Seated at a table with Palestinian ex-prisoner Arafat Mudar Mohammad Daoud, American comedian and entrepreneur Zach Sage Fox asked, “Do you like Hamas?” “Of course, they are heroes. Freedom fighters,” Daoud replied. The interview was published this week as part of Fox’s Wild West Bank Series, filmed during his trip to Ramallah over the … Read more
The Palestinian Authority froze all operations of Qatari state-run media giant Al Jazeera West Bank, the PA-run WAFA news outlet reported on Wednesday evening. The decision was reportedly made by a specialized ministerial committee composed of the Palestinian Authority’s Culture, Interior, and Communications Ministries. The committee reportedly elected to shut down all broadcasting and … Read more
The move marked the first time Israel has ever shuttered a foreign news outlet operating in the country. (Image/X@RihamJafari) Israeli forces raided Al Jazeera’s office in Ramallah located in the occupied West Bank, early on Sunday, September, 22, as confirmed by the news outlet. According to the reports, the Israeli forces raided the premises and … Read more
Qatari Al Jazeera TV said on Sunday morning that Israeli forces stormed its bureau in the West Bank’s Ramallah city with a military order to close it for 45 days. The Qatar-based channel aired live footage of the Israeli troops storming the channel’s office and handing over a military closure order to one of … Read more
German Representative to the Palestinian Authority Oliver Owcza was heckled and his vehicle was attacked by students during his visit to Birzeit University near Ramallah in the West Bank on Tuesday. Social media clips showed him walking quickly to his car as protesters followed him. Shots also showed how a mob surrounded the vehicle, … Read more
As Ramadan nears, Israel and Palestine are looking to ease the Gaza crisis despite the Netanyahu government repeatedly rejecting all attempts at a two-state solution discussion. Recently, senior security officials from the two countries met in Tel Aviv to discuss ways of easing tensions in the West Bank. Ramadan is due in a month, and … Read more
Dozens of angry protesters demonstrated against the arrival of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Ramallah on Wednesday by burning posters of him and of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Blinken was in Ramallah to meet with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas after meeting with Netanyahu and other officials in Israel the previous … Read more
