State of Palestine that is in accordance with the internationally agreed parameters, the pre-1967 borders and with Al-Qudus as […]
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Palestinian journalist shot by Israeli troops dies: ministry
GAZA: A Palestinian journalist shot by Israeli forces during clashes along the Gaza border has died, the health ministry in the Strip said Saturday. Yasser Murtaja, a photographer with the Gaza-based Ain Media agency, was hit during clashes Friday, the ministry said. An AFP photograph taken after he was wounded showed Murtaja wearing a press […]
Clashes erupt as protests begin along Gaza border
GAZA: Clashes erupted as protesters gathered along the Gaza border on Friday, a week after similar demonstrations led to violence in which Israeli force killed 19 Palestinians, the bloodiest day since a 2014 war. Palestinians burned tyres and threw stones at Israeli soldiers over the border fence, who responded with tear gas and live fire, […]
Blast targets Palestinian PM’s convoy during rare Gaza visit
GAZA: An explosion targeted Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah’s convoy as he arrived in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday for a rare visit, lightly wounding seven people, officials and witnesses said. Hamdallah was not injured in the explosion, which occurred shortly after his convoy entered the territory run by Hamas, a security source in the […]
Over 50 Palestinians died in 2017 awaiting Israeli medical permits: WHO
More than 50 Palestinians died waiting for Israeli visas to travel for medical treatment last year, with only around half of all applications granted, new figures showed Tuesday. A total of 54 Palestinians died awaiting permits in 2017, the World Health Organization said, in what rights activists called an overly bureaucratic system which deprives Palestinians […]
Palestinian triplets named in anti-Trump Jerusalem protest
Palestinians have reacted to Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital with street protests, but one couple have come up with an idea of their own, in the naming of their triplets. Nidal and Islam al-Saiqli from Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip decided to name the three children Jerusalem, Capital and Palestine. Palestinians […]
Israel strikes Gaza after rocket attack
Israeli tanks and aircraft hit the Gaza Strip on Friday after rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave targeted a southern community, the army and Palestinian sources said. Clashes also erupted in the West Bank as Palestinians marked another “day of rage” following US President Donald Trump’s controversial December 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. […]
Palestinians call Guatemala’s Jerusalem embassy move ‘shameful’
The Palestinian foreign ministry on Monday slammed as “shameful” Guatemala’s decision to transfer its embassy to Jerusalem after the United States recognised the city as the capital of Israel. “It’s a shameful and illegal act that goes totally against the wishes of church leaders in Jerusalem” and violates a non-binding UN General Assembly resolution condemning […]
Palestinian president rejects US peace plan
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Friday that his people would “no longer accept” any peace plan proposed by the United States following Washington’s decision to unilaterally recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Trump administration has been preparing a plan in secret which is expected to be presented to the two sides in 2018. […]
Two Palestinian women in court over Israeli soldier slap videos
Two more Palestinian women appeared in an Israeli military court Thursday after a viral video of an alleged assault on Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, an AFP journalist said. Nariman Tamimi, 43, and Nour Naji Tamimi, 21, were detained in a case that has set Israeli and Palestinian social media alight. The video […]