BIRZEIT: Israeli forces shot and wounded five people on Tuesday at Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent, while the Israeli military said its forces responded to a violent confrontation. Military vehicles entered the university campus late in the morning. Witnesses and the university’s president, Talal Shahwan, confirmed the […]
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Movement in occupied territories indigenous, Pakistan tells India
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday categorically rejected India’s allegations of ‘cross-border infiltration,’ saying the movement against illegal occupation in the occupied state of Jammu Kashmir was indigenous. The Foreign Office spokesperson said that the movement against the Indian occupation and its state-sponsored terrorism in the occupied territories is indigenous and is likely to continue till India […]
UN rights council to meet on Gaza, occupied territories
NEW YORK: The UN Human Rights Council said on Thursday it would hold a special session on the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, amid Israel’s deadly violence against the Palestinians in Gaza. The session, planned for next Thursday, will address the grave human rights situation in the occupied Palestinian territories, including East Jerusalem, the […]
Pakistan calls on NAM to demand end to Israel’s deadly offensive in Palestine
NEW YORK – Pakistan called on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to demand an immediate end to Israel’s deadly offensive in Palestine when the 120-member body’s coordinating bureau met to discuss the horrendous situation in East Jerusalem and other occupied Palestinian territories. At the same time, Ambassador Munir Akram cautioned the NAM members against succumbing to […]