Senior Israel opposition leaders welcome Trump’s plan as within the Israeli ‘consensus’
Middle East Monitor / January 27, 2020
Senior Israeli opposition leaders expressed optimism about the contents of the pending Trump administration peace plan yesterday, reported right-wing news outlet Arutz Sheva.
MK Yair Lapid, the number two in the Blue and White (Kahol Lavan) party led by Benny Gantz, told Israeli army radio that the...
Qatar disburses financial aid for 70,000 families in occupied Gaza
Middle East Monitor / January 27, 2020
Qatar, yesterday, disbursed financial aid to 70,000 low-income families in the occupied Gaza Strip.
Local media reported that thousands of Palestinians had gathered in front of the public post offices across the strip to receive “a $100 financial assistance for each family.”
The grant allocation...
Israel approves travel to Saudi under limited circumstances
Middle East Monitor / January 26, 2020
Israel announced today that it would permit Israeli citizens to travel to Saudi Arabia for the first time, under certain conditions, as reported by Reuters.
Israeli Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, after consulting with the country’s security establishment, issued a statement saying that Israelis would...
The annexation of the West Bank is coming
Asa Winstanley
Middle East Monitor / January 25, 2020
We are about to witness the third Israeli election in the space of one year.
The elections for the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, which are coming in March, are being held after the failure of anyone to either score an overall majority or to...
The West Bank was and still is the primary battleground of Israel
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / January 24, 2020
Israeli circles have been accusing Hamas of continuing to aggravate the front in the West Bank, in order to destabilise the security situation within, against the army and the settlers. This translated into increased tensions on Israel’s part, especially as one of...
ICC delays, Israeli belligerence and PA complacency
Ramona Wadi
Middle East Monitor / January 23, 2020
As expected, the International Criminal Court has cranked its bureaucratic delays into motion over the proposed investigation into Israeli war crimes. The ICC’s Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda’s statement was deemed to be “too long and exceeded the amount of pages allowed for filing” such...
