Israel likely to bag $1.6 billion in EU science grants
David Cronin
The Electronic Intifada / October 18, 2019
Israel’s involvement in a major research program run by the European Union has been valued at nearly $1.6 billion – more than enough to buy silence over the plight of the Palestinians.
Using the term “values” at regular intervals appears to be mandatory...
Empowering women as sustainable energy leaders in Palestine
In a region where the majority have unmet energy needs, this project is bringing power to the people.
Mariam Barghouti
Open Democracy / October 8, 2019
In an office just a few minutes away from the city centre in Ramallah, Dr. Ayman Rabi scurries to submit a report on the latest efforts...
UK cyclist’s 240 km West Bank riding challenge to help Palestinians
"Cycle Palestine for Medical Aid for Palestinians was the most challenging thing I’ve ever done physically, mentally and emotionally"
Suha Shariff
Middle East Monitor / October 19, 2019
https://videos.files.wordpress.com/zpfRO2Z3/191004_trn_cycle-palestine-overview_cbm_v01-1_hd.mp4
Cycle Palestine for Medical Aid for Palestinians was the most challenging thing I’ve ever done physically, mentally and emotionally. It was a life changing...
‘The most vegan army in the world’: How Israel co-opts veganism to justify Palestinian...
Sara Doyel
Mondoweiss / September 9, 2019
Gleaming produce spills out of market baskets. An outstretched palm offers fresh herbs, an organic farm in the background. A table overflowing with a rainbow of dishes cuts away to a morsel of hot bread diving into a bowl of tahini and olive oil....
Gaza: poverty and unemployment rates at 75 percent
Middle East Monitor / October 18, 2019
The Ministry of Social Development in the Gaza Strip said yesterday that the rates of poverty and unemployment in the Gaza Strip reached nearly 75 percent in 2019.
In a press release it added that 70 per cent of the population of the Gaza Strip is food insecure. This,...
The PA is tainting Palestinian resistance
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / October 16, 2019
It was only a matter of time before the Palestinian Authority would renege on its word and accept the deducted tax revenues from the Israeli government. After all, the PA is primarily concerned with prolonging its existence, even as it keeps losing any semblance...
Israel arrests Al-Aqsa Mosque preacher
Middle East Monitor / October 17, 2019
Israeli occupation forces yesterday arrested Sheikh Ismail Nawahda, a preacher at Al-Aqsa Mosque, at the Qalandia checkpoint in the occupied West Bank, Wafa news agency reported.
Another 22 Palestinians were also detained yesterday from across the occupied West Bank, the news agency added.
Sheikh Nawahda was taken...
Partying on ethnically cleansed land
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / October 16, 2019
Palestinians are calling for the boycott of a music festival taking place where Israel plans to ethnically cleanse tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouins.
The InDnegev music festival is scheduled to take place in the Naqab desert in southern Israel from 24 to 26 October.
The area is...
Bedouin mass eviction is part of Israel’s concerted efforts to drive Palestinians from their...
Jonathan Cook
The National / Ocober 15, 2019
Thousands have been driven out of their homes because their numbers pose a major demographic threat to the state.
The decades-long struggle by tens of thousands of Israelis against being uprooted from their homes – some for the second or third time – should be...
The last lifeline: The real reason behind Abbas’ call for elections
Ramzy Baroud
Middle East Monitor / October 14, 2019
The call by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for elections in the Occupied Territories is a political ploy. There will be no true, democratic elections under Abbas’ leadership. The real question is: why did he make the call in the first place?
On...