Egypt sends humanitarian, medical aid to Gaza
Middle East Monitor / March 28, 2020
Egyptian Red Crescent has sent three truckloads of humanitarian and medical aid to the Palestinian Red Crescent in the Gaza Strip, Al-Ray News Agency reported on Friday.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that the aid shipment was sterilised and all other safety measures...
Israel police describe settler aggression as ‘terrorist act’
Middle East Monitor / March 28, 2020
Israeli occupation police have described the aggression of Israeli settlers on a Border Police vehicle on Thursday as a “terrorist act”, Israeli media reported.
A group of extremist right-wing Israeli occupation settlers threw firebombs at an Israeli Border Police vehicle which was leaving the settlement...
Israeli occupation forces demolish Palestinian farm as settler attacks continue
Middle East Monitor / March 27, 2020
Israeli occupation forces demolished a farm building and water well yesterday in Deir Ballut to the west of Salfit, Wafa news agency has reported.
The Governor of Salfit, Abdallah Kmeil, said that Israelis entered Wadi Sarida with a bulldozer which tore down the building and well...
Israeli calls for dialogue with Hamas are prompted by common interests
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / March 25, 2020
When Israel revealed that Mossad chief Yossi Cohen and the chief of the Israel Defence Forces Southern Command, General Herzl Halevi, made a “secret” visit to Qatar recently, the Qataris and Hamas leadership denied any intentions to arrange high-level meetings between...
Settlers attack Israeli soldiers with Molotov cocktails
Middle East Monitor / March 27, 2020
Israeli settlers attacked Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank Thursday night, reported Haaretz, throwing three Molotov cocktails at a Border Police vehicle outside Yitzhar settlement.
One of the Molotov cocktails hit the vehicle, “causing light damage”, and there were no casualties.
According to the...
Palestinians face two enemies: occupation and pandemic
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / March 26, 2020
Despite the global pandemic, it’s business as usual for the Israeli military occupation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the new coronavirus, has risen to almost 2,700 in Israel, approximately 80 in...
Israel under cover of the coronavirus crisis
Asa Winstanley
Middle East Monitor / March 28, 2020
The populations of many countries the world over are right now living under unprecedented quarantine measures and restrictions on movement.
The threat of the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic has changed the world for the foreseeable future.
It is true that most people who contract...
The EU supports UNRWA to safeguard its own diplomatic stance
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / March 26, 2020
The European Union is coming closer to admitting that there are political aims behind its funding of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). In announcing its €82 million contribution to the Agency at a time when preparations for...
