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Israeli authorities approve budget for controversial ‘Apartheid road’ in West Bank

Israel has reportedly approved a budget for the construction of the so-called Eastern Ring Road in the occupied West Bank, known by activists and rights groups as the “Apartheid road.” The road, part of Israel’s plans of developing the controversial E1 corridor, has been denounced as an attempt to further expand illegal Israeli settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territory, while deepening the separation between Palestinian communities on opposite sides of […]

today28 June 2017

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MRN alarmed by worsening health conditions in Gaza

South African Palestine solidarity groups have criticized the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) “politicking” against Hamas, while health care conditions deteriorate in Occupied Gaza. Gaza’s residents are on the brink of a crisis after the Israeli government’s decision to cut power supply to the region, which has been under a blockade for 10 years. The power cut will have a dire effect on the operations of hospitals, schools and businesses. Gaza’s hospitals […]

today16 June 2017

International News

4 Palestinians banned from Jerusalem, Israel over rock throwing at Al-Aqsa

Israeli authorities have banned four Palestinians from entering occupied East Jerusalem and Israel, after the four were detained, interrogated, and released without charge for allegedly throwing rocks inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Sunday. Israeli forces had imposed a brief lockdown at the compound, denying entry or exit to Muslim worshipers, after one rock was allegedly thrown at a group of some 60 extremist Israelis who […]

today12 June 2017

International News

Thousands attend funeral for Palestinian killed by Israeli soldiers

Thousands of Palestinians in the city of al-Bireh in the central occupied West Bank took part in the funeral of 19-year-old Ahmad Nashat Othman al-Kharroubi, who was shot and killed by Israeli forces earlier on Thursday during clashes in Kafr Aqab north of Jerusalem. Al-Kharroubi, who was from al-Bireh, was critically injured when Israeli forces shot him with live ammunition in the neck. He was pronounced dead upon arrival to […]

today23 December 2016

International News

Israeli settlers agree to leave illegal Amona outpost

Israeli Jewish settlers of a settlement in the occupied West Bank have agreed to a plan to relocate their hilltop outpost peacefully that could allow the government to avoid a potentially violent clash. The 40 families living at Amona, northeast of Ramallah, face a high court order to leave the site by December 25 because it was found to have been built on private Palestinian land. The approaching deadline led […]

today19 December 2016

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