The joint list in the Palestinian elections: opportunities and cautions
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / December 10, 2019
Palestinian circles have deemed that President Mahmoud Abbas’s recent visit to Qatar may lead to the reproduction of the idea of forming a unified list in the upcoming Palestinian elections, despite the fact that the idea does not have a common political basis,...
Message from Christian Saunders to UNRWA staff and the Palestine refugees
UNRWA / December 8, 2019
Today is the 70th anniversary of the founding of UNRWA and, first and foremost, I wish to thank all of you - our UNRWA staff - for your service on behalf of Palestinian refugees. Your steadfast commitment to reducing the suffering and to helping meet...
Gaza is self-sufficient in olive oil production, says ministry
Middle East Monitor / December 9, 2019
For the first time in 25 years, the occupied Gaza Strip has achieved self-sufficiency in the olive oil production, the Palestinian agriculture ministry announced yesterday.
“For the first time since 1994, Gaza has achieved a 100 per cent self-sufficiency in the olive oil production,”...
Israel to Palestine accept new settlements in Hebron (Al-Khalil) or lose more land
Middle East Monitor / December 9, 2019
Israeli occupation forces have told the Palestinian municipality in Hebron that it must agree to the construction of a new Jewish-only neighbourhood or lose its right to the land.
Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Defence Minister Naftali Bennett sent a letter on 1 December to the municipality of...
Egypt to Hamas: Deal of the century replaced with long-term truce
Middle East Monitor / December 9, 2019
Egyptian intelligence officials have told Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh that the US’ peace plan for the Middle East dubbed the “Deal of the Century” has been completely cancelled, Al-Araby Al-Jadeed reported.
According to informed Egyptian sources, Hamas received confirmation from Egypt that a long-term truce Israel...
Netanyahu’s annexation of Jordan Valley already a reality, say Palestinians
Qassam Muaddi
Middle East Eye / December 6, 2019
With their water already stolen by Israeli settlers and facing legal discrimination, residents say any formal move will make little difference.
Amid a flush of pale orange light, the eastern slopes of the West Bank mountains flow down towards the Jordan Valley at noon.
At...
Rights groups: Israel arrested 374 Palestinians last month
Middle East Monitor / December 9, 2019
Palestinian human rights organisations said Israeli occupation forces arrested 374 Palestinians from across the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip during November, including 66 children and six women.
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, the Al-Dameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association and the Palestinian Detainees...
Political implications of continued contacts between Abbas and Meshaal
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / December 6, 2019
Surprisingly, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made a phone call to former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, to get reassured about his health condition, which led to the rapid spread of the news among the Palestinians. Nonetheless, Hamas and Abbas have not revealed...
