‘Palestinians remain in deep shit,’ Gantz says as he and Golan fold on annexation
Jonathan Ofir
Mondoweiss / June 23, 2020
The former Israeli army Deputy Chief of Staff, Major General Yair Golan has entered politics on the furthest left of the Zionist political spectrum – Meretz. Last week, he said that he would support annexation, if the “supreme goal is to separate from the...
PA political circus: Why Abbas must hand the keys over to the PLO
Ramzy Baroud
Middle East Monitor / June 23, 2020
The painful truth is that the Palestinian Authority of President Mahmoud Abbas has already ceased to exist as a political body that holds much sway or relevance, either to the Palestinian people or to Abbas’ former benefactors, namely the Israeli and the...
The PA has played its part to normalise Israel’s annexation plans
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / June 23, 2020
The main arguments against the impending Israeli annexation of land in the occupied West Bank are dominated by proponents of the Zionist colonial project. Of course some Palestinians are speaking out against annexation, but the political framework is missing, as the Palestinian...
Israel builds new settler-only road near Bethlehem to link settlements
Middle East Monitor / June 22, 2020
A new road for Israeli settlers is being built illegally by the Israeli occupation forces on Palestinian land in the village of Nahalin, west of Bethlehem, Wafa news agency reported.
The new road will link the two illegal Jewish settlements: Beitar Illit and Modi’in Illit, situated...
Israeli spyware used to target Moroccan journalist, Amnesty claims
Stephanie Kirchgaessner
The Guardian / June 21, 2020
Amnesty alleges phone of Omar Radi in Morocco was infected by NSO’s Pegasus software.
As NSO Group faced mounting criticism last year that its hacking software was being used illegally against journalists, dissidents and campaigners around the world, the Israeli spyware company unveiled a new policy that it said...
