Building back in Gaza with Mud Bricks

GAZA, February 8, 2010 (WAFA) - Hassan al-Err, aged 67, and his seven-member family are moving into a mud house built by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip, because ... >>>

PCHR Condemns IOF Pursuit of International HR Defenders in WB

GAZA, February 8, 2010 (WAFA)- The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemned the continued persecution of international human rights defenders in the West Bank by Israeli Occupation Forces ... >>>

WAFA, BTA Sign Cooperation Agreement

RAMALLAH, February 8, 2010 (WAFA)-  The Palestine News Agency (WAFA)  and the Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) signed Monday a cooperation agreement in presence of  the President’s Advisor ... >>>

Under Pressure From Settlers, IOF Rebuilds West Bank Watchtower

TEL AVIV, February 7, 2010 (WAFA)- The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) is rebuilding a military position on a base it evacuated in April 2006 east of Beit Sahour near Jerusalem. Israeli sources said ... >>>

IOF Arrests International Activists in Violation of Oslo Accords

RAMALLAH, February 7, 2010 (WAFA)- Israeli soldiers raided, last night, a Ramallah apartment to arrest a Spanish and an Australian activist over expired visas in direct violation of the Oslo Accords, ... >>>

IOF Arrests 15 Palestinians Last Month

BETHLEHEM, February 7, 2010 (WAFA)- Palestinian Prisoners’ Club Society in Bethlehem reported that Israeli Occupation Forces has continued its detention campaigns and arrested 15 Palestinians since ... >>>

HRW: Israel Fails to Investigate Gaza War Crimes

NEW YORK, February 7, 2010 (WAFA)- Israel has failed to demonstrate that it will conduct thorough and impartial investigations into alleged laws-of-war violations by its forces during last year's ... >>>

Don’t Let Israel Ballet Tip-toe around Apartheid

NEW YORK, February 6, 2010 (WAFA)- Adalah-NY, the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation, the US Campaign for the Academic ... >>>

Gaza Schoolchildren Struggling to Learn

GAZA, February 6, 2010 (WAFA) - Nearly half a million children in Gaza returned to overcrowded and dilapidated schools on February 1, many attending in a shift system, with missing textbooks, ... >>>

OCHA: 16 Palestinians Injured by Israeli Forces

JERUSALEM, February 5, 2010 (WAFA)- This week, (January 27 – February 2) Israeli forces injured 16 Palestinians in various incidents throughout the West Bank, bringing the total number of ... >>>