Israeli Occupation Authorities

Occupation laid hands over more than 85% of historic Palestine

Ramallah - Arab Today

On the Eve of the 41st Anniversary of Land Day March 30th, 2017, President of Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Ms. Ola Awad, has Presented the Anniversary through Statistics and Figures. According to PCBS, Israeli Occupation Authorities laid hand over more than 85% of the total area of historical land of Palestine, which totals about 27,000 km2. Arabs compriseRead more

Israel judaizing a walled off village south of Qalqilia

Qalqilia - Arab Today

Azzun Atma village, located behind the Israeli apartheid wall, has recently been subjected to systematic judaization attempts by Israel, who is aiming to annex it to Oraneet illegal settlement. Secretary of the Azzun local council, Abdul Karim Ayyub, told WAFA news agency that Israeli Occupation machinery has been recently, from time to time, bulldozing new lands and building a newRead more

Israel expanding Gilo settlement, west of Bethlehem

Bethlehem - Arab Today

Israeli occupation authorities for days have been bulldozing and preparing a vast tract of Palestinian land in Beit Jala, west of Bethlehem, for the expansion of the illegal settlement of Gilo. Local official Issa al-Shatla stated on Saturday that the construction was taking place within the boundaries of Wadi Kerimizan in Beit Jala and the villages of Walaja and Sharafat,Read more

Israel renews life sentence for longest serving Palestinian ex-prisoner

Ramallah - Arab Today

Israeli Occupation Authorities on Wednesday have renewed life prison sentence (18 years) against ex-prisoner, Nael al-Barghouthi (59), who was released in the Shalit prisoner exchange deal in 2011. Al-Barghouthi, from Kobar town in Ramallah, is one of the longest serving Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails; he has spent 36 years in Israeli prison, 34 of them consecutive. He was arrestedRead more

Israeli will return to Umm Al-Hiran

Bethlehem - Arab Today

The Israeli Occupation authorities on Monday said that Wednesday, 22 February, will be a day of “evictions and demolitions” in Umm Al-Hiran village in the Negev. The forced demolitions are planned to take place on Wednesday dawn, in synchronization with the court order to evict the unrecognized village by 28 Feb, where IOF will stick the demolition orders for theRead more

Israel evicts Amona settlement outpost, approves 3,000 new settlement units

Bethlehem - Arab Today

As the Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday has ordered the eviction of Amona illegal settlement outpost near Ramallah, Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) have proceeded to approve the construction of 3,000 new settlement units in the occupied West Bank. The decision to build 3,000 new settlement units came as an agreement between Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Minister ofRead more

Israel revokes residency of Jerusalem martyr’s family as part of collective punishment

Jerusalem - Arab Today

Israeli Occupation Authorities on Tuesday morning has decided to revoke the residency of 13 of the relatives of Fadi Qunber who carried out the truck ramming in Jerusalem two days ago. The revocation includes Fadi’s mother and other relatives, added to a series of collective punishment measures against the family in particular, and the town of Jabal Al-Mukabber as aRead more

Israel issued 1,658 administrative detention

JERUSALEM - Arab Today

The Palestine center for prisoners studies has recently issued a report saying that Israeli Occupation Authorities have issued nearly 1,658 administrative detention orders against Palestinian prisoners durnig 2016. The center also affirmed that administrative detention orders have increased by 30% during 2016 in comparison with 2015. The detention orders, without charge or trial, included 588 new orders ranging between twoRead more

Israel Imposes Complete Closure on West Bank and Gaza

Occupied Jerusalem - Arab Today

The Israeli occupation authorities have announced a complete closure on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip beginning from midnight Saturday until Tuesday dawn for the "Jewish holidays". This is the third time that the occupation authorities take this arbitrary measure within two weeks for the same reason. Under this procedure, Palestinian citizens from the West Bank andRead more

Israeli occupation authorities release 2 activists detained for nonviolent protest

Jerusalem - PNN

Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) on Tuesday evening have released the coordinator of Youths Against Settlements, eng. Issa Amr, and the director of the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) office in the southern West Bank, lawyer Farid Al-Atrash. Amr from YAS movement was arrested on Monday evening when IOF stormed the commission’s headquarters in the old city of Hebron. SpokesmanRead more