Euro-Med Monitor regrets EU diplomats visit to southern Israel
euromedmonitor / October 7, 2020
Geneva – The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor sent a letter to EU diplomats and ambassadors in the Palestinian Territories to protest against EU diplomatic delegation’s visit to Israel’s southern region, which borders the besieged Gaza Strip while neglecting to visit Gaza itself. This visit, Euro-Med noted,...
Covid-19 has caused poverty crisis for Palestinians, says UNRWA head James Haines-Young
The National / October 21, 2020
Philippe Lazzarini says investing in the UN agency boosts regional stability.
Covid-19 caused a poverty pandemic as well as a health pandemic, UN Palestinian aid agency head Philippe Lazzarini said on Tuesday as he called for long-term support for a community hit hard by the...
Israel, UAE sign four agreements including visa-exemption deal
Al-Jazeera / October 20, 2020
UAE and Israel have signed four agreements on visa exemption, aviation, economic cooperation and protection of investments.
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed four agreements during the first high-level visit from the Gulf state to Tel Aviv since the controversial move...
Israel’s occupation is the main problem, not Iran, says Arab MK
Middle East Monitor / October 19, 2020
The head of the Arab Joint List in the Israeli parliament has said that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is a greater problem than Iran in the region.
Knesset member Ayman Odeh made his remark in an interview with a Lebanese television station...
Jewish settlers flood Palestinian farmland with sewage
Middle East Monitor / October 19, 2020
Jewsih settlers today flooded Palestinian-owned land with sewage and wastewater in the village of Deir Al-Hatab in Nablus governorate. The flooding has disrupted the local olive harvest.
According to Ghassan Daghlas, a Palestinian official in charge of the settlements’ portfolio in the...
Arab support for PA budget falls by 82%
Middle East Monitor / October 19, 2020
Arab support for the Palestinian Authority’s budget has fallen by 82 per cent during the first eight months of this year, Shehab news agency reported on Sunday.
According to data issued by the PA Ministry of Finance, the Arab countries have paid the...
Israel, Bahrain formalise ties at ceremony attended by U.S. officials Dan Williams
Reuters / October 18, 2020
MANAMA - Bahrain and Israel signed a joint communique to formalise nascent ties during a visit by an Israeli and U.S. delegation to Manama on Sunday to broaden cooperation that Washington has promoted as an anti-Iran bulwark and potential economic bonanza.
Bahrain followed the...
