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Israeli forces kill Palestinian youth near Ramallah in West Bank

Israeli army accuses man of attacking soldier at a military checkpoint controlling Ramallah’s northern entrance.

Al Jazeera

Emigre Palestinians hurry back to visit fearful of new Israeli rules

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - All summer, Palestinians from the millions-strong diaspora have been flocking to the West Bank, fearful new Israeli rules expected to take effect next week could make future visits hard if not impossible.

AFP

Two Palestinians killed in West Bank violence

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Two Palestinians were killed by Palestinian fire during separate clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank early Thursday, Palestinian sources said.

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Two Palestinians Killed in West Bank Clashes

Two Palestinians were killed early Thursday in separate clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry said in a statement that Samer Khaled, 25, from Al-Ain camp in Nablus, suffered a fatal gunshot wound to the neck, and Yazan Afana, 26,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Pressures for Calm in West Bank, Curbs Palestinian Efforts for ‘Full UN Membership’

The United States is pressuring the Palestinian Authority (PA) to stop its request for "full UN membership" and pushing a plan to ensure calm in the West Bank, according to a Palestinian source. The source told Asharq Al-Awsat that the US envoy, Hady Amr, arrived in Ramallah on Wednesday, ahead…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli forces kill two Palestinians in occupied West Bank

Samer Khaled, 25, and Yazan Affaneh, 26, were killed by the Israeli army in Nablus and Ramallah on Thursday morning.

Al Jazeera

Bring it on, says defiant doyen of Palestinian NGOs

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Veteran rights campaigner Shawan Jabarin peers down the street from his office in the occupied West Bank as if awaiting the imminent arrival of Israeli forces after a crackdown on NGOs.

AFP

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Healing with Humor, Palestinian Comedians Strike a Chord in Occupied Cities

Palestinian American Amer Zahr is on a mission to heal through humor. In 2015 he started bringing fellow Arab American comedians from the United States to perform stand-up across occupied Palestinian cities including Nablus, Bethlehem and Ramallah. Seven years later, Zahr's now annual Palestine Comedy Festival is still going strong.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

A Palestinian mother on hunger strike for her son, held by the PA

Ahmad Hreish, 28, has been held for the past 81 days without trial by the Palestinian Authority.

Al Jazeera

Israeli Military Discharges 4 Soldiers Who Beat Palestinians

The Israeli military said Wednesday it has discharged four soldiers for attacking Palestinians without cause, after video circulated on social media showing them beating and kicking two detainees. The soldiers had stopped a Palestinian vehicle north of the West Bank city of Ramallah two weeks ago and forced the driver…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US Says ‘Concerned’ by Israeli Raids on Palestinian Rights Groups

Washington said Thursday it was "concerned" by the Israeli government's forced closure of several Palestinian NGOs operating in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military announced earlier in the day that it had conducted overnight raids of seven organizations in Ramallah, the West Bank city where the Palestinian Authority's headquarters…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel troops raid Palestinian rights group offices

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israeli security forces on Thursday raided the offices of multiple Palestinian human rights groups in the occupied West Bank, which the state has branded "terrorist organisations".

AFP

Israel shuts down NGOs, kills Palestinian in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in Nablus and shut down the offices of seven civil society organisations.

Al Jazeera

Shireen Abu Akleh street inaugurated in the heart of Ramallah

A street in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah has been named after slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

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Israel razes homes of Palestinians suspected of axe murders

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel demolished the homes of two young Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Monday suspected of carrying out an axe attack in May that killed three people.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Army Kills Palestinian Teen in West Bank

An Israeli soldier shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian near a road leading to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian officials said, and the army said it had opened fire to protect motorists from rioters. Witnesses said the incident, east of the hub city of Ramallah,…

AFP

Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli army: ministry

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A Palestinian teenager was killed on Friday in clashes with the Israeli army in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian PM Calls for Opening Quds Airport Instead of Ramon for Palestinians

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called on the Israeli authorities to open al-Quds Airport in Jerusalem to the Palestinians in direct rejection of the authority’s proposal to open the remote Ramon Airport. Speaking at the weekly cabinet session on Monday in Ramallah, Shtayyeh said that the Israeli authorities are fully…

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Palestinian lawyers hold rare protest against Abbas's 'rule by decree'

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Hundreds of Palestinian lawyers held a rare street protest Monday against what they described as the Palestinian Authority's "rule by decree", condemning president Mahmud Abbas for governing without a parliament.

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Palestinians say US economic push no substitute for peace

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Ahead of Joe Biden's first visit to Jerusalem as US president, Washington's ambassador said his team will "pound tables" to press Israeli officials into making concessions to the Palestinians.

Al Jazeera

PA President Abbas meets Israel’s Gantz before Biden visit

Meeting in Ramallah comes ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank next week.

Al Jazeera

Two hours and eight years: Palestinian families split by Israel

Thousands of Palestinian families are split between the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip due to Israeli policies.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Shtayyeh Demands Lapid Hands over ‘Villa Hanna Salameh’

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh demanded that Israeli Caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid to hand over Villa Hanna Salameh, a Palestinian house in Jerusalem whose owners were expelled during the 1948 Palestinian Nakba. Lapid was planning to live in the villa. At a weekly cabinet meeting held in Ramallah on…

AFP

Palestinian teen shot by Israeli forces dies

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - A Palestinian teenager died on Sunday after being shot by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank a day earlier, Palestinian medical sources said.

AFP

Palestinians hand bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist to US

Ramallah (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - The Palestinian Authority handed the bullet that killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh to US forensic experts on Saturday as it seeks to prove conclusively that it was fired by an Israel soldier.

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