The Palestinian Authority (PA) has announced on 22 August they have reached an agreement with Israel to directly collect fuel taxes. Before the agreement, Israel was responsible for collecting about…
Month: August 2019
New Israeli police regulations reduce right to protest
The Israeli police have limited the rights to civil protests with new police guidelines, despite a ruling of the Israeli High Court of Justice. The new guidelines of the Israeli…
Israeli airstrikes against targets in Gaza and pro-Iranian militias in three countries
The Israeli Air Force has attacked several targets in Gaza, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq on overnight on 24 and 25 August. Following the attacks, Israel has been threatened with retaliation. …
Palestinian Bedouin village rejects Israeli construction on Muslim cemetery
Residents of a Bedouin Palestinian village of Hashem Zana in southern Israel have filed a case to the Israeli Supreme Court to prevent the construction of a water storage tank…
Summer School of Design in Palestine
For the past week, the Disarming Design Summer School began, organised by the Palestine-based collective ‘Disarming Design from Palestine’, in collaboration with the Palestinian Musuem, bringing together 15 international and…
Idhna, the garbage dump for Israeli electronic-waste
It is summer in Palestine; and while driving through the West Bank, from Ramallah to Bethlehem or Hebron, a warm, pleasant summer breeze blows through the open window of the…
WATCH: Congresswomen Tlaib and Omar address Israel‘s travel restrictions.
On Thursday 15 August, Israel initially barred US Congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar from entering the country for a diplomatic visit, citing their alleged support for the Boycott, Divestment…
Jordan’s foreign ministry condemns Israeli measures at al-Aqsa mosque
Jordan has called on the Israeli government to immediately cease all violations at the al-Aqsa compound and has condemned Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs and Public Security, Gilad Erdan’s proposal…
Continuing violence – three Palestinians killed in northern Gaza
At least three Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces in the north of the Gaza Strip, adjacent to the Israel-Gaza barrier, on Sunday 18 August during an overnight attack. According…
A new wave of attacks in the West Bank
After a relatively calm period, a new series of violent attacks have struck the West Bank and overshadowed the week of the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday. On Thursday, 8 August,…