Palestine

Israel extends so-called administrative detention of two Palestinian officials

Mar 04, 2021 19:45

Israel has extended the custody of two current and former Palestinian officials according to the so-called administrative detention rule, a form of imprisonment in which the individual is never tried and can be held indefinitely.
Amnesty hails ICC war crimes probe in Palestinian territories as ‘momentous breakthrough’

Mar 04, 2021 18:31

Amnesty International has praised the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to open a war crimes investigation in the occupied Palestinian territories as a momentous breakthrough.
ICC opens investigation into Israeli war crimes

Mar 04, 2021 06:43

The International Criminal Court opens a formal investigation into Israeli war crimes against Palestinians.
Tel Aviv trying to ‘influence’ ICC to protect Israelis against war crimes probe

Mar 03, 2021 06:17

Israel is working to "influence" the International Criminal Court (ICC) in order to protect its forces against possible rulings on war crimes, says the regime’s minister of war.
Over 400 EU lawmakers urge leaders to stop Israeli annexation

Mar 01, 2021 13:57

More than 400 European lawmakers have urged leaders to stop Israel's "de-facto annexation" of the occupied West Bank.
Grand Mufti of Egypt warns against Zionist entity plans to Judaize al-Quds

Feb 27, 2021 13:05

Egypt’s Grand Mufti Shawki Allam has warned against the Tel Aviv regime’s plans to Judaize the al-Quds and obliterate its true identity, after Israeli regime authorities banned the raising of the Muslim call to prayer at the Ibrahimi Mosque under the pretext that the illegal Zionist settlers were celebrating the Jewish holiday of Purim.
Italians stage sit-in denouncing Israel's failure to provide COVID vaccines

Feb 27, 2021 07:58

Rome's Association of Palestinians called a sit-in in the vicinity of the Italian parliament to draw attention on the Israeli regime’s COVID-19 vaccine program which excludes the nearly five million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, under Israeli military occupation.
UN calls on Israel to immediately stop demolishing Palestinian homes, buildings in West Bank

Feb 26, 2021 07:15

The United Nations has called on the Israeli regime to immediately halt its razing of Palestinian homes and structures in the occupied West Bank, saying such actions are contrary to international law and undermine humanitarian efforts across the Occupied Territories.
Palestinians hire UK-based law firm to prosecute Britain over 1917 Balfour Declaration

Feb 26, 2021 06:25

The head of the Palestinian National Independent Assembly says a London-based law firm has been hired to prosecute the British government over the 1917 Balfour Declaration that paved the way for the creation of Israel.
First dose of Russia Sputnik V vaccine injected in Gaza

Feb 23, 2021 08:02

The first Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine is given in the Gaza Strip as the COVID-19 vaccination campaign gets underway.