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December 5, 2016

Brothers from East Jerusalem forced to demolish their homes

Two Palestinian brothers in the neighbourhood of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem were forced to demolish their own homes on Saturday in compliance with an Israeli court order. One...

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December 5, 2016

Turkish hotels shut for winter with occupancy lowest in Europe

Turkish hotels have cut staff by 40 per cent, some have shuttered for the winter and others are struggling to pay back loans after a trying year when occupancy...

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December 5, 2016

Boats with ‘weapons shipment’ bombed off Taiz coast

Saudi-led coalition aircrafts bombed boats allegedly loaded with weapons that were being smuggled to Houthi militias off the coast of Mocha and Dhubab, situated in western Taiz, sources told...

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December 5, 2016

B’Tselem: ‘Dispossession of Palestinians most consistent trend in Israeli policy’

As Israel’s Knesset considers a bill which would retroactively legalise settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, Israeli authorities have used both official and unofficial means to expropriate Palestinian...

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December 5, 2016

Aleppo’s Bana Al-Abed goes silent

In the past two months, seven-year-old Bana Al-Abed has shot to fame all over the world for her tweets from besieged East Aleppo, which is today under a ferocious...

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December 5, 2016

Bethlehem lights up for Christmas

Occupied Bethlehem lit up its Christmas tree in Manger Square on Saturday as the countdown to Christmas began. Hundreds of Palestinians gathered for the lighting ceremony which was followed...

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December 5, 2016

Israeli tourism video draws fire for referring to West Bank as ‘Judea & Samaria’

The presumed birthplace of Jesus and a shrine to Moses are two of the West Bank religious sites featured in a promotional video released by the Israeli military that...

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December 5, 2016

Lieberman: Postpone controversial ‘formalisation’ bill until Trump takes over

Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman suggested on Friday that the controversial “formalisation bill”, which would legalise Israeli settler outposts throughout the occupied West Bank and is set to be...

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December 5, 2016

Israel extends time for non-Muslim visits to Al-Aqsa

Israeli police today decided to lengthen the period of time dedicated to Jewish and non-Muslim visits to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib, the...

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December 5, 2016

Egyptian-Irish detainee: I want to be buried in Ireland

An Egyptian-Irish man currently detained in Egypt has written a touching letter to his family in which he begs to be buried in Ireland if he dies in prison. “One...

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