Palestinians in Israel are the next target for the deal of the century
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / February 6, 2020
Israelis of all political persuasions welcomed the Trump “peace plan”, but the Palestinian citizens of the self-styled Jewish state are angry because the deal refers to land and population swaps between Israel and Palestinian Authority territory. This confirms that Israel wants...
Palestinian teen killed by Israel forces during home demolition
Middle East Monitor / February 6, 2020
A 19 -year-old Palestinian was this morning shot dead by Israeli soldiers as they demolished a the home of a Palestinian family in the northern West Bank city of Jenin.
Yazan Munther Abu Tabikh, a student at the Palestinian Authority’s Istiqlal Military College, was...
PA bans Israel produce from Palestinian markets
Middle East Monitor / February 6, 2020
The Palestinian Authority is banning some Israeli goods from markets in the occupied territories in response to Israel having stopped Palestinian agricultural produce from being sold, the Ministry of the Economy has announced.
The PA’s ban on Israeli vegetables, fruits, juices, mineral water and...
Trump official warns Palestinians: Israel settlements will continue to grow
Middle East Monitor / February 6, 2020
President Donald Trump’s national security adviser Robert O’Brien warned Palestinians yesterday that Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank will continue to grow.
In a speech reported on by the Associated Press (AP), the senior US official linked anti-Semitism worldwide with the expansion of Israeli settlements.
“This...
Israel’s justice minister: Our judges are ‘not from the UN’
Middle East Monitor / February 6, 2020
Israel’s Justice Minister Amir Ohana spoke Tuesday at a conference hosted by lawfare advocacy group Shurat HaDin, praising the role of the Israeli judiciary in pursuing political objectives.
According to The Jerusalem Post, Ohana was discussing a July 2019 ruling by the Jerusalem District Court...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian in West Bank protest
Middle East Monitor / February 5, 2020
Israeli troops shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian who was taking part in a violent protest on Wednesday against US President Donald Trump’s ‘peace plan’, witnesses and medical officials said, Reuters reports.
Mohammed al-Hadad was the first Palestinian killed in unrest since Trump unveiled his plan last...
Gaza farmers return to their lands along volatile Israeli border
Middle East Monitor / February 5, 2020
Returning to his fields for the first time in 14 years, Palestinian farmer Naser Abu Isaeed surveyed the toll taken by conflict on formerly productive soil, Reuters reports.
“I saw an empty area full of holes and dry weeds,” said Abu Isaeed, who once grew fruit...
As the world awaits the 2020 US election, Palestinians face a darkening future
James Haines-Young
The National / February 3, 2020
Whether Donald Trump wins re-election in November or not, Israel is already setting about the annexation of West Bank settlements and the Jordan Valley.
Last week, US President Donald Trump announced his peace plan and world leaders, he said at the White House ceremony, were calling...
Kushner to brief UN on peace plan as draft resolution condemns proposal
The National / February 5, 2020
Text, circulated to council members by Tunisia and Indonesia, will probably be vetoed by US.
US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser Jared Kushner will brief the UN Security Council about the divisive peace plan to solve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.
Mr Kushner is the...
