Shafaqna English- Far-right government and Israeli army accused of complicity in devastating weekend assaults on West Bank, undeterred by US sanctions. The aftermath of these attacks left four Palestinians dead, dozens wounded, and nearly a hundred homes, vehicles and facilities destroyed. The assaults occurred under the apparent protection of the
Shafaqna English- Illegal Israeli settlers had “raided the Palestinian farmers and residential areas in the West Bank on Saturday. “The settler attacks occurred in the Jordan Valley (north), Hebron, and Bethlehem (south),” the Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission (CWRC) and the Palestine News Agency Wafa reported. The commission said in
In a desert region of the occupied West Bank, Israeli activist Eyal Shani has fitted a tiny camera on his T-shirt to collect evidence of settler violence against Palestinian sheep farmers.Campaigners like Shani have been trying to protect Palestinians from Jewish settlers in the rugged Masafer Yatta area south of Hebron, in the southern West Bank, but they say it has become increasingly difficult with attacks soaring following the outbreak of war in Gaza.
International attention is on Gaza – but attacks by Israelis who live on Palestinian land have been increasingWhile international attention has been turned toward Gaza, violence against Palestinians has increased in the West Bank too. Israeli settler attacks have become more frequent.Settlers are Israeli citizens who live on Palestinian land. In most cases, this happens because Palestinians are prevented from accessing their land and are physically attacked by settlers. In a third of cases,...
Palestinian officials have announced that during a raid by Israeli forces on the occupied West Bank coast, 14 Palestinians have been killed. According to Palestinian health officials, these individuals, including an ambulance driver who was heading to the scene of another attack on Israeli settlers in the West Bank, were killed near the village of […]
Palestinian authorities said at least 14 Palestinians had been killed during a two-day raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. Israeli forces began the raid in the early hours of Friday in the Nur Shams area, near the flashpoint city of Tulkarm, where they exchanged gunfire with armed fighters. Israeli forces said a number of militants were killed or arrested during the raid and four soldiers injured. It marked one of the heaviest casualty totals in the West Bank in recent monthsMiddle East...
In a desert region of the West Bank, Israeli activist Eyal Shani has fitted
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met Francesca Albanese, UN special
The head of the U.N. agency that has helped millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank for decades is urging the U.N. Security Council to ensure its survival as Israel again demands its dissolution
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency that has helped millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank for decades is urging the U.N. Security Council to ensure its survival as Israel again demands its dissolution. Philippe Lazzarini told the council Wednesday that dismantling the
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The head of the U.N. agency that has helped millions of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank for decades is urging the U.N. Security Council to ensure its survival as Israel again demands its dissolution. Philippe Lazzarini told the council Wednesday that dismantling the
UN agency helping Palestinians in Gaza seeks support against Israel's demands for its dissolution