Tag: Palestine

Daily news – February 10, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Brookings, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Global Times, Reuters, The Jamestown Foundation AFRICA Africa needs smarter investment in digital infrastructure:...

Israeli forces violently suppress Palestinian protest in Naqab (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

Dozens of Palestinian Bedouins have been wounded in a crackdown by Israeli forces on a protest against continuing Israeli forestation work on land residents...

Palestinians summon Dutch envoy over NGO aid cut (Al Jazeera)

The Palestinian Authority (PA) has summoned the Dutch representative to object to the Netherlands’ decision to halt funding to a Palestinian civil society group that Israel...

Dutch government ends funding to Palestinian civil society group (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

The Dutch government has said it will no longer fund one of the six major civil society and human rights organisations in Palestine which...

How the Palestinian Authority became a prisoner of its own illusions (Hani al-Masri, Middle East Eye)

A recent meeting between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz has sparked an intense public outcry, deepening Palestinian divisions and...

Gantz’s meeting with Abbas marks latest move in his role of serving Israel’s security elite (Shir Hever, Middle East Eye)

The meeting between Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, which took place last week in Gantz’s private home, has been covered intensively...

Palestinians seek Israeli citizenship in Jerusalem (Taghreed Ali, Al Monitor)

A number of Palestinians in Jerusalem are seeking to obtain Israeli citizenship, in the hope of living in stability amid the prevalent difficult economic...

Palestinian rockets explode off Tel Aviv coast, military says (Reuters)

Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets toward the Mediterranean sea on Saturday, causing an explosion off the shore of Tel Aviv, Israel's military...

Tensions boil as Palestinian prisoners face collective punishment (Al Jazeera)

Tensions have reached boiling point in several Israeli prisons holding Palestinian prisoners, with rights groups saying authorities are keeping a number of inmates, including...

Three Palestinians wounded by Israeli tank fire on Gaza (Al Jazeera)

Three Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army tank fire that came after an Israeli civilian was lightly wounded by gunfire from Gaza along...

Palestinian Authority’s Abbas visits Israel’s Gantz in rare trip (Al Jazeera)

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has held talks with Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz during a rare visit to Israel. In a statement on...

5 ways Palestinian startups are shaping their society (Teresa Belardo, WEF)

The Middle East and North Africa are home to a vibrant and dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem and are increasingly drawing attention from international investors. ...

Japan and Palestine confirm grant deal worth more than $9m (Arab News Japan)

Japan signed an agreement to provide Palestine with 1 billion yen (approximately $9.17 million) based on an “economic and social development plan”, the foreign ministry...

Palestine: Femicide highlights need for domestic violence law (Zena Al Tahhan, Al Jazeera)

In the early hours of November 22, Sabreen Yasser Khweira, 30, was allegedly stabbed to death by her husband in a small Palestinian village...

Arrested development and poverty take a $57 billion economic toll in Palestine (UN News)

Following Israeli closures, restrictions and military operations, the West Bank has suffered two decades of arrested development and poverty, according to a report published...

Palestinian activists hacked by Israeli firm NSO spyware: Report (Al Jazeera)

Spyware from the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group was detected on the mobile phones of six Palestinian human rights activists, in the first known...