Yes ‘Jewish Power’ party is fascistic, but its rise was inevitable
Jonathan Ofir
Mondoweiss / March 25, 2021
With over 90% of the votes counted after Israel’s Tuesday elections, Jewish Power, the party of followers of the late Jewish-fascist rabbi Meir Kahane, has helped get six seats for its bloc, Religious Zionism– well over the threshold of four (3.25% of...
Poll: Majority of Democrats wants more pressure on Israel
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / March 24, 2021
President Joe Biden has made clear his administration’s staunch support for Israel.
He’s so far failed to roll back the Trump administration’s most damaging attacks on Palestinian rights.
Even before the election, Antony Blinken, now secretary of state, reassured the Israel lobby that under Biden, US...
PLO welcomes China’s invitation to broker talks with Israel
Middle East Monitor / March 25, 2021
The Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has welcomed the Chinese invitation for Palestinians to talk with Israelis in Beijing, Anadolu Agency reported on Wednesday.
Member of PLO's Executive Committee Wasel Abu-Yousef hailed the official Chinese stance on the Palestinian cause, represented by its support for the...
Hamas: ‘Israel’s detention campaign will not hinder our determination to run for elections’
Middle East Monitor / March 25, 2021
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas on Wednesday condemned the Israeli detention campaign against its officials and ex-detainees in the West Bank and stressed that this would not undermine its way towards parliamentary elections.
In a statement, Hamas announced: "We confirm that the detention...
Islamic Jihad will never run for elections under Oslo Accords
Middle East Monitor / March 25, 2021
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine has announced that it will never run for elections under the guidelines of the Oslo Accords, Sana News Agency reported on Wednesday.
Speaking to Al-Quds TV, Islamic Jihad representative in Lebanon Ihsan Ataya stated: "Islamic Jihad will take part in...
[Israel’s new friend] Bahrain refrained from voting for UN motion condemning Israel’s violations
Middle East Monitor / March 25, 2021
Bahrain was the first-ever Arab state to not vote for the UNHRC motion condemning Israeli violations against Palestinians in the occupied territories, Al-Quds al-Arabi reported on Wednesday.
Al-Quds al-Arabi reported Al-Mayadeen TV channel naming Bahrain as the Arab country that did not vote, as it did...
Israeli army bulldozers destroy Palestinian land to expand settlement entrance
Middle East Monitor / March 24, 2021
Israeli bulldozers churned up a plot of Palestinian-owned land today in the village of Kisan, east of the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem, Wafa news agency has reported. According to the deputy mayor of the village, Ahmad Ghazal, the army bulldozers...
[here we go again] Middle East Quartet discusses return to ‘meaningful negotiations’
Middle East Monitor / March 24, 2021
The international Middle East Quartet made up of the European Union, the Russian Federation, the United States, and the United Nations discussed on Tuesday a "return to meaningful negotiations" for a solution to the Palestine-Israel conflict. A copy of the Quartet's...
PA to pay prisoners’ salaries at post office
Middle East Monitor / March 24, 2021
The Palestinian Authority (PA) is to pay prisoners' salaries at the post office from this month, the head of the Prisoners and Released Prisoners' Affairs Qadri Abu Baker said yesterday.
Speaking to Anadolu, he said the PA is taking the step after Israel...
PA: It’s time to stop Israel’s blatant impunity
Middle East Monitor / March 24, 2021
The Palestinian Authority's permanent representative to the UN, Riyad Mansour, said on Monday that "the time has come to stop Israel's blatant impunity," Wafa news agency reported.
"The time has come to stop Israel's blatant impunity, the occupying power, this occupation that causes...
