Debt and trauma as Israel destroys Palestinian homes, businesses
Al-Jazeera / July 18, 2021
Hundreds of Palestinians struggle to see a future as Israel demolishes homes and businesses in occupied territories.
Occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem – Hundreds of Palestinian families are struggling to put their lives back together after their homes and businesses were demolished by Israeli...
Israeli frustration with the continued dilemma of Gaza
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / July 17, 2021
Defence Minister Benny Gantz and senior officials agree that a sustained ceasefire in Gaza requires strengthening the PA and allowing it to participate in the reconstruction of Gaza, but the gap between the West Bank and Gaza runs deep....
NGOs: 5,426 Palestinians arrested by Israel in 2021
Middle East Monitor / July 17, 2021
Israeli forces have rounded up 5,426 Palestinians, including women and children, in the first half of 2021, according to Palestinian NGOs, Anadolu Agency reported.
A total of 854 children and 107 women were among those detained since the beginning of this year, said...
Qatar pushing Hamas to accept Israel’s aid delivery conditions, report claims
Middle East Monitor / July 16, 2021
An Israeli media outlet claimed that Qatar has put pressure on the Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, to accept the occupation's conditions to transfer Qatari aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.
Israel's Kan radio reported yesterday that Qatari envoy Mohammed al-Emadi asked Hamas officials to...
Children in Silwan traumatized by Israel’s ethnic cleansing policy
Middle East Monitor / July 16, 2021
Palestinian children in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan have been traumatized by Israel's ongoing ethnic cleansing campaign, including threats to demolish their homes.
In a video report, the Maydan al-Quds TV channel showed children who said they were afraid of displacement and...
Israel razes largest Canaanite cemetery in West Bank
Middle East Monitor / July 16, 2021
Israeli occupation forces yesterday bulldozed the largest Canaanite cemetery in Palestine, located in Al-Khader town, south of Bethlehem, the Palestinian Information Centre reports.
Hassan Brijieh, the director of the Office of the Wall and Settlement Resistance Authority, said that the Israeli reports indicated...
Israel considers helping PA with economic crisis
Middle East Monitor / July 17, 2021
Following the warning of US Envoy Hady Amr that the Palestinian Authority (PA) is facing dangerous economic and political crises, Israel has reportedly announced that it will help the PA deal with its financial crisis.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the Israeli occupation government...
[creeping annexation] 510 settlement units to be built near Bethlehem
Middle East Monitor / July 16, 2021
Some 510 housing units will be built in the illegal settlements near Bethlehem, the Wall and Settlement Resistance Commission has said according to the Palestinian Information Centre.
The news site reported the Director of the commission, Hasan Berejiya, saying that the Gush...
Germany: An enduring enemy of the Palestinian struggle
Joseph Massad
Middle East Eye / July 16, 2021
Germany's contribution to the colonization of Palestine over the years has been ideological, financial, physical and military.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Israel two weeks ago and met Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, whose American parents came from San Francisco to colonize Palestine in July 1967. Bennett has...
Israel: Police promote nationwide facial recognition system
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / July 16, 2021
Police in Israel have been promoting a controversial bill that would allow the installation of nationwide facial recognition cameras in public spaces, roads and border exits.
The new bill will grant the police automatic power to install and operate facial recognition cameras without a rigid check-and-balance system of...
