Israeli army stops Palestine TV documenting settlement activities in West Bank
Middle East Monitor / March 22, 2021
Israeli soldiers prevented the Palestine TV crew from reporting at Ein al-Bayda village in the occupied West Bank and forced the media crew to leave the area, reported Wafa news agency.
According to a Wafa correspondent, the soldiers held the Palestine TV van and checked the journalists and crew...
[creeping annexation] Israel planning to relocate Khan al-Ahmar residents to new area in West...
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / March 22, 2021
Israeli officials' latest proposal would move residents of West Bank village to an area that would allow them 'to maintain the same texture of life'.
Israeli officials are planning to remove Palestinians from the village of Khan al-Ahmar and relocate them a...
Save Sheikh Jarrah: The online campaign giving hope to Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem
Aseel Jundi
Middle East Eye / March 22, 2021
Residents of Karm al-Jaouni live under the threat of forcible eviction that would see them replaced by Israeli settlers.
At first glance, everything looked seemingly normal in Karm al-Jaouni in the Sheikh Jarrah district, but the clamour of gathering news outlets...
Israel takes ‘VIP border pass’ from Palestinian minister following ICC meeting
Middle East Eye / March 22, 2021
Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riad al-Maliki had pass taken from him after meeting with international court's lead prosecutor.
Israeli authorities confiscated the VIP border pass of Palestinian Authority (PA) foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki upon his return to the occupied West Bank from...
The morning after the Israeli electoral circus
Marwan Bishara
Al-Jazeera / March 22, 2021
Israel is stuck in an electoral groundhog day, with each election producing more of the same.
Israel is about to hold its fourth parliamentary election in two years. Since 2019, it has emerged from one chaotic electoral campaign season only to plunge into another.
But Israeli...
Netanyahu desperately pins hopes on Israel’s vaccination record as country heads to polls again
Bel Trew
The Independent / March 22, 2021
Even as people get set to vote for the fourth time in two years, there are warnings that Tuesday’s election could bring another stalemate.
Israelis are set to vote in their fourth national election in just two years, with polls predicting a...
How Israeli industrial zones exploit Palestinian land and labour
Jessica Buxbaum
The New Arab / March 11, 2021
Palestinians working in settlement industrial zones often feel they have no other choice, with the Palestinian economy and labour market shackled by Israel's military occupation.
Every day, around 70,000 Palestinians make the arduous journey across military checkpoints to work in Israel, often in...
ICC letter triggering deferral deadline sent to Israel, Palestinians
Reuters / March 19, 2021
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court said on Friday they have sent Israel and the Palestinians notifications of the opening of a war crimes probe, a move that leaves the parties with one month to seek a deferral.
Earlier this...
Israel takes Palestinian minister’s VIP pass over ICC meeting, Palestinians say
Reuters / March 21, 2021
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israeli authorities confiscated the VIP border pass of Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki upon his return to the West Bank from a meeting at the International Criminal Court, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.
Ahmed al-Deek, an official at Maliki’s...
Fatah will run alone in the Palestinian elections
Middle East Monitor / March 22, 2021
Fatah is going to stand in the parliamentary elections on its own list, Anadolu reported the movement's Secretary Jibril al-Rajoub saying yesterday.
"There will be no joint list with any other parties," he said only two days after Israel warned the movement's Chairman...
