UN: Gaza mothers force their children to work to survive
Middle East Monitor / November 27, 2019
Almost half of the mothers in Gaza feel they are unable to make long-term plans and pressure their children to give up their plans to continue their education in an effort to make ends meet, according to the latest study by the United...
14 Palestinian factions agree to stand in elections
Middle East Monitor / November 28, 2019
Fatah is ready to run in the Palestinian elections alongside Hamas, member of the movement’s Central Committee Azzam Al-Ahmad said yesterday,
In an interview with Al-Resalah, Al-Ahmad said that Hanna Nasser, the head of the Elections Committee, had passed “positive” messages about Hamas’ response to...
Pompeo calls for end to boycott and cooperation with Israel
Middle East Monitor / November 27, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Arab states on Monday to engage with Israel and end their boycott to achieve regional stability.
Pompeo tweeted: “It’s time for Arab countries to abandon boycotts and engage with Israel,” Pompeo tweeted. “#MiddleEast divisions = instability....
Pompeo: Our shift on Israel settlements ‘creates space for political resolution’
Middle East Monitor / November 28, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has defended the Trump administration’s policy shift on Israeli settlements in an interview with Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom.
In the remarks, which will be published in full tomorrow, Pompeo described the move as “both the correct one and the...
Israel plans to stop returning bodies of Palestinians
Middle East Monitor / November 28, 2019
All bodies of Palestinians killed by Israelis are to be held by the occupation authorities and not returned to their families for burial, regardless of their political affiliations, newly-installed Defence Minister Naftali Bennett has decreed. The Palestinian Authority condemned the decision, saying that...
Tories pledge to ban boycotts
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / November 26, 2019
The UK’s ruling Conservative Party has promised to ban public bodies from using “boycotts, disinvestment or sanctions campaigns against foreign countries.”
The pledge – contained in the party’s election manifesto – does not name any particular state but is clearly aimed at protecting Israel from...
Palestinians stage ‘day of rage’ protesting US stance on Israeli settlements
Shatha Hammad
Middle East Eye / November 26, 2019
Demonstrators also denounced the death earlier on Tuesday of a Palestinian prisoner held by Israel.
Thousands of Palestinians took to the streets on Tuesday to denounce last week’s announcement by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that Washington no longer considered Israeli settlements...
Israel tightens restrictions for Palestinians accessing land across the Wall
Sondus Ewies
Middle East Eye / November 26, 2019
Israel is attempting to erase our culture in Jerusalem, say Palestinians protesting recent closures.
Tens of Palestinians held a protest on Tuesday in the occupied city of East Jerusalem against Israel’s closure of several Palestinian institutions in the Old City.
Israeli authorities closed down...
Recognition of a Palestinian state without liberation is an illusion
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / November 26, 2019
During the Berlin European Council summit in 1999, the European Union declared “its readiness to consider the recognition of a Palestinian state in due course” and conditionally dependent upon the Oslo framework, as well as “Israel’s security and Israel’s acceptance as an equal partner...
