The United Nations (UN) says acts of violence and vandalism committed by Israeli settlers against Palestinians and their property have risen since the beginning of the year 2019. Palestine’s news …
Read More »End EU funding to Israel – Ní Riada call
Dublin/PNN/ Sinn Féin MEP Liadh Ní Riada has called for the ending of all EU funding to Israel. The Ireland South MEP made the call as she tabled an amendment …
Read More »The Economic Development of Est Jerusalem with a focus on the Construction and Tourism sectors
Jerusalem /PNN/ The Consul General of Italy, Fabio Sokolowicz, hosted a round table on investment opportunities in East Jerusalem, in which Bernard Sabella (Bethlehem University), Geoffrey Prewitt (UNDP), Hashim Shawa …
Read More »EU report: Israel built over 15,000 settlement units during 2018
PNN/ Jerusalem/ The advancement of settlement units continued at an unprecedented high level During the second half of 2018 (July-December), according to the EU report on Israeli settlements in the …
Read More »EU Diplomats visit the Sabbagh family from East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood
Jerusalem/PNN/ Today, the EU Heads of Missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah visited the Sabbagh family, who is under threat of eviction from their home in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in …
Read More »IOF storm Al-Aqsa, take measurements and photographs
PNN/ Jerusalem/ Israeli occupation forces (IOF) stormed the Al Aqsa Mosque on Monday morning and began to photograph the mosque’s landmarks and take measurements of these landmarks without mentioning any …
Read More »The Italian Foreign Ministry expresses its thanks to the UN personnel in Gaza
Jerusalem /PNN/ The Italian Foreign Ministry confirms that the three Carabinieri on duty at the Italian Consulate General in Jerusalem have left the UN compound in Gaza and have returned …
Read More »Israel distributes eviction orders in Silwan, East Jerusalem
Jerusalem/PNN/ On Tuesday, the Israeli forces stormed the Silwan neighborhood, a predominantly Palestinian neighborhood on the southern outskirts of the Old City of Jerusalem, and distributed demolition orders. Around 700 Palestinians …
Read More »Tayseer Khaled: Settlements are expanding rapidly encouraged by the U.S. administration
Bethlehem/PNN/ Tayseer Khaled, a member of the Executive Committee of the PLO, raised concerns about the early Israeli elections, which are utilized by Benjamin Netanyahu as a launching pad for …
Read More »Five Palestinian families to be evicted from their homes in East Jerusalem
Jerusalem/PNN/ The Civic Coalition for Palestinian Rights in Jerusalem (CCPRJ) reported that the Israeli authority’s Law Enforcement Department has handed over an order to the Sabbagh family, demanding them to …
Read More »US Ambassador to Israel: ‘deal of the century’ to be delayed by months
PNN/Jerusalem/ The U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said on Sunday that the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan will be released within “the next several months”. “We want to release …
Read More »Jerusalem mayor plans to reduce the sound of mosque loudspeakers
Jerusalem/PNN/ The new Jerusalem mayor Moshe Lion is working on a plan to require the mosques in the Holy City and its neighborhoods to turn down the volume of their loudspeakers. The …
Read More »Honduras discusses a possible embassy relocation to Jerusalem
By Mohan Chen- Bethlehem/PNN/ The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo joined a trilateral meeting on Tuesday night in …
Read More »2018 in Review: The top 10 news stories in Palestine
By Mohan Chen- Bethlehem/PNN/ From a series of border protests in the Gaza Strip to thousands of new settlement units in the West Bank, 2018 has indeed been an eventful …
Read More »PNN Video : Kairos Palestine assures “Christian Palestinians are also Palestinians”
Bethlehem/PNN/Nour Qudimat The Kairos Palestine initiative in its 9th annual statement has called on the Christian community in Palestine and in the world to recognize Israel as an apartheid state, …
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