PA hopes for strong, united EU stance against Israel annexation
Middle East Monitor / May 18, 2020
Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyadh Al-Maliki said that the Palestinian Authority (PA) hopes to see a strong and united stance from Europe against Israeli plans to annex large parts of occupied West Bank, Quds Net News reported yesterday.
Commenting on an EU meeting to discuss Israel’s...
US attacks ICC over insistence on probing Israel crimes against Palestinians
Middle East Monitor / May 18, 2020
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday slammed the International Criminal Court (ICC) insisting that it is not qualified to probe possible Israeli crimes against Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza Strip.
Pompeo insisted that Palestine is not a sovereign state, so it...
Pro-Israel group fails to have BDS supporting professor removed
Middle East Monitor / May 18, 2020
A pro-Israel American campus group has failed in its bid to have a professor removed from the position of interim dean of a department at the George Washington University because of her support for the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
Professor Ilana...
PA to pay prisoners, martyrs’ salaries without banks
Middle East Monitor / May 18, 2020
Palestinian Authority (PA) is preparing to pay salaries to the families of Palestinian prisoners and martyrs directly without banks in order to avoid Israeli restrictions, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday.
The London-based newspaper said that remarks of PA officials about the issue revealed that they are...
