Palestine

26 Jan 2023; MEMO: Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, declared on Thursday three days of mourning for Palestinians who were killed in the Jenin camp raid by Israeli Forces, Anadolu News Agency reports.

"The President declared mourning for three days, during which flags would be flown at half mast, to mourn the souls of the martyrs of the Jenin camp in the northern West Bank," the official Palestinian TV reported.

26 Jan 2023; MEMO: Israeli Occupation Authorities today issued notices to Palestinian landowners alerting them of their plans to destroy 100 trees based in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron in the Occupied West Bank, reported Wafa news agency.

26 Jan 2023; MEMO: The Palestinian leadership ended, on Thursday, security coordination with Israel after the Israeli army aggression on Jenin refugee camp in the northern Occupied West Bank earlier in the day, which resulted in killing nine Palestinians, including an elderly lady.

26 Jan 2023; MEMO: The Palestinian Resistance group, Fatah, has today declared heightened hostilities with Israel, following the Occupation army's operation in the Jenin refugee camp which has left at least nine Palestinians dead, including a 60-year-old woman, and several others wounded.

24 Jan 2023; MEMO: The Israeli Forces demolished, on Tuesday, the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb, in the Negev region in southern Israel, for the 212th time, Anadolu News Agency reported, citing local sources.

Eyewitnesses said Israeli bulldozers, under police protection, stormed the village and forced the villagers out of their tin houses and tents, before demolishing them for the 212th time.

25 Jan 2023; MEMO: Hamas has said that Benjamin Netanyahu's statements regarding the Palestinian presence and construction in the occupied West Bank constitute an official declaration of the annexation and Judaisation of Area C. The Israeli prime minister's comment that "Palestinian building [in Area C] … will not be tolerated" coincided with Israel's demolition of Al-Araqib in village in the occupied Negev for the 212th time.

23 Jan 2023; MEMO: Israeli is angry that EU and other Western envoys visited Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem last Wednesday without prior coordination with the occupation authorities, Israel Hayom reported on Sunday. According to the newspaper, the delegation included around 30 diplomats from EU countries, Canada, Australia and Argentina.

RAMALLAH, Jan 22 (NNN-WAFA) – Another Palestinian was killed yesterday, by Israeli soldiers, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, Palestinian and Israeli sources said.

The Palestinian Health Ministry said in a statement that, it was informed, Tariq Maali, 42, was killed, north-west of the city, and that his body is being held by the Israeli security.

The statement did not give more details about the incident.

RAMALLAH, Jan 20 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, yesterday called on the U.S. government to intervene, to stop the Israeli new government’s measures against the Palestinians, before its too late.

Abbas made the remarks, during a meeting held at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, with U.S. National Security Adviser, Jake Sullivan.

While calling on the U.S. to intervene to stop what he termed as “the Israeli government’s extremist measures,” Abbas accused Israel of destroying the remaining chances for peace and stability in the region.

18 Jan 2023; MEMO: Jordanian Ambassador Ghassan Majali was stopped by Israeli police at the Lion's Gate entrance to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound yesterday. The Israelis claimed that he was stopped because of a lack of coordination with the occupation authorities.

According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, the police pointed out that the Jordanian diplomat was not denied entry, but just delayed briefly.