US’ Trump will ensure coalition forms after next Israel election, Yisrael Beiteinu MK says
Middle East Monitor / February 12, 2020
Yisrael Beiteinu MK Eli Avidar suggested yesterday that US President Donald Trump would help enable the formation of a coalition government after Israel’s forthcoming election.
Speaking in an interview with “The Land of Israel Network”, Avidar declared that his party’s leader, Avigdor Lieberman, “wants a Zionist...
Ex-official says PA should be dissolved soon
Middle East Monitor / February 12, 2020
A former Palestinian Authority and PLO official said on Tuesday that the PA should be dissolved soon.
“If the deal of the century is implemented on the ground, there would be no justification for the existence of the PA,” explained Yasser Abed Rabbo, who...
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...
