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 get power from the Israel...
Israeli forces crack down on anti-settlement protest south of Nablus
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 others to suffocate from tear...
How Palestinian women led successful non-violent resistance
Movements that welcome women into leadership positions are more likely to achieve their goals. This is because their use of non-violent tactics is almost 100 percent more likely to be successful than violent campaigns. These are the findings of a study of 323 major political conflicts from 1900-2006. Non-violent movements are less likely to cause physical harm and typically lead...
Palestine: Israel provides Palestinian detainees with expired food supplies
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 cheese.” “Most of the detainees...
Alrowwad celebrates 20 years of arts and culture in Aida
The Association of Pioneers for Culture and Arts in Aida refugee camp celebrated 20 years of arts and culture classes with the opening of their new building Sunday night. Director General of Pioneers Association for Culture and Arts, Dr. Abdel-Fattah Abu Sorour, hailed the construction of the new building as the next step in Alrowwad’s continued expansion over its two...
New programme qualifies Palestine students for Ivy League schools
Nora Marzouqa, a 17-year-old Palestinian from Bethlehem, has wanted to study at Harvard University for as long as she can remember. But the aspiring doctor and skilled debater grew up believing her dream was out of reach. “I’ve seen my family members try to study abroad but they couldn’t for financial reasons, and also because we have to do the...
Israeli court sentences human rights activist to six months in jail and a five year suspension
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 of action sentence means that...
Israeli snipers to watch Palestinian protest
The Israeli military has deployed more than 100 sharpshooters on the Gaza border ahead of a planned mass Palestinian demonstration near the frontier, Israel’s top general says. Organisers hope thousands in Gaza will answer their call to flock, starting on Friday, to tent cities in five locations along the sensitive border in a six-week protest for a right of return...
First women’s yoga training center opens doors in Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) – A small group of Palestinian women in Gaza are stretching their limbs with yoga to help them teach others to cope with the stresses and traumas of living in the embattled territory. The Gaza Strip, which is dominated by the Islamist Hamas faction, has experienced three wars with neighboring Israel in the past 11 years. There are...
Gazan women join protests to defy Israeli claim their place is at home
Gazan women ignore claims by Israeli army that protesting is against their femininity, turning up in their thousands for Great March of Return. An Israeli army spokesman recently warned Palestinian women to stay in the kitchen, rather than protest, saying their “femininity” demanded as much. Unsurprisingly, this archaic warning didn’t seem to have an effect on Gazan women, who continued...