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RAMALLAH, December 18, 2017 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas Monday signed 22 agreements and international treaties that strengthen the legal status of the State of Palestine on a global scale. These important agreements would make the State of Palestine a … Continued

RAMALLAH, December 18, 2017 (WAFA) – The presidency Monday condemned the US veto on a draft resolution on Jerusalem, calling it a mockery of the international community and a concession to the Israeli occupation and aggression. Presidential spokesman Nabil Abu … Continued

JERUSALEM, December 6, 2017 (WAFA) – World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit expressed grave concern on Wednesday over US President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of … Continued

RAMALLAH, December 7, 2017 (WAFA) – A general strike was observed in most of the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, on Thursday in protest against US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as capital of Israel. Shops remained closed … Continued

PARIS, December 6, 2017 (WAFA) – French President, Emmanuel Macron, said his country does not support U.S. President Donald Trump’s official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Macron expressed dismay over Trump’s decision, describing it as a regrettable … Continued

NEW YORK, December 6, 2017 (WAFA) – The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres  said following U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel that, ‘Jerusalem is a final status issue that must be resolved through direct … Continued

LONDON, December 7, 2017 (WAFA) – British Prime Minister Theresa May said in a statement late Wednesday that she views the decision by the United States President Donald Trump to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel as unhelpful to … Continued

JERUSALEM, July 17, 2017 (WAFA) – Dozens of Palestinian worshippers Monday prayed in the alleys of the Old City of Jerusalem leading to Al Aqsa Mosque after they refused to enter the Muslim holy place going through metal detector gates … Continued

BETHLEHEM, May 23, 2017 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas said on Tuesday that freedom and independence of the Palestinian people is the key to peace and stability. Speaking at a press conference with visiting US President Donald Trump, Abbas said … Continued

    BETHLEHEM, May 23, 2017 (WAFA) – US President Donald Trump arrived in Bethlehem on Tuesday where he was received by President Mahmoud Abbas. The two leaders inspected the honor guards before starting their talks.   wafa

By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Several dozen hunger-striking Palestinians have been transferred from their cells to special wings in Israeli prisons for additional medical supervision, a spokesman for the Israel Prison Service said Wednesday. After … Continued

RAMALLAH, May 18, 2017 (WAFA) – The condition of Palestinian prisoners who have entered their second month of hunger strike demanding their basic rights hit the front page headlines in the local Palestinian dailies on Thursday. The three dailies reported … Continued

May 16, 2017 2:22 P.M. (Updated: May 17, 2017 12:02 P.M.) Some of Palestine’s most high-profile prisoners. From left to right: Fouad Shubaki, Nael Barghouthi, Karim Yunis, Ahmad Saadat, Marwan Barghouthi RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — As the mass “Freedom and Dignity” … Continued

HYDARABAD, May 16, 2017 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday said that ending the Israeli occupation of Palestine would assist efforts to combat terrorism and extremism. He said that if Israel ends its occupation started in June 1967, it would … Continued

RAMALLAH, May 4, 2017 (WAFA) – The summit talks between President Mahmoud Abbas and his US counterpart Donald Trump in Washington was the highlight of the Thursday issue of the three Palestinian Arabic dailies. The three dailies highlighted statements by … Continued

  WASHINGTON, May 4, 2017 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that US President Donald Trump is enthusiastic about peace and that he has a vision for a political solution for the Middle East conflict. Speaking in an … Continued

HAIFA, April 29, 2017 (WAFA) – Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel and the Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs filed on Thursday a petition to the Israeli Supreme Court against the Israel Prisons Service … Continued

Awards presented to Palestinians at the Arab Radio and TV Festival held in Tunis. (WAFA photo)   TUNIS, April 29, 2017 (WAFA) – Palestine radio and TV won seven awards at the Arab State Broadcasting Union’s 18th Arab Radio and … Continued

RAMALLAH, April 29, 2017 (WAFA) – The protests that raged on Friday throughout the occupied Palestinian territories in support of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails for the thirteenth day in a row were the highlight … Continued

NABLUS, April 28, 2017 (WAFA) – Clashes Friday erupted between Israeli forces and Palestinian protesters across the West Bank as protesters marched in solidarity with hunger-striking detainees, who entered their 12th day without food. Palestinians gathered for weekly Friday prayer … Continued

RAMALLAH, April 28, 2017 (WAFA) – The general strike held across the occupied Palestinian territories in solidarity with some 1,800 hungers-striking Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails hit the front page headlines in local Palestinian dailies. The dailies reported Palestinians across … Continued

Plakater af afdøde Yassir Arafat og Marwan Barghouti (tv) i Gaza.   Fængslet palæstinensisk politiker: Derfor sultestrejker vi i Israels fængsler Den fængslede politiker Marwan Barghouti har fået smuglet et brev ud af sin isolationscelle i Hadarim-fængslet i Israel og … Continued

RAMALLAH, February 22, 2017 (WAFA) – The 18-month sentence a Tel Aviv military court issued against the Israeli soldier who shot and killed an incapacitated Palestinian in Hebron in April of last year was the focus of the front page … Continued

NABLUS, February 22, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Wednesday ordered all Palestinian residents of Khirbit Tana, east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, to leave their homes to allow for military drill in that area, a local official said. … Continued

HEBRON, February 22, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli soldiers detained overnight four Palestinians, including two former prisoners, seized vehicles and raided several homes in the Hebron district, Palestinian security sources said on Wednesday. Israeli forces raided the town of Dura and … Continued

West Jerusalem municipality bulldozer demolishing a Palestinian home in Beit Hanina.   JERUSALEM, February 22, 2017 (WAFA) – Bulldozers of the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem Wednesday demolished a Palestinian-owned building in Beit Hanina, an Arab neighborhood in occupied East … Continued

RAMALLAH, February 20, 2017 (WAFA) – A sick Palestinian detainee sentenced for over nine lifetimes in Israeli jail was only allowed one family visit since his arrest in 2002, Monday said the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). PPS said that the … Continued

RAMALLAH, February 20, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli police Tuesday handed a number of demolition orders for their homes and other structures in the Arab city of Qalansuwa, inside Israel, citing unpermitted construction as a permit. The popular committee in Qalansuwa … Continued

GAZA, February 21, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli navy Tuesday detained five Palestinian fishermen after opening fire at their fishing boats offshore the Gaza Strip, local sources said. The fishermen, who were sailing within the authorized nautical zone, belong to the … Continued

RAMALLAH, February 21, 2017 (WAFA) – The regional peace plan rejected by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the February 2016 secret summit in Aqaba and the Israeli government’s funding of settlement outposts hit the front page headlines in the … Continued

BRUSSELS, February 7, 2017 (WAFA) – European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini Tuesday condemned the so-called “Regularization Law” adopted by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, on Monday. “The European Union condemns the recent adoption of the “Regularization Law” … Continued

BERLIN, February 7, 2017 (WAFA) – The German government Tuesday denounced Israel’s settlement “legalization” law saying it was a disappointment. A spokesman for the German Foreign Office said in Berlin that the Israeli parliament adoption of the law has “disappointed … Continued

JERUSALEM, February 8, 2017 (WAFA) –Bulldozers for the Israeli municipality of West Jerusalem Wednesday demolished an uncompleted Palestinian-owned building in the northern neighborhood of Beit Hanina in occupied Jerusalem under the pretext it was built without a permit, according to … Continued

HAIFA, February 8, 2017 (WAFA) – Two rights organizations said Wednesday that they are set to file a petition with the Israeli High Court against Israel’s new regularization law, which allows the state to expropriate private Palestinian lands in the … Continued

RAMALLAH, February 6, 2017 (WAFA) – The postponement of the final vote on the so-called Legalization bill and the funeral procession of a Palestinian killed by Israeli forces on January 25 hit the front page headlines in Palestinian dailies. The … Continued

BETHLEHEM, January 18, 2017 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas Wednesday reiterated his commitment to peace saying this year might be the last chance to achieve the two-state solution. In a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda in … Continued

RAMALLAH, January 17, 2017 (WAFA) – Hanan Ashrawi, member of Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), said on Tuesday that the declaration issued at the conclusion of the international peace conference held on Sunday in Paris was watered … Continued

RAMALLAH, January 17, 2017 (WAFA) – The news about a Palestinian teenager shot and killed by Israeli forces during clashes in a village near Bethlehem hit the front page of the three main Palestinian Arabic dailies on Tuesday. The dailies … Continued

JERUSALEM, January 17, 2017 (WAFA) – Fearing that he would otherwise has to pay exorbitant amount of money, Firas Mahmoud proceeded on Tuesday to tear down his own house in the Arab East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya after the Israeli … Continued

BETHLEHEM, January 17, 2017 (WAFA) – A video tape of Monday’s shooting incident in the village of Tuqou, near Bethlehem showed Israeli soldiers open fire to kill Qusai al-Imour, 17, and then drag him for 100 meters while seriously injured. … Continued

RAMALLAH, January 16, 2017 (WAFA) – News about the peace conference that was held in Paris on Sunday hit the front pages headlines of the three Palestinian dailies on Monday. The dailies said that the conference affirmed that the two-state … Continued

RAMALLAH, January 16, 2017 (WAFA) – The Israeli military court at Ofer prison camp Monday sentenced 14-year-old Ayham Adawi, from Arroub refugee camp north of Hebron, to three months in prison and a fine of $800, according to the Palestinian … Continued

HEBRON, January 16, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli forces detained on Sunday Palestinian journalist and former hunger striking prisoner Mohammad al-Qeeq, according to local and security sources. Security sources told WAFA that Qeeq, 33, a Palestinian journalist from Dora, Hebron, was … Continued

RAMALLAH, January 16, 2017 (WAFA) –Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Monday that recent Palestinian achievements have proven once again that Israel’s policies have failed and are isolated and that the Palestinian cause is just. Abu … Continued

RAMALLAH, January 16, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli forces detained at least 20 Palestinians, including a member of the Palestine Legislative Council, during predawn raids across the West Bank districts, local sources said on Monday. Israeli army reportedly detained 12 Palestinians … Continued

HEBRON, January 11, 2017 (WAFA) – An Israeli bulldozer razed a road near the village of al-Boweib in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Rateb Jbour, coordinator of the local anti-settlement committee, said on Wednesday. Israeli … Continued

NAZARETH, January 11, 2016 (WAFA) – Arab towns inside Israel have declared a general strike on Wednesday to protest of the Israeli demolition of 11 homes in the Arab town of Qalansowa, in central Israel. The strike was called for … Continued

RAMALLAH, January 11, 2017 (WAFA) – The Israeli army killing of a Palestinian during a raid of Fara’a refugee camp in the northern West Bank district of Tubas hit the front page headlines in the Palestinian dailies on Wednesday. Al-Quds … Continued

RAMALLAH, January 10, 2017 (WAFA) – The Foreign Ministry condemned on Tuesday in what it described as “cold blooded execution” of Mohammad Salhi, 32, by Israeli soldiers who raided his home in Fara’a refugee camp near Tubas. The ministry said … Continued