PA calls on ICC to deal with Israeli courts as tools of occupation, judges...
Middle East Monitor / January 21, 2020
The Palestinian Authority (PA) on Tuesday called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to deal with the Israeli court as tools of the occupation and Israeli judges as war criminals.
In a statement issued by the PA’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, the ministry affirmed that...
Young Palestinians: The PA stomps on any chance of political change
Megan Giovannetti
Middle East Monitor / January 22, 2020
As Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) continues to drag its feet toward elections, many young people in Palestine are becoming apprehensive with regard to their political system.
“I don’t think the new generation cares about elections or the president at all,” 24-year-old Ashraf Hamayel from...
The resumption of limited US support for the PA does not solve its financial...
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / January 21, 2020
In December, the US Congress agreed to transfer $150 million to the Palestinian Authority and renew the aid that President Donald Trump had frozen for civilian projects, including $75 million to support security services. The rest will support civilian projects in...
UK PM’s threat to Palestine is also a threat to our free speech
Asa Winstanley
Middle East Monitor / January 22, 2020
The entire western world is facing an almost unprecedented assault on freedom of speech – and Palestine is the issue at hand.
In the United States over the last few years, at the urging of the Israel lobby, 28 states have now passed laws targeting...
UN envoy warns against Israel annexation of West Bank
Middle East Monitor / January 22, 2020
The UN special coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process warned Wednesday against Israel’s plan to annex all or part of area C in the West Bank, Anadolu reports.
“If implemented, it would deal a devastating blow to the potential of reviving Israeli Palestinian negotiations,...
Israel confirms resumption of spraying herbicides along Gaza fence
Middle East Monitor / January 22, 2020
Israeli authorities have resumed spraying herbicides along the Gaza Strip’s perimeter fence, reported Haaretz, “after having refrained from aerial spraying throughout 2019”.
Last week, “the army sprayed the border area for three days”, the paper said.
When Haaretz asked the defence ministry why spraying had resumed after a year’s...
British government ‘seriously concerned’ over Israel’s demolition of Palestinian properties
Middle East Monitor / January 22, 2020
The British government has expressed serious concern over Israel’s demolition of Palestinian property in the occupied Palestinian territory, describing the ongoing practice as a violation of international law.
Responding Monday on behalf of the government to a question about the number of Palestinian homes demolished by...
UN calls for lifting Israel siege on Gaza
Middle East Monitor / January 22, 2020
The United Nations on Monday called on Israel to lift its crippling siege of the Gaza Strip adding that support for Palestinians must continue until a solution is reached for the crisis, Anadolu reported.
In a press conference held in the UN headquarters, spokesperson for the...
