Tag: Palestinians

Israel can monitor every telephone call in West Bank and Gaza, says intelligence source (Lubna Masarwa, Middle East Eye)

Israel can listen to every telephone conversation taking place in the West Bank and Gaza, a former member of the Israeli Army’s elite signals intelligence...

Palestinian factions in Gaza call to end latest UNRWA-US deal (Maram Humaid, Al Jazeera)

Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip called for the scrapping of an agreement between the US and the United Nation’s agency for Palestinian refugees,...

Iran’s envoy: UN urgently help end crimes against Palestinians (IRNA)

Iran’s representative at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva asked for the United Nations' urgent and decisive act to put an end to...

UN agency says it needs $800m a year to assist Palestinians (Al Jazeera)

Palestinian children play at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said it...

Palestinians/USA/Palestinian Authority. A New Palestinian Authority NGO Decree Might Halt US Aid to the West Bank and Gaza (BESA Center)

Dore Feith President Joe Biden has said he wants to resume aid to the Palestinians, but recent Palestinian laws are making it difficult for him. A...

Israel/Palestinians – Palestinians not counting on change as Bennett replaces Netanyahu (Al Jazeera)

Palestinian groups have dismissed the change in Israel’s government, saying new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is likely to pursue the same right-wing agenda as his predecessor,...

UK/Palestinians – The UK government has a moral blindspot over the plight of Palestinians (Middle East Eye)

Alan Duncan There is a vacuum in the UK's response to decades of Israel's land annexation, settlement building and human rights abuses against Palestinians https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/uk-government-living-lie-over-israels-attacks-palestinians

Israel/Palestinians – From north to south, Palestinians are fighting to reclaim our voice (Middle East Eye)

Abir Kopty As anger sweeps across our homeland, a clear message resounds: we are united in pursuit of one cause and all of Israel's attempts...

Israel/Palestinians – Who are Israel’s Palestinian citizens? (Middle East Eye)

Alex MacDonald With demonstrations breaking out across Israel by the state's Palestinian minority, MEE takes a look at an often misunderstood community https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palestinian-citizens-who-explained

Israel/Palestinians – Palestinians in Jerusalem ‘not afraid’ of threatening texts from ‘Israeli intelligence’ (Middle East Eye)

Rayhan Uddin, Nadda Osman Warning message sent to people near al-Aqsa, as activists suspect Israeli government attempts to deter them from joining protests https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-jerusalem-intelligence-threat-text-message-palestine-aqsa

The United States Restores Assistance for the Palestinians (US Department of State)

PRESS STATEMENT ANTONY J. BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF STATE The United States is pleased to announce that, working with Congress, we plan to restart U.S. economic, development,...

(Palestinians/Israel) We, the Palestinians, are stuck in limbo (Al Jazeera)

Jalal Abukhater https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/2/5/we-the-palestinians-are-stuck-in-limbo

(Pandemic/Palestinians/Israel) Israel, the Palestinians, and the COVID-19 Vaccines: The New Blood-Libel (Alan Baker, JCPA)

  https://jcpa.org/article/israel-the-palestinians-and-the-covid-19-vaccines/

(Palestinians/Israel) ‘Until my last breath’: Palestinians of Jerusalem defend land against Israel’s bulldozers (Aseel Jundi, Middle East Eye)

Residents of Wadi al-Rababa say they have papers proving ownership dating back to Ottoman days, as they clash with Israeli forces called in to...

(Pandemic/Palestinians/Israel) Covid-19: Palestinians still awaiting vaccines as Israel dismisses calls to provide jabs (Akram Al-Waara, Middle East Eye)

Palestinian Authority also criticised for failure to secure vaccines and lack of planning on how to administer them https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-israel-covid-vaccines-still-awaiting-dismiss-calls

EMIRATIS/ISRAEL/PALESTINIANS – The Emiratis in Jerusalem are a slap in the face for Palestinians (Jalal Abukhater, Al Jazeera)

This past year was full of adversity and hopelessness for many around the world. But for we Palestinians, it was even harsher – we...