The root problem of poverty in Palestine is not Covid-19, but Israel’s colonialism
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / October 20, 2020
The UN’s non-binding and generalised Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have provided a diversion in current EU and Palestinian politics. On the brink of experiencing additional dispossession and forced displacement as the normalisation agreements between Israel and Gulf states open the...
The rapprochement between Hamas and Russia will benefit both
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / October 20, 2020
There has been a series of contacts and meetings between Hamas and Russia this year to discuss developments in the Palestinian issue. These included the US deal of the century, Israel’s annexation plan and the dangers of normalisation between...
Saudi to pay millions for Sudan to accelerate normalisation with Israel
Middle East Monitor / October 22, 2020
Sources in Sudan and Egypt have revealed that Saudi Arabia is to pay $335 million to the US in order to accelerate normalisation of ties between the government in Khartoum and Israel, Safa news agency reported on Wednesday.
According to media reports, Saudi...
[creeping annexation] Israel delivers demolition notices to 13 homes in East Jerusalem
Middle East Monitor / October 21, 2020
The Israeli municipality of Jerusalem delivered on Monday demolition notices to 13 houses inhabited by Palestinians in the town of Silwan in occupied East Jerusalem.
A member of the Silwan Defence Committee, Fakhri Abu Dhiab, said in an interview with Palestinian Wafa news agency...
‘Paradise lost’: How Israel turned the West Bank into a sewage dump for its...
Shatha Hammad
Middle East Eye / October 21, 2020
Untreated wastewater has destroyed the soil of Palestinian villages, causing often ancient olive trees to die and livelihoods to be lost.
his olive grove at this time of year, the start of the olive harvest season in Palestine.
This year, however, 55-year-old...
