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UN bewails Israeli defiance of Security Council's call to stop settlements

United Nations - Arab Today

Israel took no steps to comply with a Security Council call to stop all settlement activity in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, and instead authorized “a high rate” of settlement expansions in violation of international law, the United Nations said Friday. UN envoy Nickolay Mladenov told the council the large number of settlement announcements and legislation action by IsraelRead more

British boycott supporter refused entry to Israel

Jerusalem - Arab Today

A British activist who advocates boycotting Israel over its occupation of Palestinian territory has been denied entry to the country, authorities said Monday. Hugh Lanning, head of the London-based Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), was denied entry on Sunday night at Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv over his “ongoing actions to promote boycotts against Israel,” the immigration authority said. HeRead more

Israel delivers demolition orders to 40 homes, school in Bedouin community

Ramallah - Arab Today

Israeli forces raided the Bedouin community of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank northeast of Jerusalem on Sunday morning to deliver demolition orders to classrooms for the village’s primary school, locals told Ma’an News Agency, while 40 homes in the community were also reportedly delivered demolition orders. Locals told Ma’an that Israeli forces surrounded the school – which hasRead more

UN Must Take Action to Stop Illegal Israeli Settlements in West Bank

Geneva - Arab Today

A United Nations human rights expert has called on the Security Council and the General Assembly to explore effective diplomatic and political measures to ensure Israeli compliance with Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), which affirms that all Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory constitute a flagrant violation of international law. "The settlement announcements by the Israeli Government, only aRead more

Israeli Forces Detain 13 Palestinians in West Bank

Ramallah - Arab Today

Israeli occupation forces detained at least 13 Palestinians during raids on several parts in the West Bank at dawn Tuesday. Meanwhile, Israeli forces Israeli forces fired towards Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip on at least three separate instances on Tuesday morning, witnesses said. The Israeli troops stationed at the border fence between Gaza and Israel opened fire towards farmlandsRead more

Saudi Arabia welcomes UNSC resolution on Israeli settlements

Riyadh - Arab Today

Saudi Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the adoption of a resolution by UN Security Council calling on Israel to stop settlement activities. In a statement published by the Saudi News Agency (SPA), a reliable source at the Saudi Foreign Ministry said the UN vote asserted that the Israeli settlements have no legal validity. The official expressed hope that the resolutionRead more

UN: $547m funding appeal to address humanitarian needs in Palestine

Cairo - Arab Today

Palestinian Social Development Minister Ibrahim al Shaer and the UN Coordinator for Humanitarian Aid and Development Activities Robert Piper launched the Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) for 2017, to support the humanitarian needs of 1.6 million Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory. Some 1.8 million people are in high need of protection in the occupied Palestinian territory and 1.6 million peopleRead more

Artist brings beauty to war-damaged Gaza home

Khan Younis , Palestinian Territories - Arab Today

Dutch artist Marjan Teeuwen walks past a column formed from rubble to show off her latest creation, a barren house in the Gaza Strip where doorless rooms face into bleak, empty space. The “Shaath House” in Khan Yunis in the south of the Palestinian territory was largely destroyed by an Israeli attack in the 2014 Gaza war but Teeuwen, 52,Read more

Israeli transport minister endorses plan to link Quds with settlements in WB

Ramallah - Arab Today

Israeli Minister of Transport Yisrael Katz has endorsed a plan to link occupied East Jerusalem with settlements built on the pre-67 borders through an extension of a high-speed railway line. The project includes the excavation of a two-kilometer-long tunnel, 80 meters deep, crossing the city from the west side entrance to the old town in the east. It is locatedRead more