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Meet the Gazan entrepreneurs turning olive waste into cash

Muhammad Shehada The National  /  November 28, 2019 The method provides not only a cheap fuel to local people, but an environmentally friendly use for the olive harvest waste. As Gaza lives through its widely popular season of olive harvest and olive oil, three young entrepreneurs are making remarkable use of the...

Steun het burgerinitiatief naar het Europees Hof om actie ten aanzien van de illegale...

Waarom verdient bovengenoemd initiatief op heel korte termijn uw financiele steun? Binnen de EU kan een groep burgers die door middel van een petitie in minstens zeven landen de steun krijgt van minstens een miljoen burgers, eisen dat de Europese Commissie in en bepaalde kwestie actie onderneemt. Dit heet een...

My children are too young to know war so well

Ahmed Abu Artema The Nation  /  November 21, 2019 It’s time for the international community to hold Israel accountable for its abuses of Palestinian rights and freedom, in Gaza and beyond. When the latest escalation of violence began last week in the Gaza Strip, I had just departed to travel abroad, leaving...

UN: Israeli occupation costs Palestinians $48 billion

Middle East Monitor  /  December 2, 2019 A UN report found that the fiscal cost of Israeli occupation for the Palestinian people in 2000-2017 period is estimated at $47.7 billion, or three times the size of the Palestinian economy in 2017, reports Anadolu Agency. Mutasim Elagraa, an economist with the UN Conference on...

ICC under pressure to open investigation into Israel war crimes

Middle East Monitor  /  December 2, 2019 The International Criminal Court is coming under pressure from a group led by former ministers and professors of international law to open an investigation into possible Israeli war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Known as the Rights Forum, the group founded in 2009...

Pace of Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes in Jerusalem ‘surges’ in 2019

Middle East Monitor  /  December 2, 2019 The pace of home demolitions by Israeli authorities in occupied East Jerusalem has “surged” in 2019 compared with previous years, reported Al-Monitor. Palestinian governor Adnan Ghaith – himself a frequent target of harassment by Israeli forces – told Al-Monitor­ that the demolition orders “are a means of...

Palestinians in Al-Khalil (Hebron) repeatedly attacked by Israel settlers, soldiers

Middle East Monitor  /  December 2, 2019 Palestinians in the Al-Harika neighbourhood of Hebron are being subjected to repeated attacks by Israeli settlers and soldiers, reported human rights NGO B’Tselem, as the organisation published details of five such documented attacks that took place from July to November. Al-Harika lies in the southern...

Israel delegation in UAE to check preparations for Expo 2020

Middle East Monitor  /  December 2, 2019 Israel’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday that an official Israeli delegation is visiting Dubai to attend a preparatory meeting for participation in Expo 2020, Quds Press reported. The ministry said in a statement posted on its Facebook page that the meeting which took place over the weekend...

Israel ambassador sends ‘GOOD LUCK’ message to Myanmar ahead of genocide hearings at the...

Foreign ministry admits tweets were ‘a mistake’ Samuel Osborne The Independent  /  November 28, 2019 An Israel ambassador tweeted a message of “GOOD LUCK” to Myanmar ahead of an international tribunal at The Hague over accusations the state committed genocide against its Rohingya Muslim minority. Ronen Gilor, the ambassador to Myanmar, wished the country’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi good luck...
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Scars of freedom- video about Palestinian political prisoners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=kNJtdfdvEh0&feature=emb_logo Addameer Association Scars of Freedom أثر القيد لا يزول The experience of arrest, interrogation and life in captivity carries political, economic and social dimensions that have a great impact on the Palestinian people, since the beginning of the occupation to the present day, the policy of arresting and incarcerating Palestinians has been...