BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli settlers have planted trees on privately-owned Palestinian land near Bethlehem, a local official said Tuesday. Popular committee spokesman Ahmad Salah told Ma’an that a group of settlers planted tree saplings on 2,000 square meters of land in the Ein al-Qassis area of al-Khader. The land belongs to Hasan Mousa Hasan, who [...]
Palestinian demonstrators run as Israeli forces fire tear gas during a protest near Ramallah (Reuters/Mohamad Torokman, File) RAMALLAH (Ma’an) — A Palestinian man was shot and injured Saturday during clashes with Israeli settlers who attacked his village in the central West Bank, medical officials said. Hassan Muatan, 40, was shot in the abdomen after armed [...]
A Village Under Siege in the West Bank As Palestinians seek statehood at the United Nations, the daily struggle goes on for the 1,200 residents of Wadi Fukin. —Jakob Schiller Most days Yousef Manasra wakes to the sound of jackhammers. The incessant pounding drones on throughout the day and into the evening as [...]
PA: Israeli forces destroy 3 wells near Nablus Published today (updated) 08/09/2011 16:50 Israeli forces demolish a home in the West Bank village of Al-Khader near Bethlehem [MaanImages/Luay Sababa, File] NABLUS (Ma’an) — Israeli forces demolished three water wells Thursday in the village of Naseriya, east of Nablus, the official Palestinian Authority news agency [...]
Israel prevents Palestinian from receiving cancer treatment Published yesterday 13:54 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Israeli authorities prevented a Palestinian from leaving to Jordan for medical treatment for cancer, the patient’s family said. Zakariya Dawoud Issa, 43, was sent back from the Allenby border crossing in an ambulance after Israeli authorities refused to allow him to [...]
