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Israeli army uses prohibited exploding bullets against protesters in Beita News Roundup
Quds News Network

Israeli army uses prohibited exploding bullets against protesters in Beita

The Israeli army has been using internationally prohibited exploding bullets to repress peaceful protests in Beita, according to medical sources. The Red Crescent said that Israeli soldiers used “Tutu” and “dumdum” bullets, causing serious wounds to young men and children.

about 2 weeks ago
Israeli settlements amount to war crime - U.N. rights expert News Roundup
Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters

Israeli settlements amount to war crime - U.N. rights expert

Israeli settlements in east Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank amount to a war crime, a U.N. human rights investigator said on Friday, calling on countries to inflict a cost on Israel for its "illegal occupation".

about 2 weeks ago
‘We live in a new era’: the next generation of Palestinian activists News Roundup
Heba Saleh, Financial Times

‘We live in a new era’: the next generation of Palestinian activists

Young Palestinians’ anger is rooted in grievances arising from the humiliations of the occupation, the expansion of Israeli settlements on occupied territory, discrimination against Arabs within Israel and disappointment with an ageing and autocratic Palestinian leadership.

about 2 weeks ago
Israel shuts down office of Palestinian agricultural union in Ramallah News Roundup
Shatha Hammad, Middle East Eye

Israel shuts down office of Palestinian agricultural union in Ramallah

Union of Agricultural Work Committees says the closure is part of a policy of collective punishment by the Israeli army

about 3 weeks ago
The draconian law used by Israel to steal Palestinian land News Roundup
Anchal Vohra, Al Jazeera

The draconian law used by Israel to steal Palestinian land

Analysts say all outposts are a backdoor to keep claiming Palestinian land after Israel committed to freezing settlements in the Oslo Accords in 1993.

about 3 weeks ago
Palestinian community in West Bank demolished for seventh time News Roundup
Al Jazeera

Palestinian community in West Bank demolished for seventh time

Israeli forces destroyed homes and farming equipment in Humsa al-Baqai’a in the occupied Jordan Valley.

about 3 weeks ago
Israel: New government dealt blow in controversial citizenship vote News Roundup
Middle East Eye

Israel: New government dealt blow in controversial citizenship vote

Law barring family unification between Palestinians married to Israeli citizens expires after coalition fails to secure simple majority

about 3 weeks ago
Nizar Banat killing: Palestinian security forces round up protesters in Ramallah News Roundup
Shatha Hammad, Middle East Eye

Nizar Banat killing: Palestinian security forces round up protesters in Ramallah

Palestinian Authority police also attack sit-in staged by families of protesters detained over Nizar Banat rally

about 3 weeks ago
Fact Sheet: The Palestinian Authority Fact Sheets
IMEU

Fact Sheet: The Palestinian Authority

The Palestinian Authority (also known as the Palestinian National Authority) is a governmental body established during the 1990s as part the Oslo Accords signed between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).

on July 2, 2021