‘Agenda Item 7’ highlights UN inaction over Israeli colonisation
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / February 25, 2021
The US has asked to re-join the UN Human Rights Council in another move that, superficially at least, spells a departure from the Trump administration's withdrawal from the institution. However, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated, the reasons for...
Two Palestinians enter 30th year in Israel detention
Middel East Monitor / February 26, 2021
Two Palestinian brothers, Ibrahim and Mohammad Aghbariah, have entered their 30th consecutive year in Israeli prisons, local media reported yesterday.
The Palestinian Prisoners' Club said in a statemen that the two were "among 30 prisoners whom Israel refused to release in 2014"...
[VIDEO] Virtual tour of Al-Khalil-Hebron
Youth Against Settlements / February 25, 2021
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Today is 27 years since 29 Palestinians were massacred in the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron. The victims were punished: Join the virtual tour to see Hebron’s occupied urban landscape and the checkpoints, closed markets, shops and streets — the restrictions imposed...
Hamas calls to revoke presidential decrees criminalising Palestine armed resistance
Middle East Monitor / February 25, 2021
The Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas called on Thursday to cancel the presidential decrees issued in 2007 that criminalise the Palestinian factions' military wings, considering them "illegal militias".
Hamas announced in a statement that the decision of Gaza's Ministry of Interior to release 45...
Israel watchdog calls for probe into Likud request for PA election support
Middle East Monitor / February 25, 2021
The Movement for Quality Government in Israel asked Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit and Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai on Wednesday to investigate Likud's request for the Palestinian Authority to tell Arab Israeli citizens to vote for Benjamin Netanyahu in next month's...
PA and Arab diplomats at UN in bid to revive the [so-called] peace process
Middle East Monitor / February 25, 2021
The Palestinian Authority ambassador and the Council of Arab Ambassadors to the UN continue to meet and have contact with the members of the Middle East Quartet, Security Council and influential countries in a bid to revive the peace process,...
Israel extends isolation of Sheikh Raed Salah for 6 months
Middle East Monitor / February 25, 2021
An Israeli court yesterday extended the solitary confinement of Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, his lawyer Khaled Zabarqa told the media.
This came following the Israeli Prison Services' request for such a move...
Hamas criticises PA’s ‘monopoly’ of Palestine decisions
Middle East Monitor / February 25, 2021
Hamas yesterday criticised the Palestinian Authority (PA)'s "monopoly" over Palestinian decisions, spokesman Hazem Qassem said.
Taking to Twitter, Qassem wrote: "It is a shame that the PA and Fatah officials in Ramallah are selling the delusion to the Palestinian people that they...
Official: PA, Egypt received positive signs from Israel to develop natural gas field off...
Middle East Monitor / February 25, 2021
The Palestinian Authority and Egypt have received "positive signals" from Israel regarding the development of a natural gas field off the coast of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said yesterday.
On Sunday, the Palestinian Investment Fund signed an agreement with the...
Palestinian health minister recommends lockdown in the West Bank
Al-Jazeera / February 26, 2021
The occupied territory facing ‘most difficult period’ of pandemic, PA health minister says, amid surge in COVID cases.
The Palestinian Health Ministry has recommended a two-week lockdown amid a surge in coronavirus infections across the West Bank.
Palestinian Authority’s Health Minister Mai al-Kaila suggested Prime...
