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From a pool of 132 candidates, 10 selected to fill deputy minister …
5 days ago · These positions, which became vacant following the retirement of former deputy ministers, were filled after conducting 77 interviews from a pool of 132 candidates. President Mahmoud Abbas has issued decrees to officially appoint new deputy ministers, based on recommendations from the Cabinet and decisions by the appointed interview panels.
German FM calls on Israel to open border crossings in Gaza to …
1 day ago · BERLIN, November 11, 2024 (WAFA) – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called on Israel on Monday to open all border crossings to the Gaza Strip to allow humanitarian aid to enter. The German minister said in a press statement that the volume of aid entering the Gaza Strip has not reached such a low level over the past 12 months ...
President Abbas approves lineup of new government chaired by …
Mar 28, 2024 · The new government is scheduled to swear in before the President next Sunday, March 31, 2024. The government's program emphasizes that its political reference is based on that of the Palestine Liberation Organization, its international commitments, and the assignment letter directed from President Mahmoud Abbas to the government.
President Abbas receives US Secretary of State in Ramallah
Jan 10, 2024 · RAMALLAH, Wednesday, January 10, 2024 (WAFA) – The President of the State of Palestine Mahmoud Abbas received US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the presidential headquarters in the city of Ramallah. The President discussed with the US Secretary of State the latest developments in the Palestinian territories, the efforts made to stop ...
Israeli airstrike on Gaza City leaves several killed and injured
2 days ago · GAZA, November 10, 2024 (WAFA) – Several civilians were killed and others injured in an early morning Israeli airstrike on Gaza City today, local sources confirmed. The airstrike targeted a home belonging to the Abu Marzouk al-Khour family near Al-Salam Mosque in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City. According to reports from the ground ...
Five Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrike on home in Jabalia ...
2 days ago · GAZA, November 9, 2024 (WAFA) – Five Palestinians were killed and others injured today in an Israeli airstrike on a home in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, as the wide-scale Israeli onslaught on the region entered its 35 th consecutive day.. Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes targeted the home of the Abu Omar family near the Al-Tawba Mosque in Jabalia, resulting in the ...
President Abbas: Palestinian leadership to reconsider bilateral ...
RAMALLAH, Saturday, April 20, 2024 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas has declared that Palestine stands on the threshold of a new and challenging phase, with multiple options ahead, affirming that the Palestinian leadership will reconsider bilateral relations with the United States in light of its unyielding support for Israel in its war ...
On day 45 of Israel's war on Gaza, hospitals, schools sheltering ...
GAZA, Monday, November 20, 2023 (WAFA) – On the 45 th of the brutal Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, dozens of Palestinians were killed and injured as the bombing of hospitals and schools sheltering displaced people, as well as homes and buildings, continues unabated since October 7.. After destroying Al-Shifa Hospital in the south of …
Presidency: US military aid to Israel translates into thousands of ...
RAMALLAH, Saturday, April 20, 2024 (WAFA) – Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, stated tonight that the approval by the US House of Representatives for a bill providing $26 billion in military aid to Israel translates into thousands of Palestinian casualties in Gaza, with the latest being in the city of Tulkarm in the ...