Poll: 40% of Israeli settlers near Gaza consider moving
Middle East Monitor / December 4, 2019
As many as 40 per cent of Israeli settlers in settlements adjacent to the Gaza Strip, known colloquially as the Gaza envelope, do not feel safe and are considering leaving, a new poll has found.
Conducted by the Israeli parliament (Knesset) Research and Information...
Official data: Israel banned 50 Palestinians from travelling in November
Middle East Monitor / December 3, 2019
The Israeli authorities prevented 50 Palestinian citizens from travelling outside the occupied territories during November, according to official security data.
“In November, Israel returned 50 citizens and prevented them from travelling through the Al-Karama crossing, under the pretext of security reasons,” Quds Press quoted local security...
Ireland foreign minister arrives in Gaza
Middle East Monitor / December 3, 2019
Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney arrived in the Gaza Strip this morning along with a senior diplomatic delegation.
The media department at the Beit Hanoun (Erez) Crossing, north of Gaza, said in a statement that Coveney will meet with the head of the Palestinian Water...
International Committee looks forward to ‘lasting partnership to help Palestinian health sector’
Middle East Monitor / December 4, 2019
The Head of the Popular International Committee to Support Gaza has told participants at the 2nd conference for medical professionals and NGOs working to support the health sector in the Gaza Strip that he looks forward to a “lasting partnership”. Dr Essam Yousef...
Report: 93,000 persons with disabilities in Palestine
Middle East Monitor / December 4, 2019
The number of persons with disabilities in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip has reached 93,000 people or 2.1 per cent of the total population, a new report revealed.
The report published by the Central Bureau of Statistics to mark the International Day...
Israel targets finances of international anti-occupation activists
Middle East Monitor / December 4, 2019
Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett yesterday signed an executive military order targeting the economic activities of those Tel Aviv considers “terrorists” abroad, local media reported.
In the first such measure of its kind, Bennett plans to carry out “targeted economic eradication”.
According to Jewish Press, Bennett’s...
Gazans stage silent protest in support of prisoners
Mohammed Asad
Middle East Monitor / December 4, 2019
Palestinians protest in Gaza to highlight the lack of support from the international community against Israel's treatment of Palestinian prisoners.
Palestinians held a silent protest in the besieged Gaza Strip today to highlight the international community’s inaction in the face of the Israeli...
Meet the Gazan entrepreneurs turning olive waste into cash
Muhammad Shehada
The National / November 28, 2019
The method provides not only a cheap fuel to local people, but an environmentally friendly use for the olive harvest waste.
As Gaza lives through its widely popular season of olive harvest and olive oil, three young entrepreneurs are making remarkable use of the...
Steun het burgerinitiatief naar het Europees Hof om actie ten aanzien van de illegale...
Waarom verdient bovengenoemd initiatief op heel korte termijn uw financiele steun?
Binnen de EU kan een groep burgers die door middel van een petitie in minstens zeven landen de steun krijgt van minstens een miljoen burgers, eisen dat de Europese Commissie in en bepaalde kwestie actie onderneemt. Dit heet een...
My children are too young to know war so well
Ahmed Abu Artema
The Nation / November 21, 2019
It’s time for the international community to hold Israel accountable for its abuses of Palestinian rights and freedom, in Gaza and beyond.
When the latest escalation of violence began last week in the Gaza Strip, I had just departed to travel abroad, leaving...
