Israel’s cabinet meets to finalise annexation plans
Harriet Sherwood
The Observer / June 28, 2020
Calls for sanctions are intensifying as the cabinet meets and Netanyahu awaits US approval.
The Israeli cabinet will meet on Sunday to finalise plans to annex parts of the West Bank amid growing international opposition and calls for sanctions to be imposed if the...
Lisa Nandy urges ban on imports of West Bank goods
Harriet Sherwood
The Observer / June 27, 2020
Labour leads calls for sanctions on Israel if it presses ahead with annexation plans.
The UK must ban the import of goods from illegal settlements in the West Bank if the Israeli government presses ahead with annexation plans this week, Lisa Nandy, the shadow foreign secretary,...
Democrat abandoning of Israel is ‘absolutely disastrous’ and against U.S. interest – Biden’s likely...
Philip Weiss
Mondoweiss / June 24, 2020
Annexation will cost Israel dearly in the Democratic Party and on the American left, two security experts warned yesterday during an Israel lobby group webinar aimed at stopping annexation.
Racial-justice demonstrators in the U.S. will turn their anger on Israel if it annexes portions of...
Time to disband the Palestinian Authority
Asa Winstanley
Middle East Monitor / June 27, 2020
Since 1993, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has policed Palestinians in the West Bank and, until 2007, the Gaza Strip. Under Israel’s apartheid regime, the PA has no authority to police the Israeli settlers who illegally occupy the West Bank – quite the opposite.
In fact,...
Israel: Scientific cooperation with UAE above region’s challenges
Middle East Monitor / June 27, 2020
The Israeli Ministry of Health considers that scientific and medical cooperation with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) transcends historical challenges in the region.
“The private sector companies in the UAE federation signed a contract with Israeli companies to develop research and technology related to the...
No exit for paperless Palestinians
Ola Mousa
The Electronic Intifada / June 26, 2020
Khadija al-Najjar flipped through pictures of her children and grandchildren, growing more and more agitated.
Some of her children now live in Europe or North America. But Khadija, 72, cannot visit them. She does not hold and cannot obtain a Palestinian ID even...
Amnesty slams Tripadvisor over listings in illegal Israeli settlements
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / June 26, 2020
Review site should 'urgently remove listings in settlements and send a clear message that it will no longer contribute to human rights violations', rights group says.
Amnesty International called on Tripadvisor to remove listings in West Bank settlements, saying the travel website was among a...
UN expert: EU must weigh in on West Bank annexation
Middle East Monitor / June 26, 2020
A UN human rights expert on Friday urged the EU to use its “economic weight, diplomatic expertise and aid, trade and investment leverage” to forestall looming Israeli plans to annex parts of the West Bank and Jordan Valley, Anadolu Agency reports.
Michael Lynk, the Special...
Belgium calls for sanctions against Israel if it annexes West Bank
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / June 26, 2020
In a 101-0 vote, Belgium's Chamber of Representatives approves measure challenging Israel's plans to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank.
The Belgian Chamber of Representatives has voted to create a list of potential "counter-measures" that could be implemented should Israel go forward...
Palestinian-Israeli Joint List urges US Democrats to stop annexation
Ali Harb
Middle East Eye / June 25, 2020
Annexation would increase Israeli control over occupied territories and negate prospects of a viable Palestinian state, legislators warn.
Palestinian members of the Israeli parliament are calling on US Democrats to "take a firm stand" against Israel's plan to annex large parts of the...