Israel may shut off the West Bank to stop coronavirus spread
Middle East Monitor / March 9, 2020
Israeli Defence Minister Naftali Bennett is considering closing off all Palestinian Authority-governed areas of the occupied West Bank to control the spread of the coronavirus, the Times of Israel has reported.
Bennett’s office said he requested a detailed assessment of the economic ramifications of such a...
Closure of Gaza schools extended for 1 week
/ March 9, 2020
To date there have been no cases of the coronavirus in Gaza, however 19 cases have been identified in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank.
Palestinian Education Ministry in Gaza and UNRWA yesterday decided to extend the closure of schools until the end of this week over...
On Monday Netanyahu was toasting victory – Now he’s toast
Noga Tarnopolsky
Foreign Policy / March 6, 2020
The majority Netanyahu expected in the Knesset never materialized. But another majority pulled together to block an indicted politician like him from forming a government.
JERUSALEM—An elated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu roared, “This is the biggest victory of my life!”—but that was...
Women’s March – Amsterdam, March 8
VIER PALESTIJNSE VROUWEN
In deze Vrouwen-Mars dragen wij de portretten mee van vier moedige Palestijnse vrouwen, die elk op eigen wijze de aandacht weten te vestigen op de strijd van Palestijnen tegen onderdrukking door Israel en vóór de politieke rechten van de Palestijnen:
Khalida Jarrar is een feministe en mensenrechtenactiviste uit...
International Women’s Day: 43 Palestinian women held in Israel jails
Middle East Monitor / March 8, 2020
A statement marking International Women’s Day by the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs Commission said there are 43 Palestinian women held in Israeli jails, Palestine Information Center reported.
Head of the commission’s studies and documentation unit Abed al-Naser Farwana said that the Israeli occupation authorities...
Refusing to take yes for an answer
Asa Winstanley
Middle East Monitor / March 7, 2020
Some of Israel’s most successful strategies are simply its intransigence and extremism.
Even those of us opposed to Israeli war crimes – apartheid and occupation – should be honest enough to recognise the strengths of the enemy. It is only by knowing your...
Abbas declares state of emergency as coronavirus spreads to West Bank
Maureen Clare Murphy
The Electronic Intifada / March 6, 2020
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas declared a month-long state of emergency in the West Bank on Thursday after seven cases of coronavirus were diagnosed in the Bethlehem area.
As of Friday, 19 cases had been diagnosed in the West Bank.
Israeli defense minister Naftali Bennett ordered the...
US approves $2.4bn sale of military refuelling aircraft to Israel
Middle East Monitor / March 6, 2020
The US State Department on Tuesday approved the sale of up to eight Boeing KC-46 aircraft and related equipment worth an estimated $2.4 billion according to a statement released by the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA).
In addition to the aircraft, Israel requested up to...
Corrupt Israel has re-elected a Prime Minister charged with corruption
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / March 6, 2020
Israel has re-elected Benjamin Netanyahu, the leader of the right-wing camp, in a surprising result given the corruption charges against him and a forthcoming trial. Nevertheless, he duly went ahead and defeated his opponents.
Netanyahu’s victory provides us with an opportunity to...
