[BDS] Ramy Shaath released
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / January 10, 2022
After more than 30 months in prison, Egypt released the Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath on 6 January.
Shaath lost his Egyptian citizenship in exchange for his release. He was handed over to a representative of the Palestinian Authority in Cairo and...
Some Palestinians get legal status after years in Gaza limbo
Wafaa Shuraf
AP / January 10, 2022
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Khader al-Najjar has been unable to leave the Gaza Strip since he returned to the Palestinian territory 25 years ago, not even to seek medical treatment for a spinal ailment or to bid farewell to his mother,...
The international community and Israel: giving permission to a permanent occupation
Michael Lynk
Just Security / January 7, 2022
The international community takes stock of the Israeli occupation
On November 17, 2021, the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) gathered in Oslo for its semi-annual meeting. Created in 1993 shortly after the famous handshake on the White House lawn, the AHLC is the semi-formal...
Gaza: father of murdered professor calls for death penalty for Mossad killer
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2022
The father of a Palestinian professor assassinated by Israel's Mossad spy agency has called for the death penalty for his son's killer. Mohammad Al-Batsh made the calls after further details of his son's murder were revealed by the Ministry of the...
Jewish settlers attack Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2022
At least 20 extreme right-wing Jewish settlers raided Sheikh Jarrah, the Palestinian neighbourhood of occupied Jerusalem, on Sunday. According to eyewitnesses, the illegal Jewish settlers attacked local residents and were protected by Israeli occupation police officers.
Safa news agency reported that the settlers...
Warnings of Omicron variant’s spread in Gaza
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2022
Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza Strip yesterday warned of the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in the besieged enclave amidst a shortage of needed medical equipment, Safa news agency reported.
Some 291 people have been infected by the disease in the occupied...
8 homeless as Israel forces Palestinian Jerusalemite to demolish his home
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2022
The Israeli occupation's Jerusalem Municipality forced a Palestinian family to demolish their house in the village of Sur Baher, southeast of occupied holy city, local news agencies reported yesterday.
According to Safa, occupation forces said the house had been built without the necessary...
Hamas arrests suspect in academic’s killing in Malaysia
Middle East Monitor / January 9, 2022
A suspect was arrested in connection with the 2018 killing of a Palestinian academic in Malaysia, the Hamas-run Interior Ministry said on Sunday, Anadolu reports.
In April 2018, Fadi al-Batsh, a research engineer thought to be linked to Hamas, was gunned down near his...
Greek Orthodox church leader says Israeli extremists threaten Palestinian Christians
Middle East Eye / January 9, 2022
'Israeli radical fringe groups' are trying to drive the Christian community from Jerusalem's Old City, says Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III.
The Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem has accused radical Israeli groups of threatening the presence of Christians in the...
‘It won’t end with us’: Addameer director warns of repercussions of Israeli ‘terror’ designation
Yumna Patel
Mondoweiss / January 7, 2022
Addameer is one of six Palestinian NGOs designated by Israel as a terror organization. The prisoners’ rights group says the accusations against them are unfounded, and could have potentially devastating consequences for the Palestinian human rights movement.
In a...
