Mahmoud Abbas begins 17th year as Palestinian President
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2022
Palestine's veteran President, Mahmoud Abbas, is starting his 17th year in office, amid political difficulties and waning prospects...
Bees: The latest victims of Israel’s strikes on Gaza
Mohammed Asad
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2022
"We have lost about 70% of the bees we had, which is a grave financial loss for...
West Bank: Israeli forces storm Birzeit University, shoot and arrest students
MEE Staff
Middle East Eye / January 10, 2022
Birzeit condemns the ‘blatant attack’ and calls for the protection of educational institutions.
At least one Palestinian student...
Life has never been same since 26 June, says Palestinian woman journalist
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2022
It was the third day of protests against the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah on 26 June last year,...
Israel threatens to arrest new security guards at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque
Mustafa Abu Sneineh
Middle East Eye / January 10, 2022
Al-Aqsa urgently needs more security to oversee the sacred compound and maintain crowd safety during Muslim...
Israel: cabinet approves controversial Palestinian marriage bill
Middle East Monitor / January 10, 2022
The Israeli cabinet approved a controversial bill on Sunday that will ban Palestinians who marry Israeli citizens from...
Palestinians summon Dutch envoy over NGO aid cut
Al-Jazeera / January 10, 2022
Palestinian Authority says Dutch decision to cut off funding to the Union of Agricultural Work Committees was ‘unjust and biased’.
The...
[BDS] Ramy Shaath released
Tamara Nassar
The Electronic Intifada / January 10, 2022
After more than 30 months in prison, Egypt released the Palestinian activist Ramy Shaath on 6 January.
Shaath...
Some Palestinians get legal status after years in Gaza limbo
Wafaa Shuraf
AP / January 10, 2022
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Khader al-Najjar has been unable to leave the Gaza Strip since he returned to...
The international community and Israel: giving permission to a permanent occupation
Michael Lynk
Just Security / January 7, 2022
The international community takes stock of the Israeli occupation
On November 17, 2021, the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC)...
