Israel travel ban: Gaza nurses protest loss of permits, layoffs
Al-Jazeera / October 22, 2020
Nurses expressed anger at Israel, which has restricted the entrance of Palestinians from Gaza, and the Makassed hospital which laid them off.
A group of nurses from the besieged Gaza Strip have staged a protest in a public square, saying an Israeli travel ban...
Lobby displays double standards toward Holocaust deniers
David Cronin
The Electronic Intifada / October 20, 2020
The American Jewish Committee displays double standards toward Holocaust deniers and the far-right.
Celebrating three decades as CEO of that pro-Israel group, David Harris has heaped praise lately on Facebook and on Sebastian Kurz, the Austrian chancellor.
Facebook is being applauded because of an...
Hamas, Fatah leaders issue conflicting statements on reconciliation
Middle East Monitor / October 21, 2020
Senior members of Hamas and Fatah have recently issued conflicting statements on the reconciliation efforts.
On Monday, a member of Fatah’s Central Committee, Azzam al-Ahmad, said in an interview with Al-Ghad, which is affiliated with dismissed Fatah member Mohammed Dahlan, that Hamas is...
Israel is committing war crimes in Al-Khalil-Hebron, researcher says
Middle East Monitor / October 21, 2020
Kareem Jubran, Field Research Director at Israeli rights group B’Tselem, said on Tuesday that the Israeli occupation is carrying out war crimes in the West Bank city of Al-Khalil-Hebron, Al-Watan Voice reported.
According to Al-Watan Voice, Jubran told Voice of Palestine radio that an Israeli court is...
Japan donates $4.3mn to UNRWA
Middle East Monitor / October 20, 2020
Japan has donated $4.3 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) to reduce the impact of poverty under the current coronavirus pandemic.
This new contribution will ensure the health and safety of Palestinian refugees, as well...
PA condemns UAE for visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque under Israeli protection
Middle East Monitor / October 20, 2020
Palestinian Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh has criticised a visit to Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem by a UAE delegation under Israeli police protection, Anadolu has reported.
“Al-Aqsa Mosque should be entered through the gate of its owners, not through the gate of the...
Fatah is ‘waiting for Hamas to approve Istanbul understandings’
Middle east Monitor / October 20, 2020
Fatah’s Central Committee has approved the understandings agreed after talks with Hamas in Istanbul recently, and is apparently waiting for the Islamic movement’s formal approval, Wafa news agency reported on Monday.
Senior Fatah official Rawhi Fattouh told Palestine TV that following Hamas’s approval, the President...
Mossad chief: Israel, Saudi Arabia maintain unofficial peace relations
Middle East Monitor / October 20, 2020
The head of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad, Yossi Cohen, has said that Israel and Saudi Arabia maintain peace relations, however they remain outside the official diplomatic framework, Israel’s Maariv newspaper reported.
The paper quoted Cohen as saying that the normalisation of relations with...
Mr Netanyahu goes to Washington – with a dangerous military shopping list
Richard Silverstein
Middle East Eye / October 20, 2020
Realising that Trump is unlikely to win a second term, the Israeli prime minister is scrambling to cement arms deals now.
The recent deals spearheaded by US President Donald Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to normalise relations between the UAE, Bahrain and...
Sudanese strains surface as U.S. pressure triggers debate on Israel
Khalil Abdelaziz
Reuters / October 20, 2020
KHARTOUM - U.S. pressure on Sudan to normalise ties with former adversary Israel has stirred public debate on a topic that was long taboo, exposing splits that could complicate any swift settlement of a deal.
An agreement between Sudan and Israel may have...