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Aviv Kochavi, Israel’s army chief of general staff, walks past a fence along the boundary with the Gaza Strip on 7 December during an event marking the end of construction of a barrier fully enclosing the Palestinian enclave (AFP)   Stretching along the entire boundary between Israel and the Gaza Strip, Israel’s new $1.1bn iron wall and fence was hailed …

Sahar Francis, director of Palestinian prisoner rights group Addameer, speaks, as Shawan Jabarin, director of the al-Haq human rights group, right, and Ammar Hijazi, representative Palestinian Minister of Foreign Minister, left, listens during a news conference in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday [Majdi Mohammed/AP Photo] Rights advocates say Israel’s move is a dangerous escalation in its campaign to …

November 2 marks the 104th anniversary of Balfour Declaration of 2 November 1917 when Britain imperial power gave Palestine illegally and immorally to Jews who have not even seen Palestine to set up a Jewish racist state of Israel. During the second half of 19th century the British Empire wanted to ensure the Middle East remains destabilized. At the same …

Palestinian, Israeli, and foreign activists lift banners and placards during a demonstration against Israeli occupation and settlement activity in the Palestinian Territories and east Jerusalem, in Jerusalem’s Palestinian Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, on March 19, 2021 [AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images]   Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said recently that his government opposes the establishment of a Palestinian state He went …

The latest desecration is taking place at al-Yusufiyah cemetery, a centuries-old Muslim graveyard in occupied Jerusalem. Last week, a Palestinian mother clung onto her son’s grave as Israeli forces tried to forcibly remove her. [Mostafa Alkharouf-Anadolu Agency] Even in death, Palestinians, it seems, have no respite from Israeli officials intent on stripping them of their dignity and humanity. The latest …

A view of Ibrahimi Mosque RAMALLAH, Palestine:  The Israeli army on Saturday closed the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron to Muslim worshippers, according to the mosque director. Sheikh Hefzy Abu Asinina told Anadolu Agency that the Israeli army only allowed settlers to visit the site to mark the Chayei Sarah occasion. “The mosque has been closed …