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The head of the Roman Catholic Church in the Holy Land has warned in an interview that the rise of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s far-right government has made life worse for Christians in the birthplace of Christianity. Key points: Influential, Vatican-appointed Latin Patriarch Pierbattista Pizzaballa told The Associated Press that the region’s 2,000-year-old Christian community had come under… Continue reading Holy Land Christians say attacks rising in far-right Israel

Shopkeepers report a surge in sales during the holy month as crowds of Palestinians can be seen in and around market areas in Gaza. (AN/File) Updated 13 April 2023 HAZEM BALOUSHA April 13, 202300:33 GAZA CITY: At the beginning of Ramadan in the Gaza Strip, market activity surges as shoppers rush to buy food and… Continue reading Gaza shoppers defy blockade with Ramadan economy revival

Health of senior leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad is deteriorating fast as he reaches 67th day of fifth hunger strike Khader Adnan, a Palestinian prisoner, hugging a relative in 2015 (AFP) By  Fayha Shalash  in  Ramallah, occupied Palestine Published date: 12 April 2023 17:39 BST | Last update: 2 days 12 hours ago Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan is “dying” in an Israeli prison… Continue reading Palestinian Khader Adnan ‘dying’ in Israeli prison after 67 days of hunger strike

RAMALLAH: Extremist Israeli government ministers led thousands of settlers on Monday on a march to an illegal settler outpost in the occupied West Bank that was abandoned two years ago. The Avitar outpost, built on Palestinian land on Mount Sabih south of Nablus, is illegal even under Israeli law, and the marchers demand that it… Continue reading Thousands of Israeli settlers on the march to illegal outpost

On this day 75 years ago, my grandmother and her family survived the Deir Yassin Massacre in 1948. I inherited my family’s memories, the scars that come with them, and the duty never to forget. BY DINA ELMUTI  APRIL 9, 2023   The terraced stone homes of Deir Yassin stand seemingly undisturbed behind the locked gates of the… Continue reading My family survived the Deir Yassin massacre. 75 years later, we still demand justice.

GENEVA (6 April 2023) – A UN expert today condemned the violent incursions by Israeli forces into the Haram Al-Sharif compound and the attacks on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque on Wednesday. “As Palestinian Muslims gathered for Ramadan prayers exercising their right to worship in Al-Aqsa Mosque, Israeli authorities used blatantly excessive and unjustified force against… Continue reading Israel: UN expert condemns brutal attacks on Palestinians at Al-Aqsa Mosque

By Ilan Ben Zion (The Age) Jerusalem: Thousands of Israelis led by at least seven ministers from Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet have marched to an evacuated West Bank settlement, in a defiant signal that Israel’s most right-wing government in history is determined to accelerate settlement building on occupied lands despite international opposition. The march to Eviatar, an… Continue reading ‘We’re here to stay’: Defiant settlers, hardline ministers march to West Bank outpost

By ALEXANDRA VARDI Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to restore ­security “on all fronts” after reinstated his Defence Minister, whose sacking he announced last month. Heavy clashes, shootings, rocket strikes and a car-ramming attack have marred a ­period when the Muslim holy month of Ramadan coincides with the Jewish Passover and Christian Easter. The latest… Continue reading Israeli Defence Minister back in favour with Benjamin Netanyahu

“The Maronites have France, the Shi’ites Iran, the Sunnis [have] Saudi Arabia and who is left for the communists? Only Allah,” said a leftist in Ramallah recently, quoting the Lebanese musician Ziad Rahbani (the son of the singer Fairuz), to illustrate the helplessness felt by Palestinians like himself. But what was a barbed political jab… Continue reading For Palestinians, Al-Aqsa Goes Beyond Religion. It’s a Symbol of Freedom and Resistance

A Palestinian resident of the Hebron area saved a Jewish couple from a nearby settlement after they were attacked last week. The man took the couple to his home, and later the army evacuated them from the area. Later that night, rocks were thrown at the Palestinian man’s house, and his property and the couple’s… Continue reading Palestinian Rescues and Hides Jewish Couple Who Were Attacked in West Bank