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The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has donated US$ 2 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s (UNRWA) job creation programme in Gaza. The contribution will be used to generate some 155,376 working days for 1,992 unemployed Palestine refugees (supporting approximately 9,960 dependants) over a three-month period.

UN_GAZAFor the second time in as many weeks, the children of Gaza set a Guinness World Record today in an event organized by the United Nations as part of its 2011 Summer Games programme – this time for the largest number of footballs dribbled simultaneously.

prisonersBETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- The rights of Palestinian minors who are suspected of stone-throwing in the West Bank are violated severely throughout the criminal justice process, an Israeli rights group said Monday.

detainIsraeli occupation forces arrested Thursday 16 Palestinians in raids of various parts in the West Bank.

090313-irin-fishermanAn international monitoring boat was confronted by the Israeli navy on Wednesday in Gazan waters and targeted with high pressure water canons.

west_bankAl-Walajeh - PNN - People gathered in Al-Walajeh village near Bethlehem Saturday night to celebrate the rebuilding of a family's home that was destroyed by the Israeli army seven years ago.