Israel settlers use chainsaw to cut electricity supply to Palestinians
Middle East Monitor / October 30, 2020
Israeli settlers cut off electricity poles in the village of Al-Sawiya in the northern occupied West Bank, Maan News Agency reported.
The Palestinian official in charge of the settlement file in the northern West Bank, Ghassan Douglas, confirmed that the settlers from the Jewish-only...
Israel stops Palestinians from going to Ibrahimi Mosque to celebrate Prophet’s birthday
Middle East Monitor / October 30, 2020
Israeli forces cancelled the celebrations under the pretext of COVID-19.
The Israeli occupation police prevented more than 2,000 Palestinians from entering the Ibrahimi Mosque in the city of Al-Khalil-Hebron on Thursday where they were hoping to take part in a celebration of...
Israeli police limit Palestinians’ access to Al-Aqsa
Middle East Monitor / October 30, 2020
The Israeli police on Thursday limited the entry of Palestinians to Al-Aqsa Mosque by setting checkpoints in Jerusalem’s old city, Anadolu reports.
Since early morning, thousands of Palestinians gathered in Al-Aqsa Mosque complex where the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf (religious endowments) organized a celebration...
[creeping annexation] Israel issues demolition orders to Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Issawiya
Middle East Monitor / October 29, 2020
Israeli occupation forces yesterday delivered demolition notices to several houses inhabited by Palestinians in the Issawiya neighbourhood, located in occupied East Jerusalem, reported Wafa news agency.
According to Mohammed Abu Al-Hummus, a local activist, Israeli occupation forces stormed the neighbourhood during the early...
Palestinian olive farmers defy Israeli attacks for prized crop
Ibrahim Husseini
Al-Jazeera / October 29, 2020
Burqa, occupied West Bank – Palestinian farmers have repeatedly been attacked by Israeli settlers as they harvest their prized olive groves with more than 1,000 trees burned down or damaged, the United Nations says.
According to a report by humanitarian affairs office UNOCHA, there...
Left to fend for themselves, Israel’s Bedouin are struggling with COVID-19
Morad Elsana
Middle East Institute / October 29, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting all communities in Israel, but it has hit some of them much harder than others. The plight of the Haredim (ultra-Orthodox Jews) has been widely publicized, but the Bedouin of the Negev Desert are also...
Number of Palestinians made homeless by Israeli demolitions hits four-year high despite pandemic
The Indepedent / October 30, 2020
More than 700 Palestinians were made homeless in the first nine months of this year.
The number of Palestinians made homeless by Israeli house demolitions has reached a four-year high, despite Israel’s promises of a freeze amid concerns over the dangers posed to public health in the coronavirus pandemic.
At least 741 Palestinians in the...
