Middle East

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The World Bank said, on Wednesday, the Palestinian economy is now facing a “severe fiscal shock” due to the tax revenues issue with Israel, calling for a speedy resolution.The published report, prepared by the World Bank, is due to be presented to the The Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) at its next […]

Human Rights Watch) – Court Ruling Centers on Reporting Business Ties to Settlements (Jerusalem) – An Israeli court on April 16, 2019 upheld the Israeli government’s order to deport Omar Shakir, the Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director, Human Rights Watch said today. The ruling by the Jerusalem District Court comes in response to […]

The Israeli army covered up the killing of a Palestinian father by illegal Israeli settlers, Israeli NGO B’Tselem has claimed. Twenty-three-year-old Mohammed Abd Al-Fatah was killed near Huwara, a village located off route 60 south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on 3 April. Though media reports at the time stated that a “would-be […]

By Phyllis Bennis | – (Foreign Policy in Focus) – The flurry of favors the president did for Bibi could constrain U.S. policy — and hurt people in the region — for years to come. For Israelis, the questions had been hovering for months. Would the right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claim victory and a […]

Free access to clean water is a basic human right. This is not just a common-sense assertion, but also a binding legal commitment enshrined in international law. In November 2002, the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights adopted “General Comment No. 15” regarding the right to water: “The human right to water is […]

1. Israeli forces attack, injure school children in Hebron HEBRON (Ma’an) — Israeli forces attacked young Palestinian students in the southern occupied West Bank city of Hebron, on Sunday, by firing tear-gas bombs and sound grenades towards them. According to local sources, Israeli forces physically attacked several students on their way to school, as well […]

By Motasem A Dalloul | @AbujomaaGaza | – After securing 36 seats in the Knesset, and with other right-wing parties winning at least 30, it is obvious that the leader of Israel’s Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu, is going to form the next — his fifth — government. Although he is not as pragmatic a leader […]

BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The United States administration denied entry to Omar Barghouti, a Palestinian human rights defender and a co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement, this week allegedly due to his political activities. The Arab American Institute (AII) said that Barghouti was barred from boarding a flight, on Wednesday, from Israel’s Ben […]