PNN/ Gaza/ Gaza Strip (GS)-Occupied Palestinian Territory-ActionAid Palestine (AAP) continued implementing its emergency interventions by providing 547 families with hygiene kits and food parcels. This intervention targets eight communities in …
Read More »Organizations welcome UN “List of Issues report” on the rights of PwDs on Israel
PNN/ Ramallah/ The Palestinian Disability Coalition, Al-Haq, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, and the Center for Defense of Liberties and Civil Rights “Hurryyat” welcome the United Nations (UN) …
Read More »Report: 31 violations against media freedom during September
PNN/ Ramallah/ September has witnessed an increase in the number of violations against media freedoms in Palestine. The Palestinian Center for Development & Media Freedoms “MADA” has documented a total …
Read More »Israeli army orders closure of 3,000 dunums of land on olive harvest season
By Najib Farraj- PNN/ Bethlehem/ The Israeli occupation army issued 63 military orders to close areas and lands planted with olives in separate parts of the West Bank, coinciding with …
Read More »Calls on “Zoom” to stop shrinking space for freedom of expression
Bethlehem/PNN/ Activists and civil society and digital rights organizations warn against the growing dangers for freedom of expression and political association online. On September 23, 2020, Zoom, Facebook and YouTube …
Read More »Saudi Arabia donates US$ 25 million to UNRWA
Amman/PNN/ Last week, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia contributed US$ 25 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) through its …
Read More »Groups send urgent appeal to UN on the imminent threat of forcible deportation of Hammouri for “Breach of Allegiance”
PNN/ Ramallah/ On Wednesday, 30 September 2020, 13 Palestinian and regional human rights organisations submitted a joint urgent appeal to the United Nations (UN) Special Procedures on the imminent threat …
Read More »Israel sends 17-year-old Palestinian to jail for 5 years
Jenin city/PNN/ An Israeli military court has sentenced a Palestinian minor from Jenin in the occupied West Bank to five years in prison. Samer Abdul-Karim Awais is 17 years of …
Read More »FAO signs project to promote climate-resilient and water-efficient agriculture practices in Northern Gaza
PNN/ Ramallah/ A combination of climate change, population pressure, pollution and use of inappropriate cropping patterns and farming techniques has been depleting the aquifer of the Gaza Strip, threatening food …
Read More »Egyptian naval forces open fire at Palestinian fishing boat, kill two
GAZA/PNN/ Egyptian naval forces have opened fire on three Palestinian fishermen south of the besieged Gaza Strip, killing two and wounding and arresting another after they allegedly crossed into Egyptian …
Read More »The EU contributes EUR 12.6 million to support Palestinian refugees from Syria in Jordan
Amman/PNN/ The European Union (EU) renewed its commitment to supporting the work carried out by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), …
Read More »Palestinian women suffer sexual abuse in Israeli prisons: Report
Bethlehem /PNN/ A group of Palestinian women has reported sexual abuse, including exposition to extreme body searches, by Israeli prison officials and interrogators at detention centers across the occupied territories. …
Read More »SHAMS report documents hundreds of home demolitions and new installations by Israel
PNN/ Ramallah/ Human Rights and Democracy Media Center”SHAMS” launched its semi-annual observatory on Israeli demolitions, confiscations, evictions and seizures against Palestinian establishments, whether religious, tourist, industrial, commercial, educational, official or …
Read More »Gaza: Available COVID-19 swabs are enough for 48 hours only
PNN/ Gaza/ Ayman Al-Halabi, Director of the Support Medical Services Department at the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, stated that the ministry suffers from severe shortage in the …
Read More »UNRWA Commissioner-General on official visit to Lebanon
Beirut/PNN/ On Monday, 14 September 2020, the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, began his first …
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