Deal of the century offers non-sovereign Palestinian state
Middle East Monitor / January 27, 2020
US President Donald Trump’s deal of the century offers a non-sovereign Palestinian state which would not have an army or call East Jerusalem its capital, Rassd reported yesterday.
Quoting Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, Rassd said Trump expects Palestinian Authority (PA), PLO and Fatah President Mahmoud Abbas to reject...
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...
