• Palestinians name a new Cabinet in West Bank, and a shooting attack wounds 3 Israelis

    The Palestinian Authority, which administers parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, announced the formation of a new Cabinet on Thursday as it faces international pressure to reform.

  • The Israeli genocide in Gaza may spark a Palestinian uprising in the West Bank: interview with Jafar M. Ramini

    Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The carnage and devastation in Gaza is ongoing, but as the world looks at the western most land in Palestine, there are ongoing battles to the east in the Occupied Territory of the West Bank. Tensions flared all of the summer of 2023 in the West Bank, and once […]

  • This is how the occupation uses Ramadan to oppress Palestinians in the West Bank

    Al Jazeera Net correspondent Ramallah- Abdul Hadi Azzam spends hours every day at the al-Murabba checkpoint, which was created by Israeli occupation forces after the war on the Gaza Strip, and is on the only bypass road used by Palestinians coming from the central and southern West Bank. situated at. In response to this, after

  • As Gaza is destroyed, Israel is killing dozens of children in the West Bank

    A 12-year-old Palestinian boy was shot while lighting a firework. ‘Cases like these happen quite regularly, but no one’s hearing about them,’ according to the Israeli rights group B’Tselem“The depth of the horror surpasses our ability to describe it,” James Elder, a spokesperson with the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), said after travelling the length of Gaza this week. There is nothing left: Republicans who called for Gaza to be turned into a “parking lot” have got their wish. Amid the...

  • Another casualty of escalating clashes in the West Bank: The Palestinian olive harvest

    Abdullah Abu Awad first harvested his family's olive grove decades ago with his father and grandfather. He knows the trees as well as he knows his own children. But he hesitated before driving across the field one morning in December, unsure what the nearby Israeli settlers might do. The settlement of Shilo sits just beyond the fence of his 12-acre property. "Do you see anyone coming?" the 45-year-old farmer asked his son, who sat beside him in their SUV, scanning the road ahead. "It seems OK,"...

  • Documents reveal alleged pattern of Israeli harassment of Unrwa workers on West Bank

    Exclusive: UN documents seen by the Guardian list hundreds of incidents, including claims workers were blindfolded and beatenMiddle East crisis – live updatesUN staff working with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been subjected to a systematic campaign of obstruction and harassment by the Israeli military and authorities since the beginning of the conflict in Gaza five months ago, according to internal UN documents obtained by the Guardian.The documents record hundreds of incidents...

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    Woman, 78, arrested after three people killed in SF West Portal crash

    A woman was arrested Sunday on suspicion of killing three people, including a child, after she allegedly drove her SUV into a bus shelter in San Francisco’s West Portal neighborhood, local officials said. Mary Fong Lau, 78, could face three felony counts of vehicle manslaughter and one felony count of causing bodily injury due to reckless driving, as well as several misdemeanor traffic violations, Robert Rueca, a spokesperson for the San Francisco Police Department, told SFGATE in an email on...

  • Israeli Airstrike Kills 36 Palestinians During Suhoor Meal in Nuseirat Refugee Camp

    Amidst the ongoing war on Gaza, 36 Palestinians in the Nuseirat refugee camp, predominantly from one family, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Sunday 17 March. The bombing occurred while the family had gathered to prepare a suhoor meal during the holy month of Ramadan. According to WAFA, Mohammed Tabatibi, 19, sustained injuries to his left hand during the attack that claimed the lives of 36 of his family members and relatives in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. He said: “These...

  • Occupation forces stormed the town of Yatta, south of Hebron, and launched an arrest campaign in the West Bank

    26/3/2024,,Last updated: 3/26/202401:06 am (Makkah time) Al Jazeera correspondent reported that Israeli occupation forces attacked the town of Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, shortly after these forces announced that the Karmiyeh Tzur settlement in Gush Etzion in Hebron came under fire Was. The correspondent also reported that Israeli settlers raided the

  • Hezbollah says three members killed in Israeli strikes, bringing terror group's death toll to 260

    The Hezbollah terror group announces the deaths of three members killed “on

  • Israel May Cut Off Palestinian Banks From Global Banking System Next Week

    Israel May Cut Off Palestinian Banks From Global Banking System Next Week Via Middle East Eye Palestinian banks could be cut off from the Israeli banking system starting next week following a decision by Israel’s finance minister to cease dealings between the two financial institutions, according to a report on Thursday by Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has two days to convene a cabinet meeting to discuss reversing plans by Finance Minister...

  • What Do Israelis Want; What Do Palestinians Want?

    Israelis and Palestinians want contrary things. Pretending that their wants are reconcilable does not help; it obfuscates reality. Imposing policies not based on reality guarantees failure.