A Question of UN credibility: releasing the settlements database
Nada Awad & Maha Abdullah
Al-Shabaka / November 19, 2019
Hundreds of Palestinian, regional, and international organizations have called on the previous and current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to release the UN database of companies engaged in activities with Israel’s illegal settlements. Though the 2016 Human Rights Council resolution called for the release...
EU’s Borrell warns of violence if Israel annexes Jordan Valley
Middle East Monitor / February 11, 2020
The EU’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, urged Israel on Tuesday not to annex the Jordan Valley, a large swathe of the occupied West Bank, warning of Palestinian protests if it went ahead.
Israel captured the West Bank in a 1967 war. The Palestinian Authority wants...
Abbas at UN: US offers Palestinians ‘Swiss cheese’ state
Middle East Monitor / February 11, 2020
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, appearing before the United Nations Security Council, angrily rejected US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace proposal on Tuesday as a gift to Israel and unacceptable to Palestinians.
Waving a copy of a map that the US plan envisions for...
Israel expels Fatah leader in Jerusalem from Al-Aqsa Mosque
Middle East Monitor / February 11, 2020
Israeli occupation forces have expelled Fatah Secretary in Jerusalem, Shadi Mutwar, from Al-Aqsa Mosque, Safa news agency reported yesterday.
According to the news site, occupation authorities summoned Mutwar and accused him of inciting chaos as he had called for worshippers to increase their presence at Al-Aqsa...
Palestine’s Mufti’s fatwa prohibits working with US ‘peace deal’
Middle East Monitor / February 11, 2020
The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem issued a fatwa prohibiting dealing with US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” and its promoters, Ma’an News Agency reported.
Sheikh Mohammed Hussein released a bold statement today declaring whoever negotiates with the deal a traitor to God and His Messenger (pbuh), and to...
‘Difficult fight’ at UN over Trump ‘peace plan’
Middle East Monitor / February 11, 2020
Palestinians have dismissed reports that a delay in bringing a resolution to the UN Security Council rejecting President Donald Trump’s “peace plan” is due to a lack of support among council members.
“Reports that the resolution promoted by the Arab Group and the non-aligned...
Palestinians seek international support to end Israel’s export ban
Middle East Monitor / February 11, 2020
Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh revealed yesterday that his government was launching a diplomatic offensive to pressure Israel to “reverse its decision to ban Palestinian agricultural exports through Jordan”, reported the Times of Israel.
On Sunday, Israeli officials announced that Defence Minister Naftali...
Report: Israel arrested 496 Palestinians in January
Middle East Monitor / February 11, 2020
Israeli occupation forces arrested 496 Palestinians in January 2020, including 67 children and 16 women; a new report said.
The joint report issued by three Palestinian prisoners’ affairs organisations revealed that Israeli occupation forces have arrested 245 Palestinians from occupied Jerusalem, 30 Palestinians from...
