On July 1, the Israeli government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will begin steps towards his threat of unilateral annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank, potentially leaving…
Month: June 2020
Barghouthi: Gaza’s patients are in danger
Dr Mustafa Barghouthi, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, has sent a warning about the danger the occupation authorities pose in preventing patients from the Gaza Strip from reaching…
Israeli soldiers shoot and kill nephew of senior PLO official at checkpoint
Israeli forces have shot and killed 27-year-old Ahmad Erakat, nephew of Saeb Erakat, secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank on 23…
“De facto annexation”; Israel begins construction on controversial East Jerusalem bypass
Israel has begun construction on a controversial new highway linking illegal settlements in the West Bank, located north and south of Jerusalem. Dubbed ‘The American Road’, Israel claims the bypass…
Justice for Eyad; unrest continues after the shooting of unarmed, autistic Palestinian man
Protests have continued across the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel ten days after an autistic Palestinian man, Eyad al-Halak, was fatally shot by two Israeli police officers on Saturday, May…