by Kifah Ziboun | Aug 24, 2017 | Middle East
Ramallah- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman have been bickering over the construction of a separation barrier in Hebron, Israel’s Haaretz daily reported. The newspaper said Lieberman apparently believes that investing...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 7, 2017 | Middle East
The UNESCO World Heritage committee placed on Friday the Palestinian city of Hebron’s Old Town on its list of heritage sites in danger, sparking Israeli condemnation. Taken after a Palestinian proposal, the resolution was fast-tracked on the basis that the site was...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 9, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture
London- Palestinian elderly Abdel-Qader Abu Ajameyah dropped out of school more than six decades ago to make a living. But Abu Ajameyah has resumed his academic journey by attending classes and sitting for exams. The elderly has shown a strong will in his second...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | May 25, 2016 | Middle East
B’Tselem, a leading Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, said on Wednesday it would no longer refer complaints of abuse carried out by Israeli soldiers to Israeli military courts because the system was biased and set up to whitewash...
by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 19, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Israeli security forces shot dead two Palestinians in separate incidents on Friday in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank, police and the military said. In Jerusalem, another Palestinian man stabbed two police officers outside the walled Old City before they opened...
