Latest Headlines from Palestine
The Palestinian Authority arrested a football fan for protesting the war in Yemen during last week’s dual World Cup-Asian Cup qualifier between Saudi Arabia and Palestine in Ramallah. Ahmad Al-Yumni, a 24-year-old construction worker from Hebron, was d…
Read MorePresident Mahmoud Abbas received Saudi Arabia’s national soccer team in the presidential headquarters in the West Bank city of Ramallah, praising this visit and stressing that it embodies the historical relationship between Palestine and the Kingdom of…
Read MoreThe Palestinian National Soccer Club was forced to cancel their national championship game Wednesday 25 September after Khadamat Rafah, the famed soccer team from Gaza, was barred by Israeli officials from travelling to compete in the West Bank.Judge M…
Read MoreAn Israeli court yesterday upheld a travel ban for Palestinian footballers from the occupied Gaza Strip, accepting the position of military and security officials who made the original decision.According to human rights group Gisha, the Jerusalem Distr…
Read MoreFIFA is turning a blind eye to Israel’s ban on allowing Palestinians to hold matches as part of the Palestine Cup, Euro-Mediterranean Human Right Monitor said yesterday.In a statement, the rights group said that the Israeli authorities continue to ban …
Read MoreThe United States has indicated they want to continue peace talks with the Palestinian Authority, on Thursday, May 9. PA Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Maliki, who was present at an unofficial meeting of United Nations Security Council of member states in N…
Read MoreUnited States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that International Criminal Court (ICC) investigators probing alleged crimes committed by the US or its allies specifically Israel would be barred from entering the US and could face economic san…
Read MoreAustralia, by the voice of Prime Minister Scott Morrison, recognized “West Jerusalem” as the capital of Israel on December 15, according to the UK newspaper The Guardian. Morrison nuanced his gesture by not moving its embassy from Tel Aviv until a peac…
Read MoreYusef and Mohammed are 15 years old and they are from Qalandiya Refugee Camp. Palestine Monitor met them during their working hours, in which a day of work that lasts until 6 pm, including “half an hour break at 10:30 to eat and rest,” as they describe…
Read MoreMore than a hundred checkpoints crack the landscape in the West Bank, depriving the vast majority of Palestinians any access to Jerusalem and hindering their movement beyond the 1967 occupied territories.Tens of thousands of workers manage to get a wor…
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