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Clash During an Israeli Operation - West Bank

A member of Israeli forces carries out an operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, on May 27, 2025. Israeli forces carried out a large-scale operation on Tuesday targeting money exchange companies in the West Bank, in what Israeli media described as part of a campaign to disrupt financial networks allegedly linked to Palestinian factions. According to Palestinian sources, the raids took place in Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Tubas, Tulkarm, Jenin, Bethlehem, and Qalqilya, during which Israeli forces raid the offices of money exchange companies, arrested several shop owners, and confiscated millions of shekels. Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clash During an Israeli Operation - West Bank

Members of Israeli forces carry out an operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, on May 27, 2025. Israeli forces carried out a large-scale operation on Tuesday targeting money exchange companies in the West Bank, in what Israeli media described as part of a campaign to disrupt financial networks allegedly linked to Palestinian factions. According to Palestinian sources, the raids took place in Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Tubas, Tulkarm, Jenin, Bethlehem, and Qalqilya, during which Israeli forces raid the offices of money exchange companies, arrested several shop owners, and confiscated millions of shekels. Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clash During an Israeli Operation - West Bank

A member of Israeli forces carries out an operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, on May 27, 2025. Israeli forces carried out a large-scale operation on Tuesday targeting money exchange companies in the West Bank, in what Israeli media described as part of a campaign to disrupt financial networks allegedly linked to Palestinian factions. According to Palestinian sources, the raids took place in Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Tubas, Tulkarm, Jenin, Bethlehem, and Qalqilya, during which Israeli forces raid the offices of money exchange companies, arrested several shop owners, and confiscated millions of shekels. Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Clash During an Israeli Operation - West Bank

Members of Israeli forces carry out an operation in the West Bank city of Nablus, on May 27, 2025. Israeli forces carried out a large-scale operation on Tuesday targeting money exchange companies in the West Bank, in what Israeli media described as part of a campaign to disrupt financial networks allegedly linked to Palestinian factions. According to Palestinian sources, the raids took place in Ramallah, Nablus, Hebron, Tubas, Tulkarm, Jenin, Bethlehem, and Qalqilya, during which Israeli forces raid the offices of money exchange companies, arrested several shop owners, and confiscated millions of shekels. Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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People demonstrate outside Knesset in Jerusalem

People demonstrate outside Israel's parliament, known as the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 25, 2025. Israel's parliament approved Tuesday the 2025 state budget, which amounts to 619 billion shekels (about 169 billion U.S. dollars) excluding debt-servicing, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. The budget debates coincided with demonstrations outside the parliament. Protesters blocked the main entrance and emergency exit using cars and sat on the floor in front of the barriers set up by the police. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua/ABACAAPRESS.COM

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People demonstrate outside Knesset in Jerusalem

People demonstrate outside Israel's parliament, known as the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on March 25, 2025. Israel's parliament approved Tuesday the 2025 state budget, which amounts to 619 billion shekels (about 169 billion U.S. dollars) excluding debt-servicing, the Finance Ministry said in a statement. The budget debates coincided with demonstrations outside the parliament. Protesters blocked the main entrance and emergency exit using cars and sat on the floor in front of the barriers set up by the police. Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua/ABACAAPRESS.COM

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-UNRWA

(240529) -- JERUSALEM, May 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A man walks past the entrance of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in east Jerusalem, on May 29, 2024. The Israel Land Authority on Wednesday ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to vacate state-owned buildings and lands in Jerusalem and pay it millions of shekels for improper use and breach of contract, the Israeli news website Ynet reported. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-UNRWA

(240529) -- JERUSALEM, May 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows the entrance of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in east Jerusalem. The Israel Land Authority on Wednesday ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to vacate state-owned buildings and lands in Jerusalem and pay it millions of shekels for improper use and breach of contract, the Israeli news website Ynet reported. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-UNRWA

(240529) -- JERUSALEM, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past the entrance of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in east Jerusalem, on May 29, 2024. The Israel Land Authority on Wednesday ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to vacate state-owned buildings and lands in Jerusalem and pay it millions of shekels for improper use and breach of contract, the Israeli news website Ynet reported. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-UNRWA

(240529) -- JERUSALEM, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on May 29, 2024 shows the entrance of the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in east Jerusalem. The Israel Land Authority on Wednesday ordered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to vacate state-owned buildings and lands in Jerusalem and pay it millions of shekels for improper use and breach of contract, the Israeli news website Ynet reported. (Photo by Jamal Awad/Xinhua)

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Israeli gov't approves revised budget with more defense spending

STORY: Israeli gov't approves revised budget with more defense spending SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 15, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 16, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:20 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine/Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Gaza-related footage 2. STANDUP 1 (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent in Jerusalem 3. STANDUP 2 (Arabic): OSAMA KAHLOT, Xinhua reporter in Deir Al-Balah STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent in Jerusalem "On Monday evening, the Israeli cabinet passed an amended 2024 state budget, adding about 15 billion U.S. dollars (55 billion shekels) of extra spending, including money for defense and compensation for those impacted by the war." The original budget for 2024 was approved by parliament in May 2023, but the conflict with Hamas that began last October prompted a new budget to cover the higher costs. The ministry said all ministries' budgets were cut because of the high military spending. The total updated budget of 582 billion sheke

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Israel allocates 264 mln USD for transport projects in E Jerusalem

STORY: Israel allocates 264 mln USD for transport projects in E Jerusalem DATELINE: Aug. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of East Jerusalem 2. wide shot of Jerusalem STORYLINE: Israel allocated about one billion shekels (nearly 264 million U.S. dollars) for the optimization of public transportation in East Jerusalem on Sunday, the Israeli Ministry of Transport and Road Safety said in a statement. As part of a five-year plan approved by the Israeli government for the development of East Jerusalem, the project includes the completion of the Eastern Ring Road, which crosses the eastern neighborhoods of Jerusalem from north to south, and the establishment of other roads in East Jerusalem, particularly to schools, interchanges and bus terminals, while increasing bus frequency, adding bus stops and integrating information technology into public transport systems. This plan continues the investment plan approved by the cabinet in 2018 and mainly focuses on impr

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Explore Israeli bottle recycling self-service machine on World Water Day

STORY: Explore Israeli bottle recycling self-service machine on World Water Day DATELINE: March 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:19 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent 2. close-up of bottle entering the machine, ticket printing 3. various of Israeli residents using machines and taking receipts to the front desk to exchange money 4. SOUNDBITE (English): BARBARA GINGGOLD, Israeli citizen 5. various of supermarket STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent "Here in Israel, you'll find this '30' mark on almost all bottles of mineral water, beverage, and wine, which means 30 cents new shekels or equivalent to 10 cents of U.S. dollars will be repaid for recycling. And all this can be done in this self-service machine." March 22 marks World Water Day. In Israel, a Middle East country short of water resources, desalination and water-saving agricultural technologies have been developed, and the recycling means of waste water bottles i

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Israel launches project to keep water level of Sea of Galilee

STORY: Israel launches project to keep water level of Sea of Galilee DATELINE: Jan. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 0:03:05 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the entrance of the Eshkol reservoir at the Lower Galilee near Israeli city of Nazareth 2. various of aerial views of the National Water Carrier of Israel at the Eshkol reservoir at the Lower Galilee 3. various of Sea of Galilee STORYLINE: Israel on Tuesday launched a first-of-its-kind project to flow desalinated water from the Mediterranean to the Sea of Galilee in the northeast of the country. With a cost of about 1 billion shekels (284 million U.S. dollars), it is one of the largest water projects in Israel, said a statement issued by the Israel Water Authority. The project, initiated by the authority and Mekorot, the national water company, will help keep the water level of the Sea of Galilee, a natural water source and national emergency reservoir in dry years, it added. Following droughts between 2013 and 2018, which caused th

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Israel begins building wall in northern West Bank

STORY: Israel begins building wall in northern West Bank DATELINE: July 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:23 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Salem checkpoint between Israel and West Bank 2. various of the construction site STORYLINE: Israel has begun building a 9-meter-tall wall to replace the old fence barrier in the northern occupied West Bank, said Israeli Defense Ministry, citing security reasons. The 45-kilometer-long wall will stretch from near the Palestinian village of Salem, east of Nablus city in the northern West Bank, to the north of Tulkarm city, the ministry said in a statement. "The security barrier will include a massive concrete wall, protection measures and other technological means," the ministry said, The project was approved by Israeli government in April amid a wave of deadly Palestinian attacks in Israeli cities, and a total of 360 million shekels (about 104 million U.S. dollars) were allocated for the construction. The controversial fence barrier built abou

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ISRAEL-MODIIN-GAS-PRICE

(220630) -- MODIIN, June 30, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A man fuels a vehicle at a gas station in central Israeli city of Modiin on June 30, 2022. Israeli gas prices will rise to 8.08 shekels (2.35 U.S. dollars) per liter from July 1, 2022, the Ministry of Energy announced on Wednesday, setting the price near the record high from September 2012. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)

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Israel launches 920-mln-USD plan to upgrade sports facilities

STORY: Israel launches 920-mln-USD plan to upgrade sports facilities DATELINE: April 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:29 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: SOCIETY/SPORTS SHOTLIST: 1 various of runners 2 various of people at a gym 3 various of people playing volleyball on the beach 4 various of Arab neighborhoods 5 various of soccer stadiums 6 various of people swimming in a pool STORYLINE: Israel has announced a ten-year national plan to support the construction and upgrade of sports facilities across the country. The 3-billion shekel (920-million U.S. dollar) plan includes the purchase of equipment for sports federations and clubs. A total of 590 million shekels will be directed to support the construction of five multi-purpose competitive sports facilities, including four international halls for basketball, handball and volleyball along with high-level gymnastics halls. A hundred community sports halls, three football excellence centers and motor racing tracks will be built as well. The plan addresses s