The United Nations has said it will investigate its own agency for Palestinian refugees to ensure “neutrality” following allegations by Israel that at least 12 UN staffers assisted in Hamas’ deadly October 7 terrorist attack. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced the move in a statement on Monday, saying he …
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The conflict between Israel and Hamas has had a devastating economic effect on the West Bank and Gaza, where GDP has shrunk by 4.2% in the month since fighting erupted, according to a report by the UN. It added that 400,000 people have been plunged into poverty during the same …
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Scores of pro-Palestinian protesters staged a sit-in protest in the US Capitol on Wedensday, demanding that the US back a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Police arrested multiple demonstrators who refused to leave the building. The activists broke away from a larger demonstration on the National Mall and sat on …
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The plight of the Palestinian people cannot be disregarded, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the Russian Energy Week forum in Moscow on Wednesday, a day after his talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ Al Sudani. Muslims in the Middle East and elsewhere perceive what the Palestinians have endured for …
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Israeli security forces fatally shot two teenage Palestinian protesters during clashes in the West Bank on Tuesday, Palestine’s health ministry and the Islamic Jihad militant group have said. The violence in the streets erupted after Israeli special forces encircled the house of Ibrahim al-Nabulsi in Nablus. The senior Palestinian militant …
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The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) confirmed on Sunday that it had reached a ceasefire deal with Israel, the Times of Israel reported. Israel reportedly agreed to the Egyptian-brokered deal earlier in the afternoon, after three days of airstrikes on Gaza. The militant group said that the ceasefire would come into …
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Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Ziyad Al-Nakhala said on Friday that his group would target the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv with missiles “in the coming hours.” Earlier, Israel killed a senior commander of the militant organization in an airstrike. “Metropolitan Tel Aviv will be one of the targets of the resistance …
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Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s death should have marked a turning point for the United States government’s approach to the protection of journalists overseas – but when an allied nation could be to blame, that becomes a problem. Abu Akleh, a veteran journalist who worked for Al-Jazeera, was many things: …
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A 47-year-old Palestinian woman has been shot to death in the West Bank after allegedly approaching Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in a “suspicious manner” on Sunday, the IDF reported. “The force opened fire as part of a suspect arrest procedure that included firing into the air. After she did …
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Prisoner advocacy groups say female Palestinians face a wide range of human rights violations in Israeli jails. Earlier in December, three female Palestinian prisoners – Shorooq Douyat, Marah Bakir, and Muna Kaadan – were brutalized and thrown into solitary confinement, according to Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, an organization representing political prisoners. …
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