Israeli DCL stops granting entry permits till Eid al-Fitr

Al Ray News Agency | July 23, 2013 Gaza, Alray – Israeli District Coordination Liason Office (DCL) announced on Monday the stop of granting West Bank Palestinians entry permits to Jerusalem from July 22 till Eid al-Fitr ( Feast of Breaking the Fast). DCL office informed the Palestinian side of the decision without giving reasons. […]

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“Zionism’s Exploitation Business”: Israel collects $11 million a year from occupied Palestinians in identity card fees

[ PIC 30/06/2013 – 02:58 PM ] BETHLEHEM, (PIC)– A Palestinian study revealed that Israel collects 40 million shekels ($11 million) per year from Palestinians, in return for issuing Permits and Magnetic cards that allow them enter the occupied territories and work in the Israeli market. The Applied Research Institute ARIJ in the city of […]

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Palestinian Couples Separated by Israel’s Racist Laws

An Israeli soldier checks Palestinians as they cross an Israeli checkpoint in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron to go to the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of the Patriarch on 25 March 2013. (Photo: AFP – Hazem Bader) Al Akhbar English| Malik Samara | April 21, 2013 The law renders residents of Gaza […]

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Ashrawi slams lack of permits for Christians on Palm Sunday

Maan News Agency | March 24, 2013 BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — PLO official Hanan Ashrawi on Sunday criticized a reported shortage of Israeli-issued permits for Christian communities in the West Bank to visit holy sites in Jerusalem, a statement said. Parishes in Bethlehem and Ramallah only received 30 to 40 percent of requested permits to visit […]

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Jerusalem Permits for West Bank Ambulance Drivers Cancelled – Violation of 4th Geneva Convention

Wafa News Agency | March 27, 2012 JERUSALEM, March 27, 2012 (WAFA) – The Israeli civil administration, a department in the Israeli West Bank military government, cancelled all permits issued to ambulance drivers from the West Bank who work in Jerusalem, Mohammed Gharableh, head of ambulance services union in occupied East Jerusalem, said on Tuesday. […]

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Israel ‘set new restrictions’ on Gaza business owners

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures Maan News Agency | Nov 24, 2011 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Israel has set new restrictions on business owners in Gaza, the head of Palestinian contractors said Thursday. At a news conference in Gaza City, Osama Kahil said conditions were more difficult […]

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For Palestinians on Pilgrimage to Mecca, Permits Are Not Guaranteed

A Million Stories about the Zionist Rape of This World – in pictures PNN – Palestine News Network | 25.10.11 – 20:59| Ansar Atmayzeh Ahmed Hamamreh, deported in 2002 after the siege of the Nativity Church in Bethlehem, has not seen his mother in nine years. This year, they had planned a memorable reunion in […]

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Lieberman wants to eject Turkish workers amid showdown over ties with Turkey

[ 28/07/2011 – 11:25 AM ] OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC)– Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman wants to eject some 350 Turkish construction workers as Israel’s relations with Turkey have spiraled after the 2010 flotilla attack. Israeli ministers Ehud Barak and Lieberman have been at odds over whether to meet Turkey’s condition of an apology over the […]

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Press Release – The Challenges of Delivering Assistance & Monthly Costs of $375.000 to get aid into Palestine – Report

  AIDA – Press release & Report New report says Israeli restrictions increase costs, prevent aid from getting to those who need it most Every month, aid and development agencies in the OPT are spending $375,000 just to work around restrictions on movement and access. While the restrictions add up to an annual cost of […]

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Silwan activist spearheads campaign against Jerusalem Municipality campaign of “Judaization”

Sunday, 10 April, 2011 | 02:17 Silwan, Jerusalem (SILWANIC) — Wadi Hilweh activist Mahmoud Qaraeen has started a petition against the Jerusalem Municipality’s legal authority to revoke residency rights of Palestinian citizens of the city. The policy is aimed at decreasing the Palestinian population in Jerusalem to create a Jewish majority. Qaraeen, speaking on behalf […]

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IOA blocks travel of lawmaker

[ 25/01/2011 – 04:50 PM ]   RAMALLAH, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) blocked the travel of Hamas MP Dr. Nasser Abdeljawad via Karame crossing from the West Bank to Jordan after detaining him for a few hours. Dr. Abdeljawad told the PIC that he was held for two hours at the crossing then […]

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Israeli police assault Palestinian workers

[ 08/01/2011 – 02:42 PM ]   NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Israeli border guards physically assaulted Friday several Palestinian laborers in Tel Aviv for allegedly working under fraudulent work permits, the Union of Palestinian Workers said on Saturday. Evidence of the alleged forgery has yet to surface. Police teaming with the border guards kicked off that […]

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