‘State of emergency’: Six Palestinian citizens of Israel killed in one day
Al-Jazeera / September 27, 2023
Palestinians and advocacy groups say Israeli authorities have long turned a blind eye to crime in their communities.
Six Palestinian citizens of Israel have been killed in two separate shootings, police said, the latest fatalities in a crime wave hitting the country’s Palestinian minority.
Five...
Pupils hit by delay to new school year at Ain al-Hilweh
Nada Homsi
The National / September 27, 2023
Armed groups have barricaded themselves inside eight UNRWA schools at largest Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon.
The school year for more than 11,000 Palestinian pupils will be postponed indefinitely in Lebanon’s Ain al-Hilweh refugee camp because of armed groups occupying the eight UN schools on the...
Taliban in Tel Aviv: Israel joins Middle East in clashing over gender segregation, women’s...
Juan Cole
Informed Comment / September 27, 2023
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Haaretz reports that at public prayers for Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, Ultra-Orthodox activists attempted to put up banners as separators to allow for the segregation of male...
Sources close to Israel PM: Ben-Gvir is a burden on the government
Middle East Monitor / September 27, 2023
Concern has been raised by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s close circle after National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced yesterday that he plans to hold prayers in Dizengoff Square in central Tel Aviv tomorrow following residents’ protests in the city and...
Jewish settlements ‘systematically erode’ viability of Palestinian State
UN News / September 27, 2023
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the relentless expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem.
During the last three months, more than 10,000 housing units were advanced, Tor...
[action speaks louder than words] US ‘strongly opposes’ expansion of Jewish settlements in occupied...
Adla Massoud
The National / September 27, 2023
Jewish settlements viewed as one of the largest impediments to the creation of a Palestinian state.
President Joe Biden's administration strongly opposes the expansion of settlements by the Israeli government, US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Wednesday.
Such actions undermine...
UN peace envoy, Egypt working to restore calm along Gaza fence
Nidal al-Mughrabi
Reuters / September 27, 2023
GAZA – International mediators have stepped up efforts to prevent a new round of armed confrontation between Israel and the Islamist Hamas group, which runs Gaza, amid an escalation in violent protests along the border fence.
"The United Nations is talking to and...
Gaza graduates demand UNRWA solutions for high unemployment rate
Maram Humaid
Al-Jazeera / September 27, 2023
Unemployment rate in Gaza continues to be among the highest in the world as it hits 70 percent among young graduates.
Gaza City – Since her graduation 10 years ago, Amal Shanioura has been searching for a suitable job opportunity in business administration, but...
Norway says ‘one state with equal rights for all’ is solution to Israel-Palestine conflict
The New Arab / September 27, 2023
Speaking at an AHLC meeting last week, the Norwegian foreign minister said that "time was running out" for a two-state solution for Palestine.
The Norwegian foreign minister has said that the only way to resolve the decades-long Israel-Palestine conflict is through a "one-state solution" with "equal...
Biden’s message to Netanyahu: normalization is more important than democracy
Naim Mousa
+972 Magazine / September 27, 2023
At a meeting on the UN sidelines, many anticipated Biden would pressure Netanyahu to halt his anti-democratic agenda. But the U.S. has other priorities.
In a Manhattan hotel, amid the resounding echoes of hundreds of protesters outside, U.S. President Joe Biden held...
