Jewish teacher fired over anti-Israel comments in US, as concern grows over ‘weaponizing anti-Semitism’
Middle East Monitor / January 13, 2020
There are growing concerns over the “weaponization of anti-Semitism” following the firing of a Jewish teacher by an elite New York City prep school for expressing remarks critical of Israel.
JB Brager, who had been a history teacher at the private school for 18...
Israel and the PA are seeking to prevent Hamas from running in the elections
Adnan Abu Amer
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2020
Israeli intelligence in the West Bank has started calling a number of potential candidates in the upcoming Palestinian legislative elections, who may run on the Hamas lists, asking them not to run. They have threatened them with spending the four-year term...
Report: Israel killed 27 children in Gaza in 2019
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2020
Israeli occupation forces killed 27 Palestinian children, and wounded more than 2,000 others, in the occupied Gaza Strip in 2019, a rights group announced yesterday.
In an official report, Al-Mezan Centre for Human Rights condemned what it described as “the Israeli occupation forces’ continuous violations against...
200 Palestinian children arrested by Israel forces in Jerusalem neighbourhood
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2020
Israeli forces have detained an estimated 200 Palestinian children in the Issawiya neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem over the last few months, in many cases violating their basic rights.
According to data from the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), reported by Haaretz, more...
EU removes reference to ‘disputed’ territories in statement on Israel settlements
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2020
The European Union (EU) deleted a reference to “disputed lands” from a statement issued yesterday condemning Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank, reported the Times of Israel.
The initial version of the statement by Brussel’s new foreign policy chief Josep Borrell, issued via...
Israel’s plan to isolate Al-Aqsa Mosque, end Waqf role
Middle East Monitor / January 9, 2020
Since the start of the year, Israel has been implementing a plan to isolate and suffocate Al-Aqsa Mosque and change its status.
The Deputy Director of the Muslim Waqf (Religious Endowments) Department in occupied Jerusalem, Najeh Bkerat, said the occupation is increasing the frequency...
Report: 34 Palestinians victims of PA, Israel revolving door arrest policy
Middle East Monitor / January 9, 2020
At least 34 Palestinians were arrested in 2019 as part of the Palestinian Authority’s revolving door security coordination policy which sees Israel arrest Palestinians shortly after they are released by the PA or vice versa, the committee of prisoners’ families announced yesterday.
Reported by Safa news...
Netanyahu: I won’t let settlements be uprooted in any diplomatic plan
Middle East Monitor / January 9, 2020
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared yesterday that he will not agree to the removal of any Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank in the context of a peace deal.
As reported by The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu was speaking at a conference organised by...
Report: Israel carried out 760 violations against Palestinian journalists in 2019
Middle East Monitor / January 9, 2020
Israeli occupation forces committed 760 violations and crimes against Palestinian journalists in 2019, the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS) has said.
In a report issued by the Freedoms Committee, the PJS recorded 12 critical injuries with live ammunition, 62 injuries with rubber-coated steel bullets and 58 injuries...
