Palestine

RAMALLAH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Ishtaye on Saturday accused Israel of defying all the signed peace agreements and disregarding international law.

He made the remarks during the annual grape festival held in the West Bank city of Hebron, urging the Israeli government to stop all its violations in the Palestinian territories, according to a Palestinian statement.

"The occupation (Israel) violates all the signed peace agreements with disrespect and does not respect the law and international legitimacy," Ishtaye was quoted as saying.

GAZA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The annual Arab financial aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) had declined to 3 percent of UNRWA's budget in 2022, a UN advisor said on Saturday.

Adnan Abu Hasna, the media advisor of UNRWA in the Gaza Strip, told reporters in Gaza City that in 2018, the Arab financial support to the UN agency reached 200 million U.S. dollars.

GAZA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- The annual Arab financial aid to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) had declined to 3 percent of UNRWA's budget in 2022, a UN advisor said on Saturday.

Adnan Abu Hasna, the media advisor of UNRWA in the Gaza Strip, told reporters in Gaza City that in 2018, the Arab financial support to the UN agency reached 200 million U.S. dollars.

RAMALLAH, Sept 16 (NNN-WAFA) – Reconciliation talks between rival Palestinian factions, to end more than 15 years of internal division, will resume in Algeria in Oct, a senior Palestinian official announced yesterday.

Wassel Abu Yousef, a member of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), executive committee, told reporters in the West Bank city of Ramallah that, the reconciliation dialogue in Algeria would include leaders of 14 Palestinian factions.

BUREIJ, Gaza Strip (AP) — Last spring, a Palestinian farmer was planting a new olive tree when his shovel hit a hard object. He called his son, and for three months, the pair slowly excavated an ornate Byzantine-era mosaic that experts say is one of the greatest archaeological treasures ever found in Gaza.

The discovery has set off excitement among archaeologists, and the territory’s Hamas rulers are planning a major announcement in the coming days.

GAZA, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) on Thursday said it would continue building and developing solid ties with Syria, signifying a possible restoration of relations between the two sides after ten years of estrangement.

In a press statement, the Gaza ruling faction said that building and developing ties with Syria "will serve our nation and just causes, with the Palestinian cause at its core, especially in light of the accelerating regional and international developments."

14 Sep 2022; MEMO: Palestinians in the Gaza Strip organised a protest on Tuesday to demand their rights to the natural gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of the besieged territory, as well as the establishment of a sea passage to connect them with the outside world, Anadolu has reported.

14 Sep 2022; MEMO: The Israeli army has announced that one of its officers and two Palestinians have been killed in a confrontation in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu has reported. Local sources named the two Palestinians killed as Abd Al-Rahman Abed and Ahmad Abed, an officer in Palestinian Military Intelligence.

"Last night, an officer was killed as a result of an exchange of fire with two Palestinian gunmen near Al-Jalama crossing, Jenin district," said the occupation army.

15 Sep 2022; MEMO: Palestinian resistance factions called on Wednesday for a total withdrawal from the Oslo Accords and an end to security cooperation between the Palestinian Authority and the Israeli occupation security services, Quds Press has reported. Speaking on behalf of the factions, senior Islamic Jihad official Nafeth Azzam said that Oslo gave "legitimacy" to the Israeli occupation and illegal Jewish settlements.

14 Sep 2022; MEMO: Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh yesterday called on Norwegian MPs to pressure their government to protect the two-state solution.

During a meeting held in Ramallah with a delegation of 15 Norwegian MPs, headed by Ine Eriksen Søreide, Shtayyeh stressed the need to work internationally to protect the "eroding" two-state solution.