U.S. Envoy Condemned Israeli Settlers’ Violence During Visit To Palestinian Village

RAMALLAH, Mar 1 (NNN-WAFA) – A senior U.S. official, yesterday visited the Palestinian village of Hawara, near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and condemned the recent violence by Israeli settlers. During a short visit to the village, Hady Amr, the U.S. special representative for Palestinian affairs, in the…

Palestinian PM Condemns Israel’s Initial Approval Of Death Penalty Bill For Attackers

RAMALLAH, Feb 28 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday condemned an Israeli committee’s vote, to advance a death penalty law for Palestinians carrying out deadly attacks against Israeli citizens. “This law is fascist and criminal, and will not discourage us from continuing to demand our right, freedom, and…

Revenge Attacks By Israeli Settlers In West Bank Killed Palestinian, Torched Homes, Cars

JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH, Feb 27 (NNN-WAFA) – Hundreds of Israeli settlers launched violent revenge attacks in the northern occupied West Bank last night, killing at least one Palestinian, injuring dozens, and burning down homes, shops, cars and farmlands, after a Palestinian shooting attack killed two Israelis, Palestinian and Israeli sources said. The…

Another Palestinian Man Dies Of Wounds Sustained From Clashes With Israeli Soldiers

RAMALLAH, Feb 25 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian man succumbed to the wounds he sustained, from clashes with Israeli soldiers, two weeks ago, in the northern West Bank city of Jenin, the Palestinian health ministry said. Mohamed Abu Sabbah, 30, was critically wounded two weeks ago by Israeli soldiers, in the…

Israel Approves Building 7,157 New Housing Units In West Bank Settlements

JERUSALEM, Feb 24 (NNN-MA’AN) – Israel has approved plans to build 7,157 new housing units in the settlements, in the occupied West Bank, an Israeli settlement watchdog group said, yesterday. The Higher Planning Council of the Civil Administration, an Israeli body responsible for approving construction in the West Bank, approved…

UN Delegation In Gaza To Defuse Hamas-Israeli Tension: Sources

GAZA, Feb 24 (NNN-WAFA) – A UN delegation arrived in the Gaza Strip yesterday, to defuse tension between Israel and Hamas, the ruler of the Palestinian enclave, Palestinian security sources said. The delegation, headed by UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, entered Gaza through the…

Palestine To Request Security Council Session On Israeli Killing Of 10 Palestinians In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Feb 23 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine will request a UN Security Council emergency session, on the killing of ten Palestinians yesterday, by Israeli soldiers, in the northern West Bank city of Nablus, the official Palestinian news agency quoted a Palestinian report as saying. The report said, Palestine would request international…

Iran Condemned Israeli Killing Of Palestinians In Nablus

TEHRAN, Feb 23 (NNN-IRNA) – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman, yesterday, condemned the “brutal” Israeli attack and killing of Palestinians on the northern West Bank city of Nablus. Nasser Kanaani made the remarks, in a statement published on the Foreign Ministry’s website, reacting to the attack by the Israeli army…

UN Security Council Calls For De-Escalation Of Israeli-Palestinian Tensions

UNITED NATIONS, Feb 21 (NNN-XINHUA) – The Security Council, yesterday, adopted a presidential statement, calling for the de-escalation of tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. “The Security Council calls on all parties to observe calm and restraint, and to refrain from provocative actions, incitement and inflammatory rhetoric, with the aim, inter…

Palestinian President Called On Blinken To Urge Israel To Stop Unilateral Measures In West Bank

RAMALLAH, Feb 19 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterrday called on U.S. Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, to pressure the Israeli government to stop its unilateral measures in the Palestinian territories. An official statement sent to reporters said that, Abbas received a phone call from Blinken, during which they…
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