Palestine Information Center – July 8, 2018 GAZA – MP Ahmed Bahar, first deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, has affirmed that there will be no political price for any humanitarian assistance provided for the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip. In press remarks on Saturday, Bahar stated that the recent decision that was […]
(MEMO) — An Israeli lawyer was chosen this week to chair the UN Human Rights Committee, despite the country’s dire human rights record. The UN Human Rights Committee, not to be confused with the UN Human Rights Council, is a panel of legal professionals which reviews states’ adherence to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which […]
Palestine Information Center – July 7, 2018 GAZA – The Hamas Movement has reiterated its rejection of any plan to separate the Gaza Strip from the West Bank. In Twitter remarks on Saturday, member of Hamas’s political bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk said that his Movement rejects the US-backed deal of the century that seeks to […]
KHAN AL-AHMAR, PALESTINE — Israel has been preparing to demolish the Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar in the occupied West Bank. Activists and area residents have responded by boarding up buildings and blocking bulldozers set to demolish the village.
According to media reports, the White House is about to announce its much anticipated “Middle East Peace Deal” between Israel and Palestine. The Trump team have been touting it as the “Deal of Century”.
By Ramona Wadi | MEMO | July 6, 2018 On Monday, Israeli lawyer Yuval Shany was appointed to chair the UN Human Rights Committee – a body of experts that monitors the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Article 1(1) of the covenant states: “All peoples have the right of self-determination. By virtue of […]
JERUSALEM, PALESTINE — (Analysis) Khaled and I sat and chatted one evening at his family’s home in Qalansawe. “They look at us as though we are completely Israeli,” he said, speaking of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, “and we call them ‘Dafawi’ if they are from the West Bank and ‘Ghazzawi’ if they are from Gaza.” Khaled is a successful man, one of the few Palestinian citizens of Israel who became an executive in an important Israeli company.
Senior United Nations officials on the ground in the occupied Palestinian territory yesterday urgedIsrael to halt its demolition of Palestinian properties, expressing “serious concern” over events in Khan Al-Ahmar, a village slated for destruction.
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Residents and activists sit inside a bulldozer shovel in order to stop the demolition of Bedouin village Khan al Ahmar. By Kathryn Shihadah | If Americans Knew | July 5, 2018 After years of threats and court battles, push has come to shove in the West Bank Bedouin village of Khan al Ahmar. Israeli soldiers […]
