JERUSALEM, November 14, 2017 (WAFA) – The Israeli High Court ruled on Tuesday that power supply to all residents of East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood is the responsibility of the Jerusalem District Electricity Company (JDECO), a private Palestinian venture, defeating as a result attempts by Israeli settlers who moved into the area by force to...
sraeli forces Friday cracked down on anti-settlement protest in Beita village, south of Nablus, injuring many protestors. Dozens of Palestinians from Beita rallied in protest of the recent construction of an Israeli settlement outpost on their lands in Jabal Abu Sbeih area. Israeli forces attacked protestors, injuring several with rubber-coated steel bullets and causing scores...
The administration of the Etzion Israeli detention, which is located in the south of West Bank, has provided the Palestinian detainees held there with expired food supplies, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club (PPC) announced today. PPC’s lawyer, Jacqueline Fararja, told Anadolu Agency that “the prison administration has supplied the Palestinian detainees with expired canned food and...
Israel’s Ofer military court on Monday has sentenced leading activist and head of the Popular Struggle Coordination Committee (PSCC), Munther Amira, after over three months of detention. Ghassan Amira, the activist’s brother, said that the court sentenced Munther Amira to six months in prison, a five-year suspension of action sentence, and a fine. The suspension...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met in New York this morning with his American counterpart, President Donald Trump, and their respective teams. In a statement, the head of the PLO General Delegation to the U.S., Ambassador Husam Zomlot, said, “the meeting was forward-looking, and the conversation was deep and frank between the two allies.” President Abbas...
In response to the inclusion of the Taylor Force Act in the omnibus spending bill for 2018, H.E. Dr. Husam Zomlot, Head of the PLO General Delegation to the United States said that halting aid to the Palestinian Authority as a tool for a politically-motivated financial pressure does not work, and severely damages the prospects...
Ambassador Dr.Husam Zomlot addressed the Chicago Council on Global Affairs where he delved into recent developments in the strategy for peace and commitment to peaceful popular resistance. He used the #Jerusalem demonstrations as a prime example. One of the most important aspects of this visit is meeting the families from the Palestinian community in addition to visiting their institutions while...