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The EU’s Public Policy on Jerusalem Differs from Reality

Viewers watching the televised emergency session of the United Nations Security Council on Friday may be forgiven for thinking the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) representative to the UN was trying to bore the Israeli ambassador into submission with his speech.
The meeting had been called in response to US President Donald Trump’s outrageous decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Abbas’ Cybercrime Law Chills and Silences Palestinian Journalists and Dissenters

PALESTINE — Five months after Palestinian Authority (PA) leader Mahmoud Abbas issued the Cybercrime Law by Presidential Decree, the Palestinian Centre for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) has launched an online campaign against the legislation, in a bid to raise awareness and mobilize against the injustices enshrined in the law.

Interpol To Vote For Palestinian Membership Despite Israeli Lobbying

The International law enforcement agency Interpol is set to vote on Palestinian Authority (PA) membership despite intensive Israeli and US lobbying against it, news agencies reported yesterday.
Board of directors of the international police organization, which is currently meeting in Beijing, is voting on whether to accept or deny the PA’s police force as members today.
The Israeli news website i24 said,

Islamic Jihad leader Abu Maria shot, arrested by PA forces

Palestine Information Center – August 31, 2017 RAMALLAH – The Palestinian Authority (PA) forces on Wednesday shot and arrested the Islamic Jihad Leader Wahid Abu Maria in al-Khalil’s northern town of Beit Ummar. According to local sources, Abu Maria sustained injuries in his shoulder after he was shot by the PA forces. The Islamic Jihad […]

State Dept: Israeli Settlements, Lack Of Hope Drive Palestinian Violence

Israeli police place a Palestinian boy in a chokehold in Jerusalem’s Old City, July 17, 2017. Muslims boycotted the Jerusalem holy site in a gesture of protest after Israel denied them access to Islam’s second holiest site, setting up heavy police and military blockades.(AP/Mahmoud Illean)
The US State Department’s annual terror report offers a surprising amount of criticism of Israel, uncharacteristic for the Trump Administration, which has made a point of being outspokenly favorable toward the Israeli government from day one.

Gaza In Crisis As Last Power Plant Shuts Down

Activists release paper lanterns in solidarity with Palestinians from Gaza, at the Ashkelon beach after Israel cut back its already limited electricity shipments to the Gaza Strip in a step that is expected to worsen the power crunch plaguing the Hamas-controlled seaside territory, June 19, 2017. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
Gaza’s last functioning turbine was shut down late last night due to a severe shortage of fuel, plunging the Strip into near total darkness, according to Haaretz.