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The Latest Breaking News from Ramallah

Palestinians strike in West Bank, Jerusalem over Israel killings

Confrontations break out with Israeli forces after teen dies and suspect in Jerusalem attack killed in shootout.

Al Jazeera

Palestinian PM Demands Designation of Israeli ‘Settler Gangs’ as Terrorist

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh demanded on Monday that Israeli “settler gangs” be designated as terrorist following a series of attacks on Palestinian properties and holy places in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Speaking at a weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah, he said the international community must criminalize the settler…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Forces Kill Two Palestinian Teens in the West Bank

Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinian teens in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. One teen, 14, was shot in the city of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank and another was killed in the village of al-Mazra'a al-Gharbiyah near Ramallah, the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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IDF Troops Thwart Attempted Vehicular Assault Near Ramallah, Killing Two

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians near Ramallah on Monday morning after terrorists attempted to run soldiers over

Zenger

Palestinians Concerned by Possible Relocation of UK Embassy in Israel

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh voiced concern on Monday at Britain's decision to review the location of its embassy in Israel, fearing it could be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. British Prime Minister Liz Truss has said she is reviewing whether or not to keep the embassy where it…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinians killed by Israeli army near Ramallah

Palestinians reject Israeli army claim that the men had attempted to carry out car-ramming attack.

Al Jazeera

2 Palestinians Killed by Israeli Forces in West Bank

Two Palestinians were shot dead Monday by Israeli forces during an operation near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry said. The ministry was informed of the "martyrdom of two citizens (whose identities are not yet known), after the occupation opened fire on them, near Jalazun refugee…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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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

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

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…

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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…

Al Jazeera

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.

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,…

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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…

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Palestinian Killed by Israeli Forces in West Bank

A Palestinian teenager died from his wounds hours after being shot by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian sources said Saturday. Mohammad Hamad, 16, was shot and wounded on Friday evening near the village of Silwad, near Ramallah in the northern West Bank, and died hours later, a…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israeli Escalation Expected in West Bank

Twenty-one people were arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank for alleged involvement in terror activities. As part of an ongoing operation called Waves Breaker, the forces raided several homes to confiscate weapons. On Tuesday morning, the Army, Shin Bet, and the police conducted joint operations in the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

EU Resumes Support to Palestinians with €25 Million for Food Security

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced from Ramallah on Tuesday the resumption of European aid to the Palestinian Authority, after being held up for over two years. “I am very glad to announce that the EU funds for 2021 can be disbursed rapidly,” she said during…

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