Palestinian enters 38th year in Israel jails
Middle East Monitor / January 7, 2021
Karim Younis, the longest-serving Palestinian prisoner in Israeli jails, yesterday marked his 38th year in the occupation prisons, the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) said in a statement.
Younis was born in 1956 in the village of Ara, Israel.
While on his way...
Is the UAE plotting with Israel against Palestinian refugees ?
Jonathan Cook
Middle East Eye / January 7, 2021
A report that the Gulf state is considering a plan to help eliminate the UN agency caring for millions of refugees should be taken seriously.
Areport that the United Arab Emirates is secretly colluding with Israel on a potential...
Why has the EU hired an Israeli propagandist ?
David Cronin
The Electronic Intifada / January 7, 2021
Israel’s journalists are not renowned for their capacity to surprise.
Kudos, then, to Raphael Ahren. He has proven that it is possible to be rewarded by someone you have dragged through the mud.
Ahren has just started a new job...
New year off to bloody start in West Bank
Maureen Clare Murphy
The Electronic Intifada / January 6, 2021
The new year is off to a deadly start in the occupied West Bank where Israeli soldiers reflexively use lethal force against Palestinians.
A Palestinian man was shot dead by soldiers at a settlement road junction near the West Bank...
Amnesty: An occupying power, Israel must provide Palestinians with Covid vaccine
Middle East Monitor / January 6, 2021
Amnesty International today called on Israel to start providing Coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.
In the occupied West Bank, the vaccination drive includes only those living in Israeli settlements, which are illegal under...
Hamas, Fatah to meet in Egypt to discuss actioning new deal
Middle East Monitor / January 6, 2021
Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah are expected to meet in Cairo soon to discuss the implementation of the latest agreement which it is hoped will bring an end to internal division, Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported yesterday.
Preparations for the meeting are being...
For Palestinians, Israel’s record vaccine rollout exposes Covid-19 apartheid
Richard Silverstein
Middle East Eye / January 6, 2021
Netanyahu's vaccination campaign, aimed at bolstering his re-election prospects, has left millions of Palestinians unprotected.
Global media have marvelled at Israel’s rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine, with close to one million people vaccinated in the past two weeks. It plans to double that number by...
Covid-19: Palestinians left in limbo as Israel vaccinates
Adam Khalil
Middle East Eye / January 6, 2021
As Israelis tout record numbers of jabs, the occupied territories are still scrambling to obtain the coronavirus vaccine.
Israel has boasted that it is surpassing other nations with its vaccination campaign against the Covid-19 virus, with more than 12 percent of...
Palestinian activist Issa Amro defiant over ‘baseless’ conviction by Israeli court
Akram al-Waara
Middle East Eye / January 6, 2021
An Israeli military court convicted Amro on charges dating back to 2010, which the activist says is an attempt to silence all resistance against the occupation.
Following a four-year legal battle in Israeli military courts, Palestinian activist Issa Amro...
New House Foreign Affairs chair backs resuming US aid to Palestinians
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / January 6, 2021
Representative Gregory Meeks backs resumption of humanitarian aid to Palestinians, but will not support calls to condition US military aid to Israel.
The new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee plans to back major policy reversals, including the...
