US provides $500m to Israel under national COVID relief bill
Middle East Monitor / December 22, 2020
The United States has passed a $900 billion COVID-19 relief bill to support industries and workers affected by the ongoing pandemic, of which hundreds of millions of dollars have been granted to Israel and its defence.
In the bill passed by US...
[creeping annexation] Israel settlers launch systematic attacks on Palestinian properties
Middle East Monitor / December 23, 2020
Ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians are part of a large campaign aimed at seizing more Palestinian lands and imposing new realities on the ground, B'Tselem warned yesterday.
"These attacks are being carried out with full support from the Israeli army...
Hamas: ‘Arab veto to prevent us from joining PLO’
Middle East Monitor / December 22, 2020
Hamas revealed, on Sunday, the existence of a "veto" by some Arab parties on the movement's entry to the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).
Hosam Badran, head of Hamas' national relations office, said in statements published on the organisation's website that "there are...
Coalition of human rights groups joins suit against Israeli firm NSO
Raphael Satter
Reuters / December 23, 2020
WASHINGTON - A coalition of human rights groups on Wednesday joined Facebook’s lawsuit against Israeli spyware vendor NSO, alleging that the company “prioritizes profit to the detriment of human rights.”
The organizations - including internet rights group Access Now, London-based Amnesty International, and...
Ireland clings to advice from disgraced judge on Israel trade
Ciaran Tierney
The Electronic Intifada / December 23, 2020
Ireland’s government is signalling that it will rely on advice from a disgraced judge to keep blocking a proposed ban on imports from Israel’s illegal settlements.
The Occupied Territories Bill – as the proposed ban is known – was placed once...
