Defense for Children International – Palestine (DCIP) has obtained testimony from Palestinian American teenager Mohammed Ibrahim, whose case has become a symbol for the mistreatment of minors in Israeli jails. In an interview with a DCIP lawyer, published on Tuesday, 16-year-old Mohammed described the harsh conditions he has faced since his detention began in February,…
A 55-year-old Palestinian woman has been taken to hospital after being clubbed over the head by a masked Jewish settler as she was picking olives. The unprovoked attack, which took place on Sunday morning in the Palestinian village of Turmus Ayya in the occupied West Bank, was captured on video by US journalist Jasper Nathaniel….
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The President of Iraq, Abdul Latif Rashid, has told the BBC’s Tom Bateman that he rejects the idea that recognition of the State of Palestine rewards Hamas. France formally recognised a Palestinian state on Monday, joining other nations such as the UK, Portgual, Canada and Australia. International pressure is ramping up on Israel over the…
The governments of the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia joined dozens of other nations in symbolically recognizing a Palestinian state despite vociferous opposition from the United States and Israel. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday confirmed the widely anticipated announcement, saying the move is intended “to revive hope of peace for the Palestinians and…
Harry Farleypolitical correspondent, and Jessica Rawnsley Lammy: The UK can’t wait for perfect circumstances to recognise Palestinian state Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce the UK’s recognition of a Palestinian state in a statement on Sunday afternoon. The prime minister said in July that the UK would shift its position unless Israel met several…
Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people overnight in Gaza City, said Palestinian health officials, as Israel ramps up its offensive there and urges Palestinians to leave. Dr. Rami Mhanna, the managing director of Shifa Hospital, where some of the bodies were brought, said the dead included six people from the same family after a…
The far-right minister said he will approve 3,000 new homes in the controversial E1 area project, hailing it as ‘Zionism at its best’. Israel’s far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich has announced he will approve thousands of housing units in a highly controversial and long-delayed illegal settlement project in the occupied West Bank, saying the move…
France has suspended its programme for receiving Palestinians fleeing Gaza. The freeze will be in place while authorities investigate a Palestinian student in France who has been accused of making antisemitic remarks online, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot has said. The 25-year-old woman was on a scholarship in northern France’s city of Lille and will…
The US says it is going to impose sanctions on the Palestinians’ self-governance organisation as well as the body that represents it on the international stage. The sanctions affect both the Palestinian Authority (PA) which was established by the Oslo peace accords, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) which was recognised after the same process…
