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Palestinian Legislative Council votes to end Abbas’ mandate
The Palestinian Legislative Council today overwhelmingly voted to end Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ mandate saying he has lost his constitutional, legal and national capacity. During a session held in its Gaza city headquarters, the body approved a report by its Political Committee which recommended Abbas be disqualified. In a speech,...
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Is this Gaza’s first female carpenter?
A Palestinian woman, Walaa picks up her tools and carves wooden pieces in to art, a skill normally reserved for men in this society...
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Disabled athletes compete in Gaza sports contest
the Rachel Corrie sports initiative hosted its 5th sporting event this year ...
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Strawberry picking in Gaza
The strawberries are expected to be sent to Europe from the West Bank....
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Israel injures 13 Palestinians in Gaza solidarity protests
Israeli forces fire at Palestinians during the Great March of Return ...
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14 Palestinians injured by Israel in Gaza marches
Israeli forces attacked Palestinian protests in Gaza during the Great March of Return ...
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Scores injured in Gaza sea protests
Israeli forces fire at Palestinians on the 15th marine protests in the Gaza Strip ...
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32 injured in Gaza protests 101 years after Balfour Declaration
Scores of Palestinians suffered from suffocation as they took part in the 32nd Friday of the “Great March of Return” protests in the besieged Gaza Strip today. Thirty-two people were injured, seven with live bullets, on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health said in a...
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Israel strikes 80 sites across Gaza
Israel struck dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning...
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Palestine Cinema Days arrives in Gaza
The festival is showcasing 60 films, 22 of which are competing in the coveted Sunbird Award ...
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Photo exhibition highlights Israel’s violations against journalists in Gaza
The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate has condemned Israel’s shooting of photojournalist during the Great March of Return...
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1 Palestinian killed as Israel shells Gaza
Ashraf Al-Qudra, 25-year-old Naji Jamal Al-Za'anin was killed in the northern Gaza Strip...
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29 Palestinians injured on Gaza beach
Nine children and five women were among those hurt in the protest...
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UNRWA staff in Gaza to strike
Last month, the US State Department said Washington would “no longer commit funding” to the UNRWA...
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Qatar opens courts in Gaza
Qatari and Palestinian officials are seen at the opening ceremony of a court in Gaza...
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Israel shoots protesters against Gaza sea 'buffer zone'
Israeli naval ships fired gas canisters and shot at Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza's coastal waters ...
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UNRWA agrees temporary deal to end Gaza workers’ protests
Protest outside UNRWA after employees were to be forced in to retirement...
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Academic year begins in Palestine
The new academic year launched in Gaza today under the theme “Year of Education in Jerusalem”. Some 3,030 schools reopened this year with 1.3 million students registered. Of those 2,212 are governmental including 1,811 are in the West Bank and 401 are in Gaza. There are 451 private schools, 389 in...
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2 Palestinians killed, 170 injured by Israel in Friday protests in Gaza
170 unarmed Palestinians were injured, 90 of whom were treated in field hospitals....
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Israel destroys Gaza cultural centre, 18 injured
At least 18 people were wounded yesterday after Israeli occupation forces targeted a cultural centre in the besieged Gaza Strip. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qudra, said Israeli warplanes destroyed the Said Al-Mishal Cultural Centre late yesterday. Witnesses said the air force fired several warning missile at the...
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Palestinians to UN: Do not leave us hungry
Palestinians in Gaza gather to call for the UN to continue its services in the Strip ...
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Palestinians attempt to break Gaza maritime siege again
Palestinians from Gaza have launched a Freedom 2 carrying wounded Palestinians and students who have been unable to leave the Gaza Strip...
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UNRWA staff strike in Gaza, demand end to cuts
Palestinians protest outside UNRWA against cuts on June 4, 2018...
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Amputee football: Gaza’s first squad kicks in to action
Palestinian amputees have come together to form Gaza’s first football squad of people with disabilities...