EU calls on Israel to stop demolition of Palestinian homes
Middle East Monitor / November 6, 2020
The European Union (EU) on Thursday called on Israel to stop the demolition of Palestinian homes in the occupied territories.
EU Spokesperson Peter Santo announced in a statement: “This week, Israeli forces demolished more than 70 structures, including residential, livelihood and sanitation facilities,...
UK pledges $20.7m in additional aid to UNRWA
Middle East Monitor / November 6, 2020
The UK has announced an additional $20.7 million in funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), bringing the total UK support for the agency this year to $66 million.
The British Consulate General in Jerusalem announced...
Israel bans deputy director from Al-Aqsa Mosque
Middle East Monitor / November 5, 2020
Israeli occupation police have banned the deputy director of Al-Aqsa Mosque from the sanctuary compound, Quds Press has reported. Sheikh Najeh Bkeerat was handed the banning order on Wednesday.
Last week, also on Wednesday, the police raided Bkeerat’s office in Al-Aqsa and detained...
US elects second Palestinian congresswoman
Middle East Monitor / November 5, 2020
Democratic party candidate Iman Jodeh has been selected as the congresswoman for the Colorado House of Representatives beating Republican candidate Robert Andrews in the polls yesterday.
Commenting on the news on Twitter, Jodeh wrote: “We did it! I ran to make the #AmericanDream a...
Qatar distributes $100 to 100,000 poor families in Gaza
Middle East Monitor / November 5, 2020
Qatar’s Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza yesterday began distributing $100 each to 100,000 poor Palestinian families in the besieged Gaza Strip, Anadolu reported.
Palestinians, according to Anadolu, queued in front of government banks and other distribution points across the besieged enclave.
On Saturday, Qatar said...
PA calls on ICC to probe Israel’s ‘execution’ of Palestinian man
Middle East Monitor / November 5, 2020
The Palestinian Authority (PA) condemned on Wednesday the killing of a Palestinian man by Israeli soldiers at a military checkpoint south of the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, Quds Press has reported. The authority called on the International Criminal Court to open...
[A Druze collabo] Former Israeli minister accuses US Jews who voted for Biden of...
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / November 5, 2020
Ayoob Kara lambastes American Jews and says Trump is ‘best American president’ for Israel.
A former Israeli communications minister accused American Jews of ‘betrayal’ after they overwhelmingly voted for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Ayoob Kara, a member of Israel's Druze minority who served in...
‘This is our sea’ Isra
Saleh el-Namey
The Electronic Intifada / November 5, 2020
Suhail al-Amoudi spends a great deal of time on Gaza’s shore.
Watching the waves rise and descend fills him with memories. For more than three decades, he supported his family by fishing.
Al-Amoudi, 58, cannot exercise that profession any longer; Israel has...
Israeli politician boasts about role in Corbyn’s downfall
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / November 5, 2020
An Israeli politician has claimed responsibility for her part in the political downfall of former UK Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
“Bye bye @jeremycorbyn,” Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin posted on Twitter, “Justice is done. Proud I was part of this puzzle.”
Nahmias-Verbin is a former member of...
Palestinian prisoners face coronavirus outbreak
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / November 4, 2020
More than 70 Palestinian prisoners have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, in the overcrowded Gilboa prison in northern Israel.
The Palestinian Prisoners Club said the majority of infected prisoners showed symptoms of the illness since last week, including fevers, but...
