Sudan Umma Party threatens transitional government over ties with Israel
Middle East Monitor / October 24, 2020
The Sudanese Umma Party, led by Sadiq al-Mahdi, on Thursday threatened the transitional government of his country over the normalisation of ties with Israel, Anadolu Agency reported.
In a statement, the Umma Party threatened to withdraw support for the transitional government: “If it undertook...
Sudan says it will discuss trade and migration with Israel
Reuters / October 26, 2020
Israel for its part said it would send wheat worth $5 million to Sudan.
Sudan and Israel will discuss agreements to co-operate on trade and migration issues in the coming weeks, the Sudanese foreign ministry said on Sunday, signalling steps to implement a normalisation...
Israel lobby spreads more lies about Palestine groups at NYU
Nora Barrows-Friedman
The Electronic Intifada / October 23, 2020
New York University has agreed to settle with the US Department of Education over allegations that the university had not appropriately responded to claims of anti-Semitism.
Two attorneys filed the complaint last year on behalf of a student who alleged that she faced...
Senior Hamas delegation heads to Egypt
Middle East Monitor / October 26, 2020
Head of Hamas’ Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh announced yesterday that a senior delegation is heading to the Egyptian capital Cairo, the faction’s official news website said.
The delegation is headed by deputy chief Salah al-Arouri along with member of Hamas’ Political Bureau...
Palestinian women’s groups call on Israel to release MP
Khalida Jarrar
Middle East Monitor / October 26, 2020
The General Union of Palestinian Women, women’s institutions and rights centres yesterday called on the international community to put pressure on Israel to release female Palestinian MP Khalida Jarrar, Quds Net reported.
According to the news site, the statement also called for...
Archbishop Pizzaballa appointed Jerusalem Patriarch
Middle East Monitor / October 25, 2020
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Vatican’s apostolic administrator in the Holy Land, has been named as the new Patriarch of Jerusalem by Pope Francis, Reuters reports.
Pizzaballa, 55, a Franciscan friar, has served as the acting Patriarch for four years and has steered the...
Dutch reject Wilders’ smears against Gaza rights group
Maureen Clare Murphy
The Electronic Intifada / October 23, 2020
A campaign to undermine the work of Palestinian human rights organizations by conflating them with “terrorist” groups has suffered a significant blow.
The government of the Netherlands said earlier this month that “there is no reason to assume” that there...
Patients stranded in Gaza under Israel’s permit regime
Sarah Algherbawi
The Electronic Intifada / October 23, 2020
After nearly two months of curfew, authorities in Gaza are beginning to relax the lockdown here.
Roadblocks have been removed and we can again move between governorates. During the day, with schools and universities reopening, and restaurants and hotels allowed to...
