Video : the UN says Gaza will be unlivable in 2020
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The shared trauma of Palestinian life
Majed Abusalama
Mondoweiss / November 12, 2019
The most alarming messages to me and my siblings are those messages that come in the middle of the night.
My mother, Halima, is writing to us in our private family chat group that the Israeli bombardment of Gaza started again. She tells us our...
EU’s top court upholds right to boycott Israeli settlement goods
Ali Abunimah
The Electronic Intifada / November 12, 2019
The European Court of Justice ruled on Tuesday that goods from Israeli colonies on occupied Palestinian land must be labelled as originating from settlements.
The judgment is a severe blow to Israel’s efforts to legitimize its colonies in the occupied West Bank and Syria’s Golan...
Israel hopes to gain what, exactly, with its resumption of assassinations?
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / November 12, 2019
In a surprise attack today, the Israeli air force assassinated Bahaa Abu Al-Ata, an Islamic Jihad military official in northern Gaza. Israel accused him of firing rockets. Al-Ata’s wife was also killed in the attack. The killings have prompted Palestinian resistance...
Gaza death toll rises to 18 and the resistance continues to retaliate
Qudsnen / November 13, 2019
Gaza (QNN)- Seven civilians were killed in two separate Israeli attacks on Wednesday, raising the total number of martyrs, who have been killed by the Israelis since the start of the escalation, to 18.
The Ministry of Health stated that 18 Palestinians were killed, including a...
Israel carried out 30 attacks in Gaza Strip, says army
Middle East Monitor / November 12, 2019
The Israeli army carried out at least 30 airstrikes and artillery attacks Tuesday on several areas of the Gaza Strip, according to the government’s media office in the Strip, reports Anadolu Agency.
“More than 20 Israeli airstrikes and 10 artillery shelling have been marked in...
Israel’s war on Islamic Jihad
Oraib Al Rantawi
Middle East Monitor / November 13, 2019
Israel launched two attacks simultaneously on the Palestinian Islamic Jihad yesterday, one targeting Bahaa Abu Al-Ata — a senior commander of its military wing, Al-Quds Brigades — in Gaza, and the other targeting the movement’s Damascus-based political bureau member Akram Al-Ajouri....
Report: PA committed 619 violations against Palestinian university students
Middle East Monitor / November 12, 2019
Palestinian Authority (PA) committed 619 violations against Palestinians in West Bank cities during 2018 and 2019, a report issued by the Committee of the Families of Political Detainees in the West Bank revealed yesterday.
The report said that the violations included 257 detentions, 96...
The crime rate against Arab Israelis exposes intolerable state discrimination
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / November 11, 2019
Palestinian citizens of Israel — the Arab Israelis — are witnessing a steady increase in violence and use of firearms against their community. The number of murder victims has risen alarmingly. According to Israeli police data, 77 Arab citizens have been...
Despite the hype, Palestinian elections are unlikely to be held
Abdul Sattar Qassem
Middle East Monitor / November 11, 2019
Finally, it appears that the two major factions, Fatah and Hamas — or rather the Palestinian Authority and Hamas — are preparing for elections. What’s more, both sides reaffirm their willingness to hold elections that are 10 years overdue.
Presidential elections were...
