Arrested development and poverty take a $57 billion economic toll in Palestine
UN News / November 24, 2021
Following Israeli closures, restrictions and military operations, the West Bank has suffered two decades of arrested development and poverty, according to a report published on Wednesday by the UN trade and development body, UNCTAD.
With an economic toll of an estimated at $57.7 billion,...
Israel advances plan to build 9,000 Jewish settlement units in Jerusalem
Middle East Monitor / November 25, 2021
Israel's Jerusalem Municipality advanced plans to build 9,000 settlement units on the site of the deserted Qalandiya Airport in the occupied Palestinian West Bank, local media revealed yesterday.
The proposal is now set to be considered by the District Committee for Planning...
Palestinian doctor loses last Israeli appeal over daughters killed in Gaza
Middle East Monitor / November 24, 2021
A Palestinian doctor, on Wednesday, lost his last Israeli court appeal for compensation over the killing of his three daughters and a niece in shelling by Israel during 2009 fighting in Gaza and said he may seek justice in an international...
Israel arrests senior Waqf official in Jerusalem
Middle East Monitor / November 24, 2021
Israeli police detained Sheikh Najeh Bakirat, the Deputy Director of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf, near the flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, according to eyewitnesses, Anadolu News Agency reports.
No reason was given for Bakirat's arrest and Israeli police have yet to comment.
The Jordan-run Jerusalem Islamic...
20 EU officials in Gaza to assess humanitarian needs
Middle East Monitor / November 24, 2021
Twenty European Union (EU) diplomats arrived this morning in the besieged Gaza Strip to assess the humanitarian situation there.
Shadi Othman, the spokesman for the European Union office in Jerusalem, told WAFA news agency that this is the largest European diplomatic delegation to visit...
UK government ban on Hamas passes as opposition deemed ‘politically sensitive’
Oscar Rickett
Middle East Eye / November 24, 2021
Labour sources tell MEE that ‘anyone serious knows you have to talk to Hamas’, but publicly objecting to the ban would create further problems.
The British government's plan to proscribe the political wing of Hamas has passed through the House of Commons without...
Israel-Palestine: By declaring Hamas a terrorist group, Britain deals a blow to peace prospects
David Hearst
Middle East Eye / November 24, 2021
Priti Patel has sent a message to Palestinians: You can have democracy, just as long as you vote for a party that accepts the right of Israeli troops to terrorize your families.
It is often the case that when proscribing movements as...
Israeli diplomat cancels meetings in Belgium after country says it will label Jewish settler...
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / November 24, 2021
Idan Roll, who is on a visit to Belgium, had been due to hold meetings with the country's foreign ministry and parliament.
Israel's deputy foreign minister has cancelled his meetings during a trip to Belgium after the country said it would label...
‘Facebook Censors Jerusalem’: Campaign protests Meta’s alleged censorship of Palestinian posts
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / November 24, 2021
The campaign is trying to bring attention to how Facebook's parent company Meta has allegedly been censoring Palestinian journalists and activists.
Palestinian activists and journalists have launched a campaign called "Facebook Censors Jerusalem" to raise awareness about Meta’s alleged efforts to...
Apple sues Israeli spy firm NSO Group
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / November 24, 2021
Apple is the latest Silicon Valley giant to sue a notorious Israeli spyware firm.
The iPhone maker announced Tuesday that it had filed a lawsuit against NSO Group and its parent company “to hold it accountable for the surveillance and targeting...
