JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israel prevented the entry of a 22-year-old American student, who has Palestinian grandfather, earlier this month, and despite her being recently granted a valid visa, she is still detained by Israeli authorities. Twenty-two-year-old student Lara al-Qassem was granted an A/2 Student Visa for her master’s degree at the Hebrew University by the […]
Israel to Build World’s Largest Desalinization Plant as Occupied Palestinians Thirst for Water
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Ministry of Finance announced that it had received bids from seven various groups to build the world’s largest desalination plant, which will be able to produce about 200 million cubic meters of water per year. The ministry said, in a statement to the Reuters news agency, that the tender is […]
Israeli Chronic Occupation depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Access to Health Care: WHO
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in its annual report, “Right to Health: Crossing Barriers to Access Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2017,” that Israeli restrictions were the major obstacle to health access for Gaza patients. The report examined obstacles to achieving the highest attainable standard of health for Palestinians […]
Amnesty International: Israeli ‘Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar in Palestine is a War Crime’
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Amnesty International said, on Tuesday, that the demolition of the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, east of occupied Jerusalem, and the displacement of its residents by Israeli forces as part of an illegal Israeli settlement expansion plan is a “war crime.” Saleh Higazi, Amnesty International’s Middle East and North Africa Deputy Director, […]
Legal Center: ‘Israeli snipers continue to target unarmed Palestinians’
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli army continues killing unarmed Palestinian civilian protesters with snipers and live ammunition in the besieged Gaza Strip, with the approval of Israel’s Supreme Court, according to Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. More than 18 years since October 2000, when the Israeli police killed 13 unarmed […]
Gaza: Israeli Snipers Murder 7 unarmed Protesters, send 210 to Hospital, including 35 Children
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Hundreds of Palestinians of the Gaza Strip marched, on Saturday afternoon, in the funerals of seven Palestinians killed by Israeli forces a day earlier during protests at the eastern borders of the besieged strip. The funerals of Iyad al-Shaer, 18, Muhammad Haniyeh, 23, Muhammad Shakhsa, 25, Muhammad Anshahi, 18, Muhammad al-Awawdeh, […]
Israel Turned Down 2,173 Gaza Requests for Treatment Outside in Aug., 20% Cancer Sufferers
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A fifth or 20% of medical applications submitted in August by patients in the besieged Gaza Strip were denied, by Israel, a permit to leave for medical treatment in East Jerusalem or Israeli hospitals were for cancer patients, according to a monthly report by the World Health Organization (WHO). On Thursday, WHO […]
“No one will leave:” Palestinian Bedouin reject Israeli Ultimatum to Abandon their Town in Palestine
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Civil Administration ordered on Sunday the Bedouin residents of Khan al-Ahmar village, east of Jerusalem, to demolish their homes and to evacuate the area before the start of October. According to local sources, staff members of the Israeli Civil Administration under the protection of Israeli forces stormed Khan al-Ahmar and […]
Spain to Recognize Palestinian State, work for European Union Acceptance
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Spain has become the latest country to voice its readiness to recognize the State of Palestine and that it will promote a European Union (EU) move to recognize Palestine as an independent state. Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, spoke at a conference of EU leaders in Austria, saying that the […]
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