Over one million Palestinians in Gaza to not have enough food by June
GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) expressed real concern, on Monday, that unless it secures at least….
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Israel demolishes school building in Shufat refugee camp
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — Israeli bulldozers demolished an under-construction building belonging to a Palestinian school in the Shufat refugee camp of occupied East Jerusalem, on Tuesday. Dozens of Israeli soldiers escorted….
Palestinian genetics doctor wins medical research award in Switzerland
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Lina Osama Quteineh, a doctor in genetics from occupied East Jerusalem, won the second prize in Switzerland for best published research in organ transplant in 2018. In….
Israeli forces demolish Palestinian primary school in southern Hebron
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces demolished a Palestinian primary school late Monday night in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, leaving 42 children without a place to learn…..
Israel demolishes kindergarten in Bedouin community near Jerusalem
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli forces have reportedly demolished a kindergarten in the Bedouin community of Jabal al-Baba in the outskirts of al-Eizariya in the occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem…..
Celebration tent turned into mourning tent after high school graduate slain in protests
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — The same tent that was set up for Muhammad Sharaf to host friends and family congratulating him on obtaining his high school completion certificate has now been….
Israel sentences Palestinian writer Ahmad Qatamish to administrative detention
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israel sentenced Palestinian writer and political scientist Ahmad Qatamish to three months in administrative detention on Wednesday, prisoners rights group Addameer reported, three days after he was….
11 Palestinians injured with live fire after clashes erupt near Birzeit University in Ramallah
RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — At least 11 Palestinian youths were injured Thursday night in the central occupied West Bank district of Ramallah, after Israeli undercover forces and soldiers opened live fire….
‘We became subcontractors to the occupation’: B’Tselem ends work with Israeli army
BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — After 25 years of accountability work in the occupied West Bank, Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem announced on Wednesday its decision to discontinue their strategy of holding….
Israeli court hands prison sentence to Palestinian astrophysicist over Facebook posts
JERUSALEM (Ma’an) — An Israeli court at the Ofer detention in the central occupied West Bank on Tuesday sentenced a well-known Palestinian astrophysicist to two months in prison over statements….