Legal blow for pro-Israel lobby as BDS continues its long advance
Asa Winstanley
Middle East Monitor / June 19, 2020
The boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) had a landmark legal victory against Israel last week. The European Court of Human Rights ruled unanimously against the convictions of Palestinian-rights campaigners by French courts for BDS protests they staged more than a decade ago.
In September...
Report: US administration suspends talks with Israel on annexation plan
Bilal Daher
Middle East Monitor / June 19, 2020
The US administration has suspended talks with the Israeli government on the plans to annex large parts of the West Bank, due to the dispute over the plan and its implementation between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and leaders of the Blue and White...
Russia denies claim it saved Israel from UN resolution to create Palestine state
Middle East Monitor / June 19, 2020
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Wednesday refuted an Israeli media report claiming that in 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin saved Israel from a potential UN Security Council resolution spearheaded by the administration of former US President Barack Obama that would have...
13 years too long: Lift the Gaza closure and let Palestinians live !
Gaza2020 L / June 7, 2020
Gaza has been under intensified Israeli closure since 2007, with movement and access restrictions imposed by Israel. This June, Palestinians mark 13 years since the start of the Gaza closure.
As the world responds to Corona / COVID-19, Palestinians in Gaza are particularly susceptible to the...
As annexation looms, the PA and international community plan is more futile rhetoric
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / June 18, 2020
Rhetorical opposition to Israel’s annexation plans has gained a rather futile momentum. The clearest example of this came at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva from Adalah, Al-Haw, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies, the Women’s Centre for Legal Aid...
Former IDF commanders turn down annexation supervision role
Middle East Monitor / June 18, 2020
Retired senior officers of the Israel Defence Forces have apparently rejected the role of supervising Israel’s annexation of large swathes of the occupied West Bank. The job was offered by Defence Minister Benny Gantz to former IDF Major Generals Roni Numa, Avi Mizrahi...
