COVID-19 Emergency Situation Report 20 (5–19 October 2020)
OCHA / October 20,2020
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Highlights
Over 6,600 new COVID-19 cases recorded in the oPt, but active cases continue to decline; 90 more people die.
1,400 more cases of community transmission, and another five fatalities reported in Gaza.
The Inter-Agency Response Plan for the oPt...
Jewish Chronicle lied about Green Party “anti-Semitism”
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / October 22, 2020
The UK’s press regulator ruled on Thursday that The Jewish Chronicle misled its readers in a story about “anti-Semitism” in the Green Party.
The paper falsely claimed last year that the Greens’ former deputy leader Shahrar Ali had compared Israel’s 2008-2009 war against...
The world is endorsing Palestine’s disappearance in the name of ‘peace’
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / October 22, 2020
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman has left no doubt about the rationale behind the recent normalisation agreements with Arab states, praised by the international community as an opportunity to kick-start negotiations about the two-state compromise. In the background, the...
Sudan PM ready for Israel ties if parliament approves
Middle East Monitor / October 23, 2020
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is ready to proceed with normalizing relations with Israel once a yet-to-be-formed transitional parliament has approved the step, two Sudanese government sources told Reuters on Thursday.
The comments are the clearest sign that Hamdok, under pressure from the...
Israel demolishes Al-Araqib Bedouin village for 179th time
Middle East Monitor / October 23, 2020
The Israeli authorities on Thursday demolished the Palestinian Bedouin village of Al-Araqib in the Naqab desert for the 179th time since the year 2000, Anadolu Agency reported.
The agency quoted a member of the Local Committee for the Defence of Al-Araqib, Aziz al-Turi,...
