“These steps by Israeli authorities are the latest examples of what appears to be a steady acceleration of settlement activity that is systematically undermining the prospects for a two-state solution”, he said. Hebron won the title.
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The statement noted that more than 650 Palestinian structures have been demolished this year, which is already higher than the number demolished in eastern Jerusalem and the West Bank in all of 2015.
The Palestinian Cup pits the winners of the West Bank Premier League and the Gaza Strip League for a place at next season’s AFC Asian Cup and the delayed fixture is now due to be played this afternoon, three days behind schedule, following Palestinian protests to Federation Internationale de Football Association. Following pressure, as The Times of Israel reported, Israeli authorities went on to reverse the ban.
The American Friends Service Committee will honor the victims of Israel’s 2014 military assault on Gaza with the “Gaza Pinwheel Memorial Display”, to be exhibited here during the week of August 9-16.
A member of Federation Internationale de Football Association since 1998, Palestine filed a motion with the body seeking Israel’s expulsion over restrictions it imposes on the movement of Palestinian players.
“The Israeli authorities have recently advanced plans for the construction of (Israeli) settlements in the West Bank: 770 new homes in Gilo settlement and another 323 dwellings in various neighborhoods in East Jerusalem”.
The Israel Defense Forces said that no one else was injured in the attempted attack and it would investigate the incident.
Tuesday’s first leg was no exception – Kifah al-Sharif, the president of Ahly al-Khalil, said the Israeli authorities had prevented eight of the club’s players from entering Gaza.
The Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic intelligence agency, told Haaretz that it chose to not let the Palestinian players leave the Gaza Strip “due to damaging security information and in light of the security situation”.
Israeli officials have regularly condemned support by foreign governments for left-wing NGOs critical of the country’s policies towards the Palestinians.
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