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NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Aqsa foundation for the reconstruction of Islamic holy shrines strongly denounced Sunday the Jewish fanatics who assaulted the Islamic Hirbij cemetery in the Ibten town in the Palestinian lands occupied in 1948 and smashed many gravestones, considering this act as a desecration of the living and the dead Muslims. The foundation stated…

The Nafha Society stated that 200 residents were kidnapped in the West Bank and 100 in the Gaza Strip. It also said that the 32 kidnapped children were transferred to interrogation and detention centers in direct violation to the international law and the Fourth Geneva Convention. The ages of the kidnapped children are between 14…

Ma’an’s reporter stated that the Israeli forces have re-erected a military checkpoint near the Yitzar junction five kilometers south of the notorious Huwwara checkpoint at the southern entrance of Nablus. According to eyewitnesses, the Israeli soldiers at the new checkpoint are deliberately delaying the passage of Palestinians with intensive searches, despite the fact that they…

An Israeli decision to re-route fuel deliveries to the West Bank city of Bethlehem through a checkpoint far to the south of the city is raising concerns that Israel plans to complete a plan to isolate Bethlehem from the surrounding area. The governor of Bethlehem, Salah Ta’mari, said the plan will increase already high fuel…

Divestment is a non-violent strategy that was utilized worldwide during the anti-apartheid campaigns against the white South African apartheid regime during the 1980s. In recent years, peace activists and human rights advocates worldwide have used the same technique to challenge what has been called Israel’s apartheid system against the Palestinians. The Student Union called on…