JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israel prevented the entry of a 22-year-old American student, who has Palestinian grandfather, earlier this month, and despite her being recently granted a valid visa, she is still detained by Israeli authorities. Twenty-two-year-old student Lara al-Qassem was granted an A/2 Student Visa for her master’s degree at the Hebrew University by the […]
Israel to Build World’s Largest Desalinization Plant as Occupied Palestinians Thirst for Water
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Ministry of Finance announced that it had received bids from seven various groups to build the world’s largest desalination plant, which will be able to produce about 200 million cubic meters of water per year. The ministry said, in a statement to the Reuters news agency, that the tender is […]
Israeli Chronic Occupation depriving Palestinians in Gaza of Access to Health Care: WHO
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in its annual report, “Right to Health: Crossing Barriers to Access Health in the Occupied Palestinian Territory 2017,” that Israeli restrictions were the major obstacle to health access for Gaza patients. The report examined obstacles to achieving the highest attainable standard of health for Palestinians […]
Amnesty International: Israeli ‘Demolition of Khan al-Ahmar in Palestine is a War Crime’
“this act is not only heartless and discriminatory, it is illegal”
Legal Center: ‘Israeli snipers continue to target unarmed Palestinians’
Since 30 March, Israeli troops have killed 151 people – including 30 children
Gaza: Israeli Snipers Murder 7 unarmed Protesters, send 210 to Hospital, including 35 Children
Thirty five children, four women, four paramedics and three journalists were among injuries
Israel Turned Down 2,173 Gaza Requests for Treatment Outside in Aug., 20% Cancer Sufferers
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — A fifth or 20% of medical applications submitted in August by patients in the besieged Gaza Strip were denied, by Israel, a permit to leave for medical treatment in East Jerusalem or Israeli hospitals were for cancer patients, according to a monthly report by the World Health Organization (WHO). On Thursday, WHO […]
“No one will leave:” Palestinian Bedouin reject Israeli Ultimatum to Abandon their Town in Palestine
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The Israeli Civil Administration ordered on Sunday the Bedouin residents of Khan al-Ahmar village, east of Jerusalem, to demolish their homes and to evacuate the area before the start of October. According to local sources, staff members of the Israeli Civil Administration under the protection of Israeli forces stormed Khan al-Ahmar and […]
Spain to Recognize Palestinian State, work for European Union Acceptance
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Spain has become the latest country to voice its readiness to recognize the State of Palestine and that it will promote a European Union (EU) move to recognize Palestine as an independent state. Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, spoke at a conference of EU leaders in Austria, saying that the […]