Israeli Police Arrest Al-Aqsa Mosque Guard
Israeli police on Tuesday arrested a guard of Al Aqsa mosque while he was on duty, according to Quds News Network. Israeli police officers have arrested Hamza Nimir, a guard …
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UK universities invest in companies listed on the UN settlement database
At the end of last year, we released our groundbreaking research uncovering UK universities’ investments in and institutional ties with companies complicit in Israel’s arms trade and illegal settlement economy. We discovered UK universities invest over…
Read MoreIsraeli Army Demolishes School Foundations East of Yatta
Israeli forces today demolished the foundations of a new school in Southern West Bank, according to Rateb Jabour, a member of the National and Popular Committee Resisting the Wall and Settlements.Jabour told WAFA that Israeli soldiers stormed the area …
Read MoreUNRWA Fires 17 Teachers Due to Budget Deficit
UNRWA has sacked 17 teachers from its schools in the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, Safa news agency reported yesterday.UNRWA claimed that the teachers were surplus to necessity. However, the human rights group, Shahed, said that the UN agency h…
Read MoreOn Balfour anniversary, government calls on Britain to recognize Palestine
RAMALLAH On the occasion of the 102nd anniversary of the infamous Balfour Declaration, the Palestinian government called today upon Britain to remedy its historical fault and recognize the State of Palestine on the 1967 border, with Jerusalem as its ca…
Read MoreErekat on Balfour Declaration anniversary: Britain has the responsibility to recognize Palestine
RAMALLAH, Saturday, November 02, 2019 (WAFA) – Marking 102 years of the Balfour Declaration, Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said today that Britain should remedy this ill by rec…
Read MorePalestinian Circus School: “My favourite bit is acrobatics and jumping on the trampoline”
By Aseel Baidoun, Medical Aid for Palestinians’ (MAP’s) Advocacy and Communications Officer in the West BankReda is 18 years old and lives in Ramallah in the West Bank with his mother and two younger siblings. Reda has Down syndrome and for the past si…
Read MoreUS Government threatens to cut funding for Middle East studies at Duke University
Amid controversy and concerns that the United States Department of Education would withhold funding for the Duke-UNC Consortium for Middle East Studies (CMES), the program received its grant for the 2019-2020 school year. Secretary of Education Betsy D…
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