Palestinian president: peace talks will resume if construction of settlements is halted
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that Israel must halt the construction of settlements in the West Bank before peace talks can begin. Responding to US secretary of state John Kerry’s speech on Wednesday, Abbas said in a statement read out by senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat that he is convinced, however, that peace is […]
Three Palestinians, all 22, shot and killed by Israeli forces on Friday
The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that Israeli soldiers shot and killed three Palestinians on Friday, and wounded at least 154 others, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and the Gaza Strip. The Ministry stated that the soldiers shot and killed Mahmoud Mohammad Issa Shalalda, 22, from Sa‘ir town, while resident Hasan Jihad […]
Watch: Jewish Extremist Tries To Stab ‘Rabbi For Human Rights’
Volunteers and activists were accompanying Palestinian olive harvesters in the West Bank to help protect them from settler attacks. A right-wing Jewish extremist threw stones at and attempted to stab president of Rabbis for Human Rights, Arik Asherman, following an olive harvest coordinated with the Israeli army on Friday. Nobody was significantly injured in the […]
Israelis Shoot Dead Three Palestinian ‘Knife Attackers’ Including A 16-Year-Old Boy
Israelis shot dead three Palestinian ‘knife attackers’ in Jerusalem and Hebron today, including a 16-year-old boy. Israeli police spokesman Luba Samri said officers shot and killed the teenager in Jerusalem after he tried to stab them when they stopped to ask him for identification. The incident took place close to where two Palestinian men boarded […]
Palestinian Calls For International Protection: Israel Rejects Call
Israel on Friday rejected Palestinian calls for a protection force to be deployed in east Jerusalem to quell violence around the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque. “Let me be crystal clear Israel will not agree to any international presence on the Temple Mount. Such a presence would be a change in the status quo,” Israeli deputy Ambassador […]
Palestinian Youth Set Fire To Joseph’s Tomb In Nablus: Watch Video
Hundreds of Palestinian youth set fire with molotov cocktails to parts of the Joseph’s Tomb complex in Nablus Friday morning. Hundreds of young Palestinians gathered and threw Molotov cocktails at the compound. When some of them broke in and began throwing flammables inside the compound, Palestinian security forces took control of the situation. When they arrived, they […]
Lebanese Security Arrest Isis Sheikh Ahmed Al Assir Going To Nigeria To Join Boko Haram
SECURITY forces in Lebanon have arrested Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (Isis) cleric Sheikh Ahmed Al Assir just as he was about to board a plane to Nigeria presumably to link up with Boko Haram terrorists. On the run for over two years, Sheikh Ahmed Al Assir was caught at Beirut’s Rafik Hariri International […]
