‘Fruits of Peace’: Beitar will remain a bastion of Israeli racism
Issam Khalidi
The Palestine Chronicle / December 29, 2020
Just recently Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, a member of the UAE royal family, has pledged to invest 300 million shekels, or about $90 million, into the Beitar (Jerusalem) club over the next decade.
It wouldn’t be a big surprise...
PA praise for the UN’s pro-colonial stance betrays its own collaboration
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / December 29, 2020
In yet another scripted audience, the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh met the outgoing UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, and made an inaccurate statement about the UN and international law with regard to...
Morocco lawyers appeal to Supreme Court to cancel Israel deal
Middle East Monitor / December 29, 2020
A group of lawyers in Morocco appealed to the Supreme Court today requesting the annulment of all decisions that promote relations between the North African country and Israel, signed as part of the normalisation deal.
According to Anadolu Agency, this includes a reversal...
Canada approves $90m for UNRWA as Israel tries to close down the agency
Middle East Monitor / December 29, 2020
Canada has approved a $90 million humanitarian assistance package for Palestinian refugees through the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The package is intended to be what the Canadian government has described as "part...
Jewish settlers enter Al-Aqsa compound despite Covid-19 lockdown
MEE Staff
Middle East Monitor / December 29, 2020
Provocative move taken when most Palestinians in Israel and East Jerusalem are restricted from travelling to holy site.
Dozens of Jewish settlers entered Al-Aqsa compound on Tuesday in occupied East Jerusalem, despite restrictions of movement Israel is enforcing as part of...
Israel shuts down Ramon prison due to COVID infections
Al-Jazeera / December 29, 2020
Palestinian NGO said the increase in virus cases among Israeli jailers is the ‘first source of transmission’ to prisoners.
Israeli prison authorities have closed down the Ramon prison after detecting several coronavirus infections among prisoners and guards, according to the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS).
There...
Advanced Israeli malware: no interaction, no trace
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / December 29, 2020
There is advanced Israeli malware that can hack into your device without requiring you to interact with it or leaving a visible trace.
In earlier versions, the malware produced by Israeli spy firm NSO Group required a target to click a link or open...
Will UAE back Israeli plan to destroy UNRWA ?
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / December 28, 2020
The UN agency UNRWA provides for health, education and other basic needs of millions of Palestinian refugees barred from returning home by Israel because they are not Jewish.
The United Arab Emirates may be backing an Israeli plan to close UNRWA, the UN agency...
In last push before Trump exits, GOP tries to erase Palestinian refugees
Josh Ruebner
Mondoweiss / December 21, 2020
Republican Members of Congress are calling on the Trump administration to reclassify which Palestinians are considered refugees -- a move which would constrain the Biden White House, and could fatally harm the Palestinian demand for the right of return.
In one final push...
Palestinian rights have always been secondary to the ‘national interest’ of Arab regimes
Joseph Massad
Middle East Eye / December 28, 2020
Normalisation with Israel is just the latest example of Arab rulers advancing their own interests at the expense of Palestinians.
Since the First World War, the Palestinians have been used as a bargaining chip by different Arab regimes to advance their...
