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Healing with Humor, Palestinian Comedians Strike a Chord in Occupied Cities

Palestinian American Amer Zahr is on a mission to heal through humor. In 2015 he started bringing fellow Arab American comedians from the United States to perform stand-up across occupied Palestinian cities including Nablus, Bethlehem and Ramallah. Seven years later, Zahr's now annual Palestine Comedy Festival is still going strong.…

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A Palestinian mother on hunger strike for her son, held by the PA

Ahmad Hreish, 28, has been held for the past 81 days without trial by the Palestinian Authority.

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Israeli Military Discharges 4 Soldiers Who Beat Palestinians

The Israeli military said Wednesday it has discharged four soldiers for attacking Palestinians without cause, after video circulated on social media showing them beating and kicking two detainees. The soldiers had stopped a Palestinian vehicle north of the West Bank city of Ramallah two weeks ago and forced the driver…

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US Says ‘Concerned’ by Israeli Raids on Palestinian Rights Groups

Washington said Thursday it was "concerned" by the Israeli government's forced closure of several Palestinian NGOs operating in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli military announced earlier in the day that it had conducted overnight raids of seven organizations in Ramallah, the West Bank city where the Palestinian Authority's headquarters…

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Israel shuts down NGOs, kills Palestinian in occupied West Bank

Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian man in Nablus and shut down the offices of seven civil society organisations.

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Shireen Abu Akleh street inaugurated in the heart of Ramallah

A street in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah has been named after slain Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.

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Israeli Army Kills Palestinian Teen in West Bank

An Israeli soldier shot dead a 16-year-old Palestinian near a road leading to a Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank on Friday, Palestinian officials said, and the army said it had opened fire to protect motorists from rioters. Witnesses said the incident, east of the hub city of Ramallah,…

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Palestinian PM Calls for Opening Quds Airport Instead of Ramon for Palestinians

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh called on the Israeli authorities to open al-Quds Airport in Jerusalem to the Palestinians in direct rejection of the authority’s proposal to open the remote Ramon Airport. Speaking at the weekly cabinet session on Monday in Ramallah, Shtayyeh said that the Israeli authorities are fully…

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PA President Abbas meets Israel’s Gantz before Biden visit

Meeting in Ramallah comes ahead of US President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel and the occupied West Bank next week.

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Two hours and eight years: Palestinian families split by Israel

Thousands of Palestinian families are split between the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip due to Israeli policies.

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Shtayyeh Demands Lapid Hands over ‘Villa Hanna Salameh’

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh demanded that Israeli Caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid to hand over Villa Hanna Salameh, a Palestinian house in Jerusalem whose owners were expelled during the 1948 Palestinian Nakba. Lapid was planning to live in the villa. At a weekly cabinet meeting held in Ramallah on…

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Palestinian Killed by Israeli Forces in West Bank

A Palestinian teenager died from his wounds hours after being shot by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian sources said Saturday. Mohammad Hamad, 16, was shot and wounded on Friday evening near the village of Silwad, near Ramallah in the northern West Bank, and died hours later, a…

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Israeli Escalation Expected in West Bank

Twenty-one people were arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank for alleged involvement in terror activities. As part of an ongoing operation called Waves Breaker, the forces raided several homes to confiscate weapons. On Tuesday morning, the Army, Shin Bet, and the police conducted joint operations in the…

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EU Resumes Support to Palestinians with €25 Million for Food Security

President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced from Ramallah on Tuesday the resumption of European aid to the Palestinian Authority, after being held up for over two years. “I am very glad to announce that the EU funds for 2021 can be disbursed rapidly,” she said during…

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Fatah Accuses Hamas of Seeking to Seize West Bank

Fatah accused Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, of trying to control the West Bank, after seizing weapons and explosives in tunnels running under Ramallah. The seized weapons were a part of a plot by Hamas to undermine the Palestinian Authority, security and order, charged Fatah. It made the allegations…

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Abbas to UN Envoy: I Want to Get Rid Of Occupation

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Barbara Leaf that he is about to downgrade the level of ties with Israel, warning that the unsustainable situation cannot be tolerated anymore. In return, the US envoy asked the Palestinian President to await a possible visit…

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EU Lawmakers to Visit Palestinian Territories

The leader of the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament, Iratxe Garcia, announced Wednesday that she will be leading a mission of S&D deputies to Israel and Palestine on June 12-16. During their visit, they will meet Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, together with other representatives of the Palestinian…

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Blinken Promises Abbas that Demands Will Be Discussed during Biden’s Regional Tour

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken pressed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to refrain from taking decisions and measures against Israel, pending the arrival of US President Joe Biden to the region. Blinken called Abbas amid a state of frustration in Ramallah, as the latter had begun consultations with his advisers…

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In West Bank, Turkish FM Pledges Support for Palestinians

Turkey's foreign minister said Tuesday that improved ties with Israel will not come at the expense of its commitment to supporting the Palestinians and the two-state solution to the conflict. Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke in the Palestinian administrative headquarters in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank during a joint press conference…

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Journalist Abu Akleh’s colleagues find strength in her legacy

Colleagues of slain Al Jazeera journalist say in life and death, she inspired them to tell the story of Palestinians.

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Shireen Abu Akleh: Palestinians bid farewell to slain journalist

The Al Jazeera reporter’s body was taken from Ramallah to Jerusalem on Thursday, after she was killed by Israeli forces.

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Shireen Abu Aqleh: thousands attend state memorial in West Bank

Palestinians line streets in Ramallah as journalist’s coffin travels through, after shooting in Jenin on Wednesday

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Palestinians mourn journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, call for justice

State service for the slain Al Jazeera journalist took place in Ramallah before her body arrived in Jerusalem.

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Israeli Army Kills More Palestinians, Jenin Refugee Camp Calls for General Mobilization

Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh accused Israel of fueling tensions and killing in Palestinian territories, saying that Israel launched an aggression against Palestinians from Jenin to Hebron, particularly in Jerusalem. The premier also accused Israel of practicing a shoot to kill policy. Speaking at the start of the…

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Thousands Gather at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa for First Friday Prayers of Ramadan

Tens of thousands of Muslims flocked to Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque on the first Friday of Ramadan for noon prayers, which passed peacefully despite concerns about a repeat of Israeli-Palestinian violence that erupted during the Muslim holy month last year. From early morning, residents of cities such as Bethlehem and Ramallah…

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