Palestinian farmers face uncertain olive harvest season amid settler attacks and pandemic
Fareed Taamallah
Middle East Eye / October 6, 2020
Farmers in Area C have long struggled to access their lands amid restrictions and say Israeli settlers are taking advantage of the situation to pillage their crops.
Helweh Abu Ras looks sadly at the hills across from her home. The nearby...
Israel lobby pressures University of Toronto to rescind scholar hire
Nora Barrows-Friedman
The Electronic Intifada / October 5, 2020
The University of Toronto has allegedly rescinded a job offer to a prominent human rights scholar after a sitting Canadian tax court judge complained about her research on Palestinian rights.
Justice David Spiro is a former board member of the Centre for Israel and...
COVID-19 emergency situation Report 19 (22 September – 5 October 2020)
UN office for the coordination of Humanitarian Assitance (OCHA)
Highlights
Over 6,000 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the oPt, but active cases decline significantly; 88 more people die.
1,000 more cases of community transmission, and another six fatalities reported in Gaza.
The general lockdown is extended in both the West Bank...
Saudi former intelligence chief slams Palestinian leadership’s criticism of UAE-Israel deal
Reuters / October 5, 2020
RIYADH - Saudi Arabia’s former intelligence chief and ambassador to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan bin Abdulaziz, slammed the Palestinian leadership for criticizing the decision of some Gulf states to normalise ties with Israel.
In an interview with Saudi-owned Al Arabiya television...
Palestinian business leader hopes UAE, Bahrain will press Israel to stop settlements
Middle East Monitor / October 5, 2020
A top Palestinian business executive said on Monday that new Gulf Arab ties with Israel, condemned by Palestinian leaders, could also be an opportunity to apply fresh pressure to halt Jewish settlement in occupied land.
Bashar Masri, a Palestinian-American who runs two...
Report: Covid lockdowns will leave 63% of Palestinian families unable to cover their expenses
Middle East Monitor / October 5, 2020
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said the majority of Palestinian families – 63 per cent – will not be able to cover their expenses for up to a month, if the government re-imposes a new lockdown to combat the...
Palestine to start talks with Guterres about international peace conference
Middle East Monitor / October 5, 2020
Palestine’s Permanent Observer to the United Nations, Riyad Mansour, is to start consultations with the international organisation’s Secretary-General about an international peace conference. Mansour told Voice of Palestine that he is scheduled to begin separate consultations next week with Antonio Guterres and...
