By Kouthar Sambo The Patriotic Alliance (PA) labeled Dr Allan Boesak as "ungrateful" following his rejection of having a street named after him. Speaking on VOC's Drive Time show earlier today, the anti-Apartheid activist, academic, and cleric said while this is a huge honour, he is not willing to be "honoured" at the expense of those suffering. "When I saw the PA’s deputy president, Kenny Kunene over the weekend and […]
The Palestinian Authority has revealed its increasing discomfort with the rise of Palestinian anti-colonial resistance in the occupied West Bank. The narrative of Hamas as the epitome of Palestinian resistance can no longer be relied on to foment discord between resistance groups, as armed resistance now denotes a unified Palestinian struggle encompassing adherents of all factions. Fatah’s Revolutionary Council recently held three days of meetings in Ramallah, during which it […]
Protesting against political detention, Islamic Jihad in Palestine (IJP) has decided not to attend the planned meeting of Palestinian factions slated to take place at the end of the month in Cairo. "We will not join the meeting for secretaries general of the Palestinian factions hosted by Egypt before the release of our brother fighters from the Palestinian Authority (PA) prisons," IJP's Secretary General Ziyad Al-Nakhala said. This came amidst a […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) warned, Wednesday, that a planned flag march by Israeli settlers in occupied East Jerusalem will fuel tension in the region, Anadolu News Agency reports. Settlers plan to stage the flag march through Jerusalem's Old City on Thursday to mark what they call the unification of Jerusalem, in reference to Israel's occupation of the city in 1967. In a statement, PA spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, termed the flag march […]
INTERNATIONAL Asem Zayed leaves his home in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin at 3.30am every day. It takes him almost four hours to get to his workplace in Israel, as he navigates the overcrowded military checkpoints on his side of the separation wall, and races to beat the traffic on the other side. After a long day of work as an electrical technician, he reaches home around 7pm, with an average of […]
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 […]
INTERNATIONAL Family of Palestinian activist Nizar Banat, who was murdered last year, yesterday called on international donors to stop funding the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s institutions, a statement said. Nizar Banat was beaten to death by the PA's Protective Apparatus last year. Under international pressure, the PA began prosecuting 14 of its security officers. However, on Tuesday it was revealed that they had been released from custody despite a decision by the military […]
The Israeli Supreme Court yesterday demanded the Palestinian Authority pay six million shekels (about $1.8 million) to the daughters of Gad and Tzipi Shemesh, who were killed in a bomb attack in Jerusalem 20 years ago. Broadcaster Kan quoted judicial sources as saying that Tzipi was "pregnant with twins when she was murdered." The bombing was reported to have resulted in the killing of three people, Gad and Tzipi, and the former […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) yesterday warned of the increasing Jewish-only settlement in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, Wafa news agency reported. This came during a meeting between PA Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Al-Maliki, and Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Wopke Hoekstra, held in Ramallah. During the meeting, Al-Maliki briefed Hoekstra on the escalating Israeli violations and crimes in the occupied Palestinian territory. He explained that the occupation carries out crimes against Palestinians, their land, properties and holy sites […]
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