Category: 1. Palestine

BETHLEHEM, West Bank /PNN / 

Israeli settlers carried out a series of violent attacks across multiple West Bank governorates on Friday, injuring several Palestinians and damaging property, including vehicles and olive trees, in what witnesses described as coordinated rampages carried out under the protection of Israeli forces.

In the Salfit governorate, settlers attacked Palestinians in the village of Farkha and the town of Biddya, southwest of Salfit. Local sources said…

Jerusalem/PNN/ 

In a tradition dating back more than 850 years, two Muslim families in Jerusalem on Friday handed over the key to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, one of Christianity’s holiest sites, ahead of Easter celebrations.

Members of the Joudeh and Nuseibeh families — long-time guardians of the church’s key — delivered it to representatives of the three Christian custodians: the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate, the Armenian Patriarchate, and the Franciscan…

NEW YORK /PNN/

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has warned of a serious deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, as the number of children receiving treatment for malnutrition continues to rise.

In a statement released Friday, the UN office reported that the number of children receiving treatment for malnutrition in Gaza has risen to 3,600—an increase from just 2,000 the previous month.

This escalation…

NEW YORK /PNN /

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported on Friday that 420,000 Palestinians have been newly displaced in Gaza since March 18, following Israeli violation of the ceasefire agreement.

In a statement, the agency warned that “humanitarian aid and supplies have not entered the Gaza Strip since 2 March 2025, when the Israeli authorities imposed a siege.”

“This is already three times longer than the…

Court says detained pro-Palestine student has shown ‘significant evidence’ violations to her constitutional rights.

Washington, DC – A federal judge in the United States has ordered the government to transfer a pro-Palestine Turkish student, Rumeysa Ozturk, to Vermont for the court to assess legal challenges to her detention.

In a ruling on Friday, District Court Judge William S Sessions found that Ozturk – who is currently held in Louisiana – has presented “significant…

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam – Ethiopian runner Tesfaye Tsegaye Keress deftly made his way through nearly 18,000 participants to position himself near the starting line of the Techcombank Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon in December.

Keress said his diminutive size – he stands just 1.62 metres (5.3ft) tall and weighs about 50kg (116 pounds) – allowed the 27-year-old to slink easily through the throngs of runners to secure a strategic spot near the front just before the starting…

Washington (Quds News Network)- In a new interview, Paula White, White House Faith Advisor under U.S. President Donald Trump, said Christians should be “mandated” to visit Israel before entering heaven.

White made the comments during a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, published Friday during his visit to Washington, D.C.

White echoed Netanyahu’s claims that reports about Israel’s persecution of Christian Palestinians is part of a “false…

Paris (Quds News Network)- Two top Israeli officials traveled secretly to Paris on Friday to interfere in U.S.-Iran nuclear talks, according to a report by Axios. Israeli sources said the aim was to pressure the U.S. before a new round of negotiations in Rome.

Israel’s Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer and Mossad Chief David Barnea met with White House envoy Steve Witkoff in Paris. The meeting was unannounced and kept low-profile.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu…

Life in the West Bank is no longer defined by cities and villages. It is now divided by iron gates, concrete blocks, and permanent checkpoints. What used to be a continuous Palestinian landscape has turned into disconnected shrinking ghettos, where more than 3 million people live under military control and constant restriction.

Over the past year, Israeli forces have intensified the use of iron gates and checkpoints across the occupied West Bank. According to field documentation by

By Ilan Pappe – The Palestine Chronicle  

The Palestinians do not have the luxury for Western moral panic to have its say or impact. Not caving in to this panic is one small but important step in building a global Palestine network that is urgently needed.

The responses in the Western world to the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank raise a troubling question: why is the official West, and official…