Alwaght | News & Analysis Website

Editor's Choice

News

Most Viewed

Day Week Month

In Focus

Ansarullah

Ansarullah

A Zaidi Shiite movement operating in Yemen. It seeks to establish a democratic government in Yemen.
Shiite

Shiite

represents the second largest denomination of Islam. Shiites believe Ali (peace be upon him) to be prophet"s successor in the Caliphate.
Resistance

Resistance

Axis of Resistances refers to countries and movements with common political goal, i.e., resisting against Zionist regime, America and other western powers. Iran, Syria, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and Hamas in Palestine are considered as the Axis of Resistance.
Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

Persian Gulf Cooperation Council

A regional political u n i o n consisting of Arab states of the Persian Gulf, except for Iraq.
Taliban

Taliban

Taliban is a Sunni fundamentalist movement in Afghanistan. It was founded by Mohammed Omar in 1994.
  Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism & Extremism

Wahhabism is an extremist pseudo-Sunni movement, which labels non-Wahhabi Muslims as apostates thus paving the way for their bloodshed.
Kurds

Kurds

Kurds are an ethnic group in the Middle East, mostly inhabiting a region, which spans adjacent parts of Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. They are an Iranian people and speak the Kurdish languages, which form a subgroup of the Northwestern Iranian branch of Iranian languages.
NATO

NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949.
Islamic Awakening

Islamic Awakening

Refers to a revival of the Islam throughout the world, that began in 1979 by Iranian Revolution that established an Islamic republic.
Al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda

A militant Sunni organization founded by Osama bin Laden at some point between 1988 and 1989
New node

New node

Map of  Latest Battlefield Developments in Syria and Iraq on

alwaght.net
Israeli Regime Detained 560 Minors in Occupied Al-Quds in 2016

Israeli Regime Detained 560 Minors in Occupied Al-Quds in 2016

Tuesday 16 August 2016
Issa Qaraqe, fourteen of those who are still in detention are being held in Israeli juvenile detention centers, four girls and 10 are boys. Israeli authorities have placed 60 of those released under house arrest, he said. The head of the Jerusalem Committee for Families of Prisoners, Amjad Abu Asa ...
alwaght.net
120 Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Regime Prisons

120 Palestinians Start Hunger Strike in Israeli Regime Prisons

Wednesday 21 September 2016 ،
Issa Qaraqe told the Turkish Anadolu News Agency. They are suffering from chest pains, muscle cramps, increased body temperature and frequent loss of consciousness, Qaraqe said. Muhammad Balboul, 25, began refusing food 78 days ago to protest his detention without charge or trial. Mahmoud Balboul, ...
alwaght.net
Israeli Regime Detained 1,000 Palestinian Minors in Only 9 Months

Israeli Regime Detained 1,000 Palestinian Minors in Only 9 Months

Sunday 25 September 2016 ،
Issa Qaraqe said. Protecting Palestinian children “requires a wide and fast action from the international community,” he added. Tel Aviv is keeping more than 7000 Palestinians in its prisons many of whom are on hunger strike to protest their detention without trial and under the so-cal ...
alwaght.net
Palestinians Continue Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

Palestinians Continue Hunger Strike in Israeli Prisons

Monday 19 December 2016 ،
Issa Qaraqe, head of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)'s committee for prisoners’ affairs, said the health of the two hunger-strikers – who are held at Israeli Assaf Harofeh Medical center near Tel Aviv – has been rapidly deteriorating. The two have been unable to mo ...
alwaght.net
Israeli Regime Concentrates Palestinian Hunger Strikes to 3 Jails with Hospitals

Israeli Regime Concentrates Palestinian Hunger Strikes to 3 Jails with Hospitals

Thursday 18 May 2017 ،
Issa Qaraqe said in a Wednesday statement that an estimated 1,300 Palestinian inmates, who launched an open-ended hunger strike on April 17,  had been transferred from across dozens of Israel’s prisons to the Beersheba, Shatta and Ramla prisons “due to their proximity to Israeli hos ...
alwaght.net
Palestinian Prisoners Suspend Hunger Strike after Israel Concedes

Palestinian Prisoners Suspend Hunger Strike after Israel Concedes

Saturday 27 May 2017 ،
Issa Qaraqe, the head of the Palestinian Committee of Prisoners’ Affairs, confirmed the deal on Saturday. Some 30 of the more than 800 hunger strikers had been hospitalized in recent days, raising fears of an escalation of clashes with Israeli security forces in the occupied West Bank. A sta ...
alwaght.net
Israeli Regime Met 80% of Hunger Strikers’ Demands: Report

Israeli Regime Met 80% of Hunger Strikers’ Demands: Report

Monday 29 May 2017 ،
Issa Qaraqe said in a statement that 80 percent of the hunger strikers' demands were met according to the agreement reached after negotiations between IPS and representatives of hunger strikers led by imprisoned Fatah official Marwan Barghouthi. However an IPS spokesperson denied reports th ...
alwaght.net
Israeli Forces Kidnap Palestinian Female MP Khalida Jarrar

Israeli Forces Kidnap Palestinian Female MP Khalida Jarrar

Monday 3 July 2017 ،
Issa Qaraqe condemned the Israeli regime for abducting Jarrar, a member of the leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) faction who also heads the Prisoners' Commission of the PLC, and is vice-chairperson of the board of directors of Palestinian prisoners' rights group Ad ...
alwaght.net
Palestinian Prisoner Dies in Israel Jail Due to Medical Negligence

Palestinian Prisoner Dies in Israel Jail Due to Medical Negligence

Monday 21 May 2018 ،
Issa Qaraqe, said in a statement on Monday that Aziz Oweisat, a resident of Jabal Al-Mukaber neighborhood of occupied East al-Quds (Jerusalem), died in Yitzhak Shamir Medical Center, formerly known as Assaf Harofeh Medical Center and located 15 kilometers from Tel Aviv, the previous night following ...
alwaght.net
Palestinians Slam Abbas’ Decision to Fire Head of Detainees Committee under US Pressures

Palestinians Slam Abbas’ Decision to Fire Head of Detainees Committee under US Pressures

Sunday 5 August 2018 ،
Issa Qaraqe, head of the PLO’s Committee for Detainees and Ex-Detainees, drawing sharp criticism from Palestinians. Committee for Detainees and Ex-Detainees is in charge of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli regime’s prison. Alwaght- President of Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas on Friday ...

Gallery

Photo

Film

Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise

Courages Individiuals like Sinvar are on the Rise