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Israeli army shot settler near Hebron, believing she was Palestinian

Israeli soldiers, on Tuesday, shot an Israeli female settler near Hebron, in the southern occupied West Bank, believing she was a Palestinian. The army said, in a statement posted on Twitter, that "a Palestinian woman was neutralised at a military checkpoint south of Hebron while she was trying to carry out an attack," without causing any Israeli casualties. However, Israeli media outlets said the shot woman was a mentally ill […]

10 May 2023

International

Washington’s Muslim, Jewish firefighters sue over policy banning beards

INTERNATIONAL A group of Muslim and Jewish firefighters in Washington have asked a judge to hold the city in contempt for a policy that bans beards, saying it unfairly targets the two minority faiths of Islam and Judaism. The firefighters - Steven Chasin, Calvert Potter, Jasper Sterling and Hassan Umrani - filed a motion this month in a district court, in which they said they were removed from duty, reassigned, […]

29 November 2022

International

Four Palestinian citizens imprisoned for taking part in nationwide riots

INTERNATIONAL An Israeli court sentenced four Palestinian citizens of Israel to dozens of years in prison after charging them with participating in inter-communal violence during nationwide riots in May last year. Haifa District Court sentenced Mohammed Abu al-Haija, Mohammed Abu Romi and Baha Abu al-Jaija to seven years in prison and Ibrahim Merih to five years. The four Palestinians are from Tamra village, inside Israel, which had witnessed protests in May 2021 against the […]

25 November 2022

International

PA records 73 Israel violations against Al-Aqsa, Ibrahimi mosques in June

INTERNATIONAL Israeli occupation forces committed 73 violations against Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Ibrahimi Mosque in June, Quds Press reported a Palestinian Authority (PA) official saying. In a statement, Awqaf Minister Hatem Al-Bakri said illegal settlers and occupation forces raided Al-Aqsa Mosque 23 times during June, while the Israeli occupation authorities stopped the Athan (call to prayer) being called at the Ibrahimi Mosque 50 times. Al-Bakri warned of the "dangerous Israeli violations" mainly against Al-Aqsa Mosque, pointing to the "repeated closures, allowing settler raids, carrying […]

5 July 2022

Local

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19 June 2022

International News

US to recognise Israel annexation of West Bank, Jordan Valley

The United States said it was ready to recognise Israel's annexation of much of the West Bank, but asked the new unity government also to negotiate with the Palestinians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has reached a power-sharing deal to remain in office after three inconclusive elections, has vowed to press ahead with annexations that the Palestinians say will shut the door on a two-state solution. A Middle East "vision" […]

28 April 2020

International News

Israel passes controversial ‘Jewish nation-state’ law

Israel's parliament on Thursday adopted a law defining the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, provoking fears it will lead to blatant discrimination against its Palestinian citizens. The legislation, adopted by 62 votes to 55, makes Hebrew the country's national language and defines the establishment of Jewish communities as being in the national interest. The bill also strips Arabic of its designation as an official language, downgrading it […]

19 July 2018

International News

Clashes erupt as Israeli forces escort hundreds of settlers to pray at Joseph’s Tomb

At least three Palestinians were injured with rubber-coated steel bullets, while several others suffered from severe tear-gas inhalation during clashes that erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday in the northern occupied West bank city of Nablus. Palestinian security sources told Ma’an that hundreds of Israeli settlers, escorted by armed Israeli forces, took to Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus to perform religious rituals in the area. According […]

11 October 2017

Jewish

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