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Dweik: Assigning Bahar to run the PLC session for a single day

Dr. Aziz Dweik, the speaker of the Palestinian legislative council, said on Wednesday that he assigned his first deputy Dr. Ahmed Bahar to run the PLC session in Gaza only

Specter of new Intifada hovers over West Bank

An intifada-like atmosphere is gradually descending on the West Bank as the hawkish Israeli government headed by Benyamin Netanyahu continued to provoke Palestinians and Muslims in general by encroaching on

Refusal to surrender: My Father was a Freedom Fighter

"From afar," writes Ramzy Baroud, "Gaza's reality, like that of all of Palestine, is often presented without cohesion, without proper context; accounts of real life in Gaza are marred with

Egypt plays friendly with Palestinians

Cairo: Egypt announced that it will travel to the occupied West Bank on March 28 to play a friendly match against the Palestinian national football team.

Hamas lawmakers prevented from holding parliamentary session

Spokesman for Hamas Aziz Dweik accused the Abbas administration of "obstructing reconciliation and parliamentary life by preventing the session from being held."

Palestinian citizens receive demolition notices

IOA continue unjust measures serving excavation notices to Palestinian business owners.

Rage in al-Khalil in defence of Ibrahimi mosque

Violent confrontations broke out on Friday afternoon between Palestinian protestors and IOF troops in the southern West Bank city of al-Khalil near the Ibrahimi mosque and in the southern part

Amman: IAF call for Israeli ambassador expulsion

Jordan's opposition Islamic Action Front (IAF) Thursday called for ousting Israeli ambassador Daniel Nevo from Jordan in response to Israel's plans to procure disputed historical sites in the West Bank

Abbas’ militias prevent WB rocket launch

Press sources revealed, that Militias loyal to former PA chief Mahmoud Abbas foiled an attempt to fire a locally made rocket from the West Bank at Israeli targets.

Thousands mark five years of protest in Bil’in

Following the victory forcing Israel to begin rerouting the path of the Wall, and in face of the Army’s unprecedented attempts to crack down on the popular struggle, the people