West Bank

Israel Sanctions The Palestinian Authority And Risks War In West Bank

After the Palestinian Authority (PA), which governs small pockets of the West Bank, decided to seek a legal opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Israel’s conduct in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), Tel Aviv has retaliated by sanctioning them. PA Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, warns these sanctions could lead to the PA’s Read More...

Israel to destroy 58 Palestinian schools

Palestine Information Center – January 6, 2023 RAMALLAH – 58 Palestinian schools are at risk of demolition in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem, the Arab Campaign for Education for All revealed. In a statement issued on Thursday, the campaign expressed deep concern over the Israeli violation of Palestinian children’s right to education. Israeli authorities […]

“Violence will escalate as long as extremists are allied to Netanyahu”: interview with Tawfieq Toameh

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator   Jana Majdi Zakarneh, a 16-year-old girl, was killed by Israeli forces as she was standing on the roof of her home in Jenin, in the Occupied West Bank of Palestine.  She was shot in the head, and others were wounded in the 10 pm raid on Sunday.  More […]

Israel crushes water pipelines with bulldozers in occupied West Bank

MEMO | December 15, 2022 The Israeli occupation army destroyed the main water pipelines in the village of Al-Auja, in the north-east of Jericho, reported Wafa news agency. The destruction is seen as being part of the apartheid state’s efforts to control all water sources in the occupied Palestinian territories. Local residents said that occupation soldiers forced […]

Israeli sniper kills 16-year old Palestinian girl in West Bank raid

Jana Zakarneh, 16, was killed by Israeli forces in Jenin. (Photo: via WAFA) MEMO | December 12, 2022 The Palestinian Health Ministry said a girl child was killed by an Israeli sniper last night in Jenin City, north of the Occupied West Bank, The Palestinian Information Centre reports. According to local sources, 16-year-old Jana Zakarnah […]

The Deadliest Year Since 2005 In The West Bank As The US Gives The License To Murder

This year has seen the highest death toll for Palestinians killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the UN’s humanitarian office began keeping record in 2005. Tel Aviv’s strategy for combating newly formed armed groups in the territory is only encouraging their growth in size and expanding the scope of violent escalation. On Read More...

Israelis are not welcome in Qatar during the 2022 World Cup

Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Israeli citizens and journalists are allowed in Qatar in a FIFA agreement during the 2022 World Cup now underway in Doha. Being allowed to enter a country to watch football, or to cover an event as a journalist or media crew, is far different than being welcome. Israeli journalists […]

Israel Kills Palestinian Teen, Hit By Bomb Attack Retaliation

Israel’s escalating presence inside the occupied West Bank is leading to even greater violence. Within one day the body of an Israeli soldier was taken hostage, as bomb attacks struck Jerusalem. Tel Aviv now weighs a tough response, but at what cost? On Tuesday night Israeli occupation forces accompanied a small group of extremist Israeli Read More...

Netanyahu hands control of police ministry to supremacist Ben Gvir

The anti-Arab Religious Zionist party will also be in charge of the expansion of illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir, who heads the Religious Zionism party is held back during a special session on 13 June, 2021. (Photo: EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP – Getty Images) The Cradle | November 25, 2022 Israel’s […]

Reneging on Abraham Accords, Netanyahu authorises ‘soft annexation’ of West Bank

MEMO | November 24, 2022 Israel’s designate Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been accused of breaking his agreement with Arab countries that normalised relations with the Occupation State during the current coalition negotiations. The Likud leader is reported to have agreed to move the civil administration in the West Bank from Israeli Ministry of Defence […]