Massive protest against Israel demolition of Islamic cemetery in Jaffa
Middle East Monitor / June 13, 2020
On Monday, Israeli bulldozers started the demolition of the cemetery in preparation for building a new Israeli housing project.
Hundreds of Palestinian residents of the city of Jaffa organised a protest on Tuesday against the Israeli demolition of a historic Islamic cemetery, Anadolu Agency reported.
Protestors performed the...
Far-right Israel MK: Negev Bedouins are a ’time bomb’ that should be ‘defused’
Middle East Monitor / June 13, 2020
Far-right Israeli MK and former Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich described the birth rate among the Bedouin community in Negev as a “demographic time bomb” that should be “defused”, Israeli media reported on Thursday.
The Times of Israel reported Smotrich stating that there are some 200,000 Bedouins in the...
UN regrets US president’s sanctions on ICC
Middle East Monitor / June 12, 2020
The UN human rights office said Friday it regrets a set of sanctions authorised by the administration of US President Donald Trump against International Criminal Court (ICC) officials who prosecute American troops, Anadolu Agency reports.
Rupert Colville, a spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Human...
Israel’s next UK ambassador is a settler extremist
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / June 12, 2020
Israel’s next ambassador to the UK is a pro-settler activist who has promoted the movement to destroy Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
Tzipi Hotovely once claimed that there is “no Palestinian people.”
A 41-year-old extremist, she openly states that Palestinians deserve less rights than Jews. She...
UK public figures call for Israel sanctions
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / June 10, 2020
More than 100 lawmakers, artists, trade unionists and activists in the UK on Monday issued a call for sanctions on Israel over its latest plan to annex Palestinian lands.
It is the latest win for the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement.
The public...
Israel is forcing out Palestine’s watermelon farmers before it takes their land
Fareed Tamallah
Middle East Monitor / June 12, 2020
For Palestinian Murad Sartawi, the watermelon is symbolic for its colours: red, green, black and white, resemble those of the flag of his country.
Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and in the northern Jordan Valley produced around 100,000 tonnes of watermelons each...
Trump order treats international prosecutors like war criminals
Robbie Gramer & Jack Detsch
Foreign Policy / June 11, 2020
A new executive order would impose sanctions and travel restrictions on staff of the International Criminal Court.
The Trump administration on Thursday announced economic sanctions and visa travel restrictions against staff of the International Criminal Court investigating possible war crimes by U.S....
The world continues to watch as Israel disregards human rights, justice
Hossam Shaker
Middle East Monitor / June 11, 2020
As the date for Israel’s planned annexation of Palestinian lands draws closer, Israeli circles have expressed growing concern about the consequences of the move.
The concerns do not stem from the fact annexation violates international law or that it overturns the obligations of...
