US charity donates $300,000 to UNRWA
Middle East Monitor / September 25, 2019
Palestinians gather at the UNRWA building during a demonstration in Gaza City, Gaza on 17 September 2019 [Mustafa
One year after the US administration cut aid to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), an American aid...
Prisoners hunger strike as Israel reneges on pledges
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / September 25, 2019
Some 100 Palestinians have been rejecting food for more than two weeks after Israel failed to implement previous agreements regarding their detention.
Israeli prison authorities refuse to remove devices that jam phone reception in certain wings to prevent Palestinians from communicating with...
The drone strikes on the Saudi oil facilities have changed global warfare
Patrick Cockburn
Counterpunch / September 24, 2019
The devastating attack on Saudi oil facilities by drones and missiles not only transforms the balance of military power in the Middle East, but marks a change in the nature of warfare globally.
On the morning of 14 September, 18 drones and seven cruise...
An Open Letter on the Right to Boycott ( after withdrawing the prize from...
23 September 2019
The Right to Boycott
An Open Letter
It is with dismay that we learned of the decision of the City of Dortmund to rescind the Nelly Sachs Award for Literature from Kamila Shamsie because of her stated commitment to the non-violent Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement for Palestinian...
Jobs clampdown stirs unrest in Lebanon’s camps
Amena Elashkar
The Electronic Intifada / September 24, 2019
It is not normal for a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon to have a bank account.
It’s also not easy to get.
It was not until I started working for a non-local news website that I needed a bank account. Three banks refused me. In...
Israel has been caught spying on the US, again
Asa Winstanley
Middle East Monitor / September 23, 2019
A recent report on the US news site Politico revealed that in 2017, US intelligence agencies discovered several cell phone interception devices near the White House. They concluded that Israel had most likely installed these “StingRay” spying devices, in an attempt to listen in on...
Netanyahu on steroids: What a Gantz-led government means for Palestine
Ramzy Baroud
Middle East Monitor / September 22, 2019
Experience has taught Palestinians not to pay heed to Israeli elections. But to every rule there is an exception.
Although it is still true that no Israeli Zionist leader has ever been kind to the Palestinian people, the dynamics of the latest...
Labour votes for Palestinian right to return
Asa Winstanley
The Electronic Intifada / September 23, 2019
Delegates wave Palestinian flags at Labour’s annual conference in 2018.
Labour delegates voted overwhelmingly to recognize the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homeland at the UK opposition party’s annual conference on Monday.
The historic motion opposes any proposed “solution” for...
Netanyahu, Gantz eye PM rotation in unity government
Middle East Monitor / September 23, 2019
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his centrist rival Benny Gantz on Monday held their first formal talks since Israel’s deadlocked election and a politician with the power to broker a deal said they could be nearer agreement on a unity government, reports Reuters.
After failing last Tuesday to...
Palestinian opposition to social security: revolution or devolution?
Karam Omar
Al Shabaka / September 22, 2019
Social security functions as a safety net to protect workers in cases of illness, injury, and disability, and as a source of income after retirement. Its origins can be traced to the end of the nineteenth century, when Germany introduced the first mandatory social...
