Palestine: First woman elected as head of Engineers Association
Nadia Habash has been celebrated for preserving historical buildings and was named among the 50 most influential architects in the Middle East
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The Palestinian Authority Is Quashing Legal Protests – Again
The arrests of nearly 30 people protesting the killing of anti-PA activist show that the PA is hewing to its tactics of suppression and refusing to take steps to address crimes committed by its security apparatus
Manchester University puts Palestinian solidarity statement back in gallery
The University of Manchester has reversed a decision to remove a statement of solidarity with Palestine’s “liberation struggle” from an exhibition of works by a human rights investigations agency. Alistair….
Senior Israeli Official’s Appointment Approved Despite Demolition Order for His Settlement Home
Attorney General Mendelblit argues the demolition order does not violate the integrity of the new Interior Ministry director-general
Birzeit University Student Layan Nasir Targeted Amid Israel’s Broader Silencing Campaign Against Palestinian Students
On 3 August 2021, following extended detention and interrogation, Ofer Israeli military court heard charges submitted by the military prosecutor against 21-year-old Palestinian student Layan Nasir. The charges brought against….
Israeli forces shoot and kill 11-year-old Palestinian boy in Hebron
Ramallah, July 28, 2021—Israeli forces shot and killed an 11-year-old Palestinian boy today in the southern occupied West Bank. Mohammad Mo’ayyad Bahjat Abu Sara, 11, was shot and killed by….
Facebook Blocks Account That Posted Letter by Jailed Palestinian ex-MP
Khalida Jarrar wrote to her daughter, after the funeral last Tuesday: yours is ‘a life of a Palestinian who loves life and hope and freedom and hates slavery and colonialism’
New Israeli government’s land seizure – where’s the EU?
Last Wednesday (7 July), Israeli soldiers and civil administration staff arrived at the community of Khirbet Humsah, declared the area a closed military zone and denied journalists, human rights activists and diplomats access
Prisoner Society condemns Israeli detention of dozens of Birzeit University students
RAMALLAH, Thursday, July 15, 2021 (WAFA) – The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) today condemned the Israeli army’s detention of dozens of Palestinian students of Birzeit University following a solidarity visit….
Sourani Receives France’s National Order of Merit
In a special ceremony organized by the Consulate General of France at the French Cultural Center in Gaza City on Wednesday, 7 July 2021, and with the participation of public….