Palestine

9 Mar 2023; MEMO: The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) expressed its rejection of Israeli allegations ambulances are used by armed groups in Jenin.

8 Mar 2023; MEMO: After a long academic journey, Palestinian Sally Azar has made her lifetime dream of becoming the first female pastor in Palestine, Anadolu News Agency reports.

Now, she is pursuing another dream of becoming the first female bishop in the Palestinian Territories.

"I am the first female pastor in Palestine," Azar, 26, told Anadolu in an interview at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Old City of East Jerusalem.

7 Mar 2023; MEMO: At least four Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded by the Israeli army's bullets after occupation forces stormed the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank today.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health said in a brief statement that there were "3 injured people, including one with a serious injury to the chest, arrived at the Jenin Governmental Hospital. Two of those injuries were in the thigh and shoulder.

4 Mar 2023; MEMO: The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Friday condemned Israel's release of extremist Jewish settlers who perpetrated Huwara pogroms.

3 Mar 2023; MEMO: Gaza officials called for help to extinguish a fire that started in a landfill in a village bordering Israel on Thursday, saying it could last for days and cause "an environmental catastrophe", Reuters reports.

A large cloud of heavy smoke billowed into the sky as night fell, and there was a strong smell of burning rubbish across Gaza City.

RAMALLAH, Mar 3 (NNN-WAFA) – A Palestinian teenager was killed, and another two injured yesterday, by Israeli soldiers, in a village east of the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, the Palestinian Health Ministry said in a press statement.

Mohamed Islim, 15, died after he was shot in the back by Israeli soldiers, who stormed the village of Azzun, the statement read.

RAMALLAH, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Palestine on Thursday condemned the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit to the Israeli settlement of Har Brakha near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

The Palestinian Foreign Ministry said in a press statement that "the provocative visit of Netanyahu into the West Bank and the hostile statements and stances he made are rejected and condemned."

JABA, West Bank (AP) — The stuttering blasts of M-16s shattered the quiet in a West Bank village, surrounded by barley fields and olive groves. Young Palestinian men in Jaba once wanted to farm, residents say, but now, more and more want to fight.

Last week, dozens of them, wearing balaclavas and brandishing rifles with photos of their dead comrades plastered on the clips, burst into a school playground — showcasing Jaba’s new militant group and paying tribute to its founder and another gunman who were killed in an Israeli military raid last month.

2 Mar 2023; MEMO: The Arab Parliament condemned on Wednesday Israeli Jewish settler violence against Palestinians and called for the UN Security Council to include "settler militias" on its terrorist lists. The parliament has representatives from 22 countries.

2 Mar 2023; MEMO: Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh has called on the European Union to establish a body to monitor the Israeli occupation and settler crimes to protect Palestinians.

This came during a meeting held in Ramallah yesterday with the Managing Director of the Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability in the European Department for Foreign Affairs, Stefano Tomat, and Deputy Administrative Director of the European External Action Department, Carl Hallergard.