Selon Benjamin Norton, fondateur et rédacteur en chef de Geo Political Economy Report, qui s'est exprimé dans une récente vidéo publiée sur X (ex-Twitter), les États-Unis mènent en grande partie une guerre économique contre les secteurs de haute technologie en Chine sous prétexte de « surcapacités ». Lorsque la secrétaire américaine au Trésor, Janet Yellen, s'est rendue en Chine, les médias occidentaux ont commencé à diffuser ce discours, affirmant que la Chine avait un énorme problème de « surcapacités » et qu'elle produisait trop de véhicules électriques et de panneaux solaires, a noté M. Norton. Lors de sa récente visite en Chine, le chancelier allemand Olaf Scholz a également soulevé la question, affirmant qu'il souhaitait « des marchés ouverts et équitables ». Les États-Unis et d'autres gouvernements occidentaux ont déclaré qu'ils « devaient » prendre des mesures contre la Chine afin de sauver leurs économies des « surcapacités chinoises ». Selon M. Norton, les implications de ces mesures consistent à imposer des droits de douane sur les produits chinois et des sanctions contre la Chine, et à empêcher les exportations de technologies afin de maintenir une plus grande compétitivité.
Iran’s retaliatory strikes against Israel were not conducted alone. Strategic partners Russia and China have Tehran’s back, and their role in West Asia’s conflict will only grow if the US doesn’t keep Israel in check.
A little over 48 hours before Iran’s aerial message to Israel across the skies of West Asia, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov confirmed, on the record, what so far had been, at best, hush-hush diplomatic talk:
“The Russian side keeps in contact with Iranian partners on the situation in the Middle East after the Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Syria.
Ryabkov added, “We stay in constant touch [with Iran]. New in-depth discussions on the whole range of issues related to the Middle East are also expected in the near future in BRICS.”
He then sketched The Big Picture:
“Connivance with Israeli actions in the Middle East, which are at the core of Washington’s policy, is in many ways becoming the root cause of new tragedies.
Here, concisely, we had Russia’s top diplomatic coordinator with BRICS – in the year of the multipolar organization’s Russian presidency – indirectly messaging that Russia has Iran’s back. Iran, it should be noted, just became a full-fledged BRICS+ member in January.
Iran’s aerial message this weekend confirmed this in practice: their missile guidance systems used the Chinese Beidou satellite navigation system as well as the Russian GLONASS system.
This is Russia–China intel leading from behind and a graphic example of BRICS+ on the move.
Ryabkov’s “we stay in constant touch” plus the satellite navigation intel confirms the deeply interlocked cooperation between the Russia–China strategic partnership and their mutual strategic partner Iran. Based on vast experience in Ukraine, Moscow knew that the biblical psychopathic genocidal entity would keep escalating if Iran only continued to exercise “strategic patience.”
Major General Hossein Salami said on Sunday that the IRGC had received reports showing that part of the weapons fired by the force toward the Israeli-occupied territories had directly hit their targets. “Our information on all of the hits is not complete yet but on that part of the hits that we have accurate, documented and field-related reports show that this operation has been carried out with a success that exceeded the expectation,” said Salami.
In its first-ever direct attack on Israel, Iran launched overnight, Sunday, April 14, hundreds of suicide attack drones as well as cruise and ballistic missiles toward the country in response to the deadly Israeli strike on an Iranian diplomatic compound in Damascus on April 1. Tens of thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa, Beer Sheva, Eilat, Nahariya, Kfar Sava and other cities around the country Saturday evening with demands for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip and new elections, as the anti-government movement maintained its momentum despite the threat of the imminent Iranian attack on the country. Tens of thousands congregated on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv for the weekly protest that has spearheaded activity against the far-right government. The rally called for early elections, the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from office and a deal for the release of hostages held by Hamas.
Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations has said that the Islamic Republic’s military action is based on Article 51 of the UN Charter in response to the recent deadly Israeli aggression against the country’s diplomatic premises in Damascus.
The Israel Police are weighing whether to open an investigation against Tel Aviv University Dr. Anat Matar, a leading member of Academia for Equality. saying her online eulogizing on Tuesday, April 9, the late Palestinian prisoner Walid Daka may constitute “support of and incitement to terror.” Matar, a senior lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, drew far-right condemnation after she paid tribute in a Facebook post to Walid Daqqa, an Arab-Palestinian citizen of Israel from Baka al-Gharbiyye who died of cancer at Assaf Harofeh Medical Center on Sunday at the age of 62. He was serving a life sentence for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of the soldier Moshe Tamam in 1984. During his 38 years behind bars, Daqqa claimed to have changed his ways and to oppose violence. He became a prolific writer and was in contact with various Israeli intellectuals.
Турецкому руководству нанесён чувствительный удар. На местных выборах впервые за двадцать с лишним лет уверенно победила оппозиция. Однако это не остановит реакционный курс внутри страны и на международной арене. Политику Анкары разоблачают коммунисты.
В столице Нидерландов вновь состоялась демонстрация за мир и против поставок оружия Украине. Акция, традиционно стартовавшая на площади Дам в центре Амстердама, стала самой масштабной с начала проведения подобных пацифистских выступлений и собрала более тысячи человек. Митинг предварил флешмоб, участники которого составили фигуру в виде большого сердца. Многие принесли с собой белые и голубые флаги, украшенные изображением голубя. В толпе были замечены и люди с российскими триколорами: они заявили о поддержке РФ и выразили надежду на скорейшее окончание конфликта. На импровизированной сцене одна из активисток исполнила «Катюшу», сорвав бурные аплодисменты. В это же время другой протестовавший демонстративно волок по асфальту флаги Североатлантического альянса и Евросоюза.
В СК обратились депутаты Красов, Харитонов и Лантратова, а также общественные деятели Дугин и Деркач. Они попросили расследовать «организацию, финансирование и проведение терактов со стороны США, Украины и других стран Запада».
В СК обратились депутаты Красов, Харитонов и Лантратова, а также общественные деятели Дугин и Деркач. Они попросили расследовать «организацию, финансирование и проведение терактов со стороны США, Украины и других стран Запада».
Communist MK Ofer Cassif (Hadash-Ta’al) was forcefully removed on Wednesday, April 3, from the Knesset floor after accused Israeli occupation soldiers in Gaza of attacking hospitals. Two weeks ago, Hadash-Ta’al parliamentary faction chair, MK Ayman Odeh, was also forcefully removed from the Knesset floor after saying that what the occupation army does in Gaza is a massacre.
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GENEVA (11 May 2021) - UN human rights experts today expressed
grave concerns about Israel's aggressive response to protests in East
Jerusalem, and called on Israel, as the occupying power, to immediately lift
its threat to evict hundreds of Palestinian households from their
legally-protected homes.
"Re-establishing calm in Jerusalem is important, but creating
the conditions for justice and equality in the City are even more
important," the experts said. "Neither short-term calm nor long-term
peace will be accomplished as long as the national and individual rights of the
City's Palestinian population are routinely abrogated."
Hundreds of Palestinians, as well as some Israeli police officers,
have been injured in clashes over recent days. The experts called on Israel to
exercise full restraint in its policing of the demonstrations by Palestinians
in Jerusalem, and to respect the freedoms of assembly, expression and religious
worship.
"The recent scenes of Israeli police and security forces
attacking large crowds of Palestinian residents and worshipers is only
intensifying a deeply inflammatory atmosphere in the City. A militarized
response to civilian protests against discriminatory practices only deepens
social divisions. Respecting rights is the only path forward,"
The ongoing and threatened evictions of Palestinian families from
their homes, primarily in the East Jerusalem neighbourhoods of Sheikh Jarrah
and Silwan, are based on two Israeli laws: the Absentee Property Law of 1950
and the Legal and Administrative Matters Law of 1970. The 1950 law prohibits
Palestinians from reclaiming their properties lost in the 1947-49 war, while
the 1970 law allows Israeli Jews to re-claim properties lost during the same
war. Evictions of Palestinian families under these laws have recurred many
times over the years, raising deep concerns about impunity and lack of
accountability.
"These laws are inherently discriminatory, both in intent and
in application, and they violate fundamental principles of both international
humanitarian law and international human rights law," said the experts.
"An occupying power is prohibited from confiscating private property
belonging to the protected population, and it must respect the body of existing
laws which had governed the territory, unless it is absolutely necessary to
alter them.
"The forced transfer of the population under occupation is a
grave breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention, which contribute to the coercive
environment now prevailing in East Jerusalem. As well, these evictions breach
the right to adequate housing – a core human right in international law."
"The proper step for Israel to take is to remove the threat
of eviction, have the property rights of these Palestinian families respected
and legal regularized, and annul all discriminatory legislation from its
laws."
Israel occupied East Jerusalem, along with the West Bank and Gaza,
in 1967. Within weeks of the June 1967 war, it annexed East Jerusalem and parts
of the West Bank. Over the past five decades, it has built 13 settlements,
housing more than 220,000 Jewish settlers, in East Jerusalem.
The United Nations Security Council has repeatedly condemned both
the annexation and the settlements as null and void under international law,
and has demanded that Israel rescind its illegal acts. UN human rights experts
have demanded repeatedly over the years that Israel comply with its
international obligations and stop evictions, demolitions and forced removal of
Palestinians from their lands. Israel has regularly stated that it has no
intention of complying with the direction of the international community.
"The immediate source of the current tensions in East
Jerusalem are the actions of Israeli settler organizations, whose stated aim is
to turn Palestinian neighbourhoods into Jewish neighbourhoods. This demographic
engineering has been abetted by the Jerusalem municipality, whose urban master
plans have explicitly set a goal of limiting the City's Palestinian population
at 30 percent. Establishing official population targets such as this reinforce
entrenched patterns of ethnic domination, which have no place in the modern
world."
The Special Rapporteurs,
Independent Experts and Working Groups are part of what is known as theSpecial Proceduresof the Human Rights Council. Special Procedures, the
largest body of independent experts in the UN Human Rights system, is the
general name of the Council's independent fact-finding and monitoring
mechanisms that address either specific country situations or thematic issues
in all parts of the world. Special Procedures' experts work on a voluntary
basis; they are not UN staff and do not receive a salary for their work. They
are independent from any government or organization and serve in their
individual capacity.
The Grayzone. Finkelstein: Palestine's ICC victory thwarted by Israel's apartheid reality
In a landmark ruling, the International Criminal Court has ruled that it has jurisdiction to investigate Israel for war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. However, scholar and author Norman Finkelstein warns that the ICC decision, while historic, is unlikely to deliver justice. According to Finkelstein, the Palestinian Authority's capitulation in the Oslo accords gives Israel room to flout the court's jurisdiction. Meanwhile, the reality of Israel today -- what the Israeli group B'Tselem recently called a "regime of Jewish supremacy" -- undermines any notion of a separate Palestinian state. Guest: Norman Finkelstein. Author, scholar, and leading expert on Israel-Palestine. His latest book is "I Accuse!".
Updates on escalation in occupied Palestine territory 2021
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These flash updates will report on the latest impact on health and people’s lives as a result of the escalations of violence across oPt, both from the continuing aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip and settler-related unrest in the West Bank including East Jerusalem.
UN. Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People Statements by the Chair of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People at Security Council Open Debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the questions of Palestine.
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Protection of Civilians Report | 7-20 December 2021
Latest developments. On 21 December, a Palestinian allegedly tried to ram his vehicle into Israeli forces near Mevo Dotan settlement and was shot and killed. On 22 December, a Palestinian allegedly opened fire at Israeli forces near Al Am’ari refugee camp and was shot and killed. On 24 December, a Palestinian woman died of wounds after she was struck by a car driven by an Israeli settler near Sinjil village (Ramallah). According to Israeli media resources, the driver turned himself in to Israeli police and the police have initiated an investigation into the incident.
Middle East: Positive steps needed to restore calm
Tor Wennesland painted a grim picture of “clashes, attacks, military operations” and continued settler-related violence amidst a severe fiscal and economic crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). “It is crucial that all parties take immediate steps to lower tensions and restore calm”, he said, warning that if left unchecked, the situation in the West Bank would further deteriorate – impacting security in Gaza and undermining the fragile peace that has held since May. Detailing occurrences. Devoting his briefing to the implementation of Resolution 2334 (2016), which calls for the cessation of all settlement activities in the OPT, the Special Coordinator said that “violent incidents have unfortunately continued”. While updating ambassadors on a host of incidents, he said that14 Palestinians had been killed, along with three Israelis, since 29 September. He mentioned that the most recent confrontation had occurred on Sunday, when hundreds of settlers attempted to enter the Homesh outpost to set up illegal structures, breaking through Israel Security Forces’ (ISF) barricades and using violence against Israeli soldiers, “including hitting one soldier with a vehicle”. Meanwhile, there have been some positive developments, such as a virtual meeting between United States and Palestinian officials last Tuesday to renew the US-Palestinian Economic Dialogue – the first such meeting in five years.
Foreword by the Humanitarian Coordinator. In 2022, millions of Palestinians across the occupied territory will be highly vulnerable to humanitarian shocks, driven by multiple political and socio-economic factors present in 2021. In the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Israeli settlement activity and related violence, loss of land, destruction of property and movement restrictions, and restricted access to basic services and livelihoods continued throughout 2021. These actions contribute to a coercive environment which can deny Palestinians their basic rights and pressure some to leave their communities.
GERMANY CONTRIBUTES EUR 21 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF UNRWA EDUCATION AND HEALTH SERVICES IN GAZA AND THE WEST BANK AS WELL AS SHELTER RECONSTRUCTION IN GAZA
Today, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the Government of Germany through KfW Development Bank signed agreements in support of Palestine refugees in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, amounting to a total of EUR 21 million. The Government of Germany will provide EUR 15 million to ensure that approximately 50,000 Palestine refugee children in Gaza and 46,000 in the West Bank have continued access to learning in UNRWA schools, and that Palestine refugees have access to life-saving health care services in three Health Centres in the Gaza Strip. Additionally, Germany will support the early recovery of Palestine refugees in Gaza affected by the latest round of hostilities through a EUR 6 million contribution, by providing financial assistance for the reconstruction of approximately 150 destroyed shelters and by supporting 50 families in meeting their urgent psycho-social relief needs. Mr. Oliver Owcza, Head of the German Representative Office in Ramallah, welcomed these agreements as essential assistance to Palestine refugees in Gaza and the West Bank following a particularly challenging year, especially in light of the instability caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the May 2021 hostilities. He thanked UNRWA for its work under likewise difficult conditions and added: “Supporting the provision of primary health care for people in need and of quality, inclusive education for Palestine refugee children in Gaza and the West Bank are key priorities for the Government of Germany.”
UNRWA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL VISITS LEBANON AMIDST DETERIORATING LIVING CONDITIONS OF PALESTINE REFUGEES
The Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Mr. Phillippe Lazzarini, just ended a three-day visit in Lebanon where he met with UNRWA staff and refugees in Burj Barajneh camp in Beirut. Lazzarini’s visit comes amid an unprecedented economic and financial crisis that is plunging the country deep into poverty. These events have a profound impacts on Palestine refugees who are among the poorest segment of the society. For decades they have faced restrictions on access to the labour market and property ownership. “Refugees I met are utterly desperate and struggle to cover their basic needs,” said Lazzarini. “I met young graduates whose only hope for a better future is to emigrate. They know the prices of each migration route. I met parents who have nightmares about how they will afford to buy milk and diapers for their children the next day. The social fabric within the community is imploding, divorces are on the rise, as is gender-based violence. UNRWA staff are also encountering anger and resentment.” Today, I am raising the alarm and calling on the international community to ensure adequate support for UNRWA to ensure that those refugees continue receiving much needed assistance and have a dignified life,” he continued. At the UNRWA Yarmouk School in the camp, Lazzarini met with representatives of the school parliament, the school parents’ association and school staff. All talked about the difficult conditions and challenges children face to continue their education. Many are dropping out of schools as they cannot afford transportation or have to help their families make a living.
UNRWA CALLS FOR MAKING GOOD ON THE PROMISE MADE TO FUTURE GENERATIONS, INCLUDING PALESTINE REFUGEE CHILDREN, FOR FREEDOM AND EQUALITY
Ahead of International Human Rights Day, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) joins the wider UN system in commemorating this important day and calls for an end to inequalities and for the upholding of the human rights of Palestine refugees on an equal basis with others. Themed ‘All Human, All Equal’, this year’s Human Rights Day focuses on addressing inequalities, advancing human rights and rebuilding better, fairer, greener. This also applies to Palestine refugees, who face many barriers to the enjoyment of their human rights, some painfully visible, others invisible but equally inflicting pain and suffering. “2021 has been a particularly difficult year. Several layers of crises have continued to grip the region, from active conflict, tensions and political instability to the ongoing socio-economic impact of the pandemic. This has hit the most vulnerable and marginalized, in particular Palestine refugee children, women and men, the hardest,” the UNRWA Commissioner-General said. The increasing prevalence of negative coping strategies that Palestine refugees everywhere are forced to resort to in order to survive because they are unable to meet their basic needs is of extreme concern to UNRWA. This includes reports of missed meals, gender-based violence, and child marriage and child labour, exacerbated by the increased isolation of already vulnerable groups such as the elderly and persons with disabilities.
La situación de los derechos humanos en los Territorios Palestinos Ocupados es “desastrosa”: Bachelet
Es inaceptable que los derechos de los palestinos continúen violándose, dice la Alta Comisionada y agrega que esos atropellos socavan las perspectivas de paz y desarrollo de ese pueblo y de toda la región. “Sólo el fin de la ocupación puede traer una paz duradera”, asevera. La Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos afirmó este martes que la situación de los derechos humanos en los Territorios Palestinos Ocupados es "desastrosa", con graves infracciones que afectaron a unos cuatro millones de personas. En su informe al Comité de la ONU para el Ejercicio de los Derechos Inalienables del Pueblo Palestino, Michelle Bachelet señaló que esa condición devastadora socava las perspectivas de paz y desarrollo sostenible no sólo de los palestinos, sino también de Israel y la región. Bachelet consideró inaceptable que los derechos humanos sean violados sistemáticamente y sin que se perciba un final de esas atrocidades. Abusos en Gaza. Al hablar de Gaza, Bachelet recordó que en mayo pasado se registró la mayor escalada de hostilidades desde 2014, dejando como resultado 261 palestinos muertos, 130 de los cuales eran civiles y 67 más, niños. Con ese motivo, el Consejo de Derechos Humanos estableció una comisión de investigación internacional independiente. Su primer informe deberá presentarse en junio del próximo año. Bachelet señaló que la población de Gaza continúa sufriendo el bloqueo terrestre, marítimo y aéreo impuesto hace 15 años por Israel, con infraestructura vital derrumbándose y un sistema de alcantarillado en descomposición. “Las severas restricciones a la circulación y las obstrucciones al acceso de personas y bienes y servicios esenciales, incluida la atención médica especializada, generan un inmenso sufrimiento”, apuntó. Agregó que si bien los esfuerzos de reconstrucción y recuperación están en curso y se ha permitido gradualmente que algunos bienes ingresen a Gaza, el cese de hostilidades es frágil y las condiciones humanitarias “siguen siendo profundamente preocupantes”.
I am 53 years old. I lived in so many rental homes… until we finally bought this land and built this house.” Nadia may soon become homeless. She lives in Al Walaja, #westbank where Israeli authorities plan to demolish dozens of homes & structures.
On 30 March 2018 – Land Day – Palestinians in the Gaza Strip began to hold regular protests along the perimeter fence, demanding an end to the blockade Israel has imposed on the Strip since 2007 and fulfillment of the right of return. The protests, held mostly on Fridays with tens of thousands participating, including children, women and seniors, continued until the end of 2019. Israel was quick to frame the protests as illegitimate even before they began. It made various attempts to prevent the demonstrations and declared in advance it would violently disperse the protesters. The military deployed dozens of snipers along the fence, and various officials clarified that the open-fire regulations would permit lethal fire against anyone attempting to approach the fence or damage it. When Gaza residents went ahead with the demonstrations regardless, Israel made good on its threats and its open-fire regulations permitted use of live fire against unarmed protestors. As a result, 223 Palestinians, 46 of them under the age of 18, were killed and some 8,000 injured. The vast majority of the persons killed or injured were unarmed and posed no threat to the well-armored soldiers standing on the other side of the fence.
Along with his neighbours in the #MassaferYatta area of the #WestBank, his family has resisted attempts by the Israeli authorities to remove them from where they live. Now, their homes face imminent demolition.
UNRWA COMMISSIONER-GENERAL CALLS FOR SUPPORT TO PREVENT COLLAPSE OF THE AGENCY AT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING IN JORDAN
The Advisory Commission (AdCom) on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) met on 29-30 November in Amman amidst immense concern over the financial shortfall that the Agency is facing. The Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Mr. Philippe Lazzarini, engaged participants on the risks associated with the financial crisis that the Agency faces and its impact on its ability to maintain services to Palestine refugees. He urgently called on the Agency’s governing body to help him ensure that basic services to Palestine refugees continue in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, Gaza, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon.
Israel-Palestine: Risk of 'deadly escalation' in violence, without decisive action
Tor Wennesland told Council Members that “recent developments on the ground are worrying”, pointing out the situation in the West Bank and Gaza and the challenges faced by the Palestinian Authority. “I therefore emphasize again the importance of concerted efforts by the parties to calm things on the ground. I am concerned that if we do not act quickly and decisively, we risk plunging into another deadly escalation of violence”, he warned. He informed that, in the last month, violence resulted in the death of four Palestinians, including two children, and injuries to 90 others - including 12 children - due to action by Israeli Security Forces. One Israeli civilian was killed in the same period, and nine civilians, including one woman and one child, and six members of ISF were injured.
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November
In 1977, the General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that day, in 1947, the Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II)). In resolution 60/37 of 1 December 2005, the Assembly requested the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian Rights, as part of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November, to continue to organize an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights or a cultural event in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the UN. The resolution on the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People also encourages Member States to continue to give the widest support and publicity to the observance of the Day of Solidarity.
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November
Secretary-General's Message
On this International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory -- including East Jerusalem -- continues to pose a significant challenge to international peace and security. Persistent violations of the rights of Palestinians along with the expansion of settlements risk eroding the prospect of a two-State solution. As the international community strives to re-start Israeli – Palestinian dialogue, I am encouraged by recent engagements between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials. However, containing the situation is not sufficient. The overall goal remains two states living side-by-side in peace and security, fulfilling the legitimate national aspirations of both peoples, with borders based on the 1967 lines and Jerusalem as the capital of both states. I call on the parties to avoid unilateral steps that would undermine the chances for a peaceful resolution of the conflict based on international law and relevant United Nations resolutions. I further call on the parties to engage constructively to end the closure of Gaza and improve the living conditions of all Palestinians under occupation. I commend the generous donors who support UNRWA and call for Member States to provide timely and predictable funding to allow the Agency to conduct its vital work. Together, let us reaffirm our unwavering commitment to the Palestinian people in their quest to achieve their inalienable rights and build a future of peace, justice, security, and dignity for both Palestinians and Israelis.
Message from Ms Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO, on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November 2021
Each and every year, on this International Day, the international community reaffirms its solidarity with the Palestinian people in its hopes for a future imbued with peace and freedom. After more than one and a half years of the pandemic, the full import of that solidarity is clear to see. The health crisis has indeed compounded the existing difficulties of economic and social life for the Palestinian people, as characterized by very high rates of unemployment and poverty and the heightened risk of increased numbers of out-of-school children due to COVID-19. It is urgent, therefore, to reaffirm that solidarity so as not to be deprived of the resources of youth and their potential to foster mutual understanding and build peace. Such is the commitment that UNESCO has upheld in the field, with support of its Office in Ramallah, particularly in its actions in favour of education for Palestinian people. Our Organization, in the face of the pandemic, has joined forces with the Ministry of Education to ensure educational continuity through distance learning. It has also stepped in to support and monitor the children of Gaza and the West Bank with a view to stemming the risk of them dropping out of school. The diversity of such actions adds to the conviction, at the heart of our common action, that the Palestinian education system must be strengthened so as to enable more girls and young people from rural areas to have access to a quality education. That active solidarity with the Palestinian people is also reflected in UNESCO’s commitment to promoting and supporting both their culture and the people that produce it. The ongoing renovation of the Riwaya Museum in Bethlehem and the work under way to create a national film institute demonstrate our commitment to the promotion of cultural expressions and interactions and to fostering mutual understanding through culture. Designing inclusive quality education programmes, fostering intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding and protecting freedoms of expression, therefore, are what will enable Palestinian youth to equip themselves with the skills needed to meet present and future challenges.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE’S SENIOR BUREAU OFFICIAL FOR POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MIGRATION NANCY I. JACKSON INAUGURATES UNRWA SCHOOL IN AMMAN, JORDAN
Yesterday, Nancy Izzo Jackson, U.S. State Department Senior Bureau Official (SBO) for Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), inaugurated the UNRWA Zuhour School in Amman, Jordan. The school’s construction, overseen by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), was financed by contributions from the U.S. government and made possible by a land grant from the Jordanian government. SBO Jackson and UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini gave public statements along with the Officer-in-Charge of UNRWA Affairs in Jordan, Mr. Olaf Becker. SBO Jackson then participated in ribbon cutting and toured the school facility.
On hunger strike for 103 days, Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel is in serious health condition – PPS
A Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel, who has been on hunger strike for 103 days to protest his prolonged detention without charge or trial, is in serious health condition, today said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). He is one of three Palestinian administrative detainees in Israel on hunger strike demanding their freedom. PPS said Hisham Abu Hawwash, 39, from the southern West Bank city of Hebron, is being kept at Ramle prison clinic despite his deteriorating health condition after 103 days of fast, which was the reason he was not brought to the military court for a hearing on an appeal against extending his administrative detention. Hawwash, who is married and a father of five children, was served with three consecutive administrative detention terms since October of last year each for a period of six months and the latest was while he was on hunger strike but reduced from six to four months. He spent a total of eight years in prison during his lifetime for his resistance of the Israeli occupation.
GOVERNMENT OF CYPRUS SUPPORTS UNRWA WITH EUR 100,000 CONTRIBUTION
Today, the Government of Cyprus contributed EUR 100,000 to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in support of the Agency’s core programmes and services to Palestine refugees. The contribution was presented to UNRWA by the Representative of Cyprus to the State of Palestine Dr. Demetris Assos. Reiterating Cyprus' continued support for UNRWA services, Dr Assos stated: “On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus, I would like to express my appreciation for the remarkable and tireless efforts carried out by UNRWA. Cyprus will continue supporting the Agency’s indispensable activities in providing vital services and humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees. Traditionally our annual contribution to UNRWA is made through our Permanent Mission in New York, but this year we decided to make the donation here at the headquarter of UNRWA in Jerusalem in order to underscore the importance of supporting the mission of the Agency here in its actual field of operations.” Mr. Karim Amer, UNRWA Director of Partnerships, said: “This donation comes at a very important time and we are grateful for the support of the Government of Cyprus. Funding of our core programmes and services allows the Agency to support health and education professionals, as well as provide other vital functions to millions of Palestine refugees across the Middle East. On behalf of UNRWA, I would like to thank the Government of Cyprus for its continued funding to the Agency and its backing of Palestine refugees.”
GERMANY CONTRIBUTES EUR 25 MILLION IN SUPPORT OF PALESTINE REFUGEES IN GAZA AND LEBANON
Today, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the Government of Germany through KfW Development Bank signed agreements in support of Palestine refugees in Gaza and Lebanon, amounting to a total of EUR 25 million. The additional funding will build on previous German-supported efforts in the reconstruction of the Nahr el-Bared Camp in Lebanon after its destruction as the result of clashes in 2007 and where approximately 20,900 people are still expected to return to. The EUR 10 million contribution will enable approximately 192 families to return to 269 residential units. In addition, business owners will re-open their shops in 31 newly reconstructed retail units. In the Gaza strip, German support will provide vital sanitation support for around 244,000 Palestine refugees in seven densely populated camps who will benefit from improved environmental and living conditions as well as temporary employment. Through urgently needed rehabilitation and expansion of water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure, the project will contribute to improving access to safe and efficient WASH services at camp-level and help mitigate against public health risks, including the spread of diseases.
The Mansour family have cultivated little piece of heaven in rural Al Walaja (Bethlehem, West Bank), where they lived in bliss. Now, all of this may be destroyed, as the Israeli authorities plan to demolish this farmhouse along with dozens of other homes and structures in Al Walaja. Sahar and Talib Mansour, and their four children, found refuge during the COVID-19 lockdown on their farmland. Quarantined and home schooling, the family renovated the “wild jungle” of land overlooking a mountain of pine trees. They planted trees, built a simple road, and a small structure with a bathroom and sink. Here, the family spent time in bliss – cooking, planting, and BBQing in nature. But now, they along with dozens of other families in Al Walaja, they are at risk of demolition of their structures by the Israeli authorities.
Maisa, 37, denied access to treatment for lung cancer
Maisa is 37 years old and from Deir Al Balah refugee camp in the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip. She was diagnosed with lung cancer in July 2021. Since July, Maisa applied 3 times for a permit to reach An-Najah Hospital in the West Bank, to receive cancer treatments that are not available in the Gaza Strip. None of her applications has been approved, and she has still not been able to receive the treatment she needs. As a mother of 7, Maisa described how she likes to teach her children and support them with their homework. She said, “I like to tell my children stories and I love to help them with drawing and decorating their notebooks.” She also likes to write: “When I feel stressed, I write about my troubles but I never share my writing with others. I feel a relief after writing and then I throw away what I wrote.” In recent months, however, Maisa has had less energy to do the things she loves.
Protection of Civilians Report | 2-15 November 2021
Highlights from the reporting period. On 5 November, Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old Palestinian boy in Deir al Hatab village (Nablus). The killing occurred while Palestinian protesters threw stones at Israeli forces, who shot live ammunition and tear gas canisters. The Israeli military has reportedly opened an investigation. Overall in the West Bank, Israeli forces injured 190 Palestinians. Of those, 135 were wounded during protests against settlement activities near Beita (126) and Beit Dajan (9), in the Nablus governorate. Another 47 Palestinians were injured in clashes that took place in the vicinity of the DCO checkpoint (Ramallah). One Palestinian was injured during a search-and-arrest operation in At Tuwani (Hebron), and the remaining injuries occurred from clashes that erupted between Palestinians and Israeli forces in the Bethlehem and Hebron governorates. Overall, one Palestinian was injured by live ammunition and 27 by rubber bullets, seven were physically assaulted and the rest were treated for teargas inhalation. In addition to those injured directly by Israeli forces, 11 Palestinians were reportedly injured while running away from Israeli forces, or in circumstances that could not be verified, in Beita. A man was also injured by unexploded ordnance while collecting scrap metal in an Israeli-declared ‘closed military zone’ in the Bethlehem area. Israeli forces carried out 65 search-and-arrest operations and arrested 92 Palestinians across the West Bank. The highest number of operations was in Hebron, followed by Bethlehem. On at least four occasions, Israeli forces opened warning fire near Israel’s perimeter fence and off the coast of Gaza, ostensibly to enforce access restrictions. No injuries were reported. Israeli military bulldozers levelled land inside Gaza, near the perimeter fence east of Khan Younis. During the operation, seven dunums of fields planted with vegetables were damaged. In a separate incident, one man was arrested while reportedly trying to enter Israel through the perimeter fence. The Israeli authorities demolished, seized or forced Palestinians to demolish 49 Palestinian-owned structures for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, displacing 38 people and otherwise affecting the livelihoods or access to services of almost 400 others. Among the structures demolished in Area C, were a mosque, eight residential structures and 23 livelihood structures in 16 communities. Eight structures were demolished in East Jerusalem, including two homes demolished by their owners. Israeli settlers injured 20 Palestinians and five Israeli volunteers, and people known or believed to be Israeli settlers damaged or stole the harvest from dozens of olive trees. In Khallet Athaba’ (Hebron), settlers erected a tent, Palestinians threw stones at them, and some of the Israelis injured five Palestinians, including three with live ammunition; in the same incident, settlers set fire to a Palestinian tent and five Palestinian vehicles, including two ambulances. Eleven other Palestinians were injured by stones when settlers raided Burin and Burqa villages (Nablus) and the Ras al Amud neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, where several cars were also vandalized. Three shepherds, including two women, were physically assaulted in the Saadet Tha'lah area of Hebron. In Huwwara (Nablus), settlers physically assaulted another farmer while he was picking olives, injuring him, and killed three calves. Also, settlers threw stones at and injured five Israeli volunteers accompanying Palestinian olive pickers in Surif (Hebron). In Burin and the Ash Shuyukh area of Hebron, settlers reportedly vandalized about 120 olive trees and stole the harvest of dozens of others. In several incidents in Nablus and Hebron, settlers reportedly vandalized water wells and mobile tanks, surveillance cameras and a residential structure. In the H2 area of Hebron, a settler was stoned and injured by Palestinians, as settlers were harassing Palestinians.
Data on demolition and displacement in the West Bank
The figures below reflect the demolition of Palestinian-owned structures and the resulting displacement of people from their homes across the West Bank since 2009. Together with other policies and practices, the threat of destruction of homes and sources of livelihood contributes to the generation of a coercive environment pressuring people to leave their areas of residence. The figures presented here are based on visits that OCHA carries out as part of an initial assessment of people’s humanitarian needs. They are saved in a database that informs multiple agencies’ decisions on humanitarian assistance they provide, thereby allowing timely and targeted responses. Typically, demolitions are reflected in this page within 48 hours of the incident.
UN Agencies and the Association of International Development Agencies stand by civil society organisations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
The decision on 7 November of the Military Commander in the West Bank to declare by Military Orders the six Palestinian NGOs as unauthorized in the West Bank deepens the concern of the UN Agencies and the Association International Development Agencies (AIDA), working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). The decision is a further erosion of civic and humanitarian space and stands to significantly constrain the work of the six organisations which have worked with the international community, including the UN, for decades, providing essential services to countless Palestinians.
Khirbet Susiya, South Hebron Hills: Soldiers guard settlers invading playground
On the afternoon of 6 November 2021, dozens of settlers guarded by about 20 soldiers invaded the playground of the community of Khirbet Susiya in the South Hebron hills and chased away the children who were playing there. The settlers pried off the entrance gate to the playground, and some began roaming among the residents’ homes in front of soldiers who did nothing to stop the invasion. Only after an hour did the soldiers remove the settlers from the community.
In September, the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) issued 8,752 referrals to health care services delivered by non-MoH providers, 13% higher than the monthly average (7,768) for the first half of 2021. Referrals from the West Bank comprised 75% (6,572) of the total, including 1,088 referrals for patients from East Jerusalem, while the West Bank population comprises approximately 60% of the total population in the oPt. Referrals for the Gaza Strip accounted for 23% (2,050) of the total in September. The origin of 129 (1%) of referrals was not reported.
The Humanitarian Bulletin | Gaza after the May escalation - November 2021
This issue of the Humanitarian Bulletin tells the stories of everyday Gazan people struggling to live in the aftermath of the May 2021 hostilities, and offers insights into the impact of displacement, gender-based violence, mental health, environmental and health risks, and destruction of livelihoods.
West Bank demolitions and displacement | September 2021
HIGHLIGHTS. September recorded the fewest monthly demolitions and displacement since June 2017. However, 21 per cent more structures were demolished or seized in the first nine months of 2021 compared with the equivalent period in 2020; 28 per cent more people were displaced. No donated structures were demolished this month; however, there is an 96 per cent increase in the number of donated structures destroyed/ seized this year compared with 2020.
Israeli security forces fatally shoot ‘Omar Abu a-Nil (13) standing dozens of meters from Gaza perimeter fence during protest
The Gaza Strip. On Saturday, 21 August 2021, a demonstration was held near the perimeter fence east of Gaza city, marking the 52nd anniversary of the al-Aqsa Mosque arson attack. The barrier, which Israel has been expanding in recent years, is reportedly made of a concrete wall starting dozens of meters underground. Above ground, in that area, it consists of a concrete wall several meters high topped by a metal fence. During the demonstration, some of the protesters burned tires, threw stones, and hurled explosives at members of the Israeli security forces standing on the other side of the fence, who fired live ammunition, rubber-coated metal bullets, and tear gas canisters at them, injuring 41 protesters, including 22 minors, according to figures provided by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Two of the wounded died in the following days — Osama D'eij (31), a Hamas military wing operative from Jabalya Refugee Camp, died of his wounds on 25 August 2021, and ‘Omar Abu a-Nil (13) from Gaza City died of his wounds on 28 August 2021. Two days later, Bar’el Hadaria Shmueli (21), an Israeli Border Police officer from Be’er Yaakov who was shot during the demonstration by a Palestinian standing on the other side of the fence, died of his wounds. On the day of the demonstration, Abu a-Nil came to the area in the afternoon. At around 5:30 P.M., he went up to a distance of about 100 meters from the fence. While standing and watching the protest, he was hit by a live bullet in the neck. Abu a-Nil was taken by other protesters to an ambulance that took him to a-Shifaa Hospital, where he was treated until his death on 28 August 2021. Abu a-Nil is the 226th person killed in demonstrations near the Gaza perimeter fence since the March of Return protests began in March 2018, and the 48th minor. Israeli security forces' open-fire policy, which permits the use of live fire against protesters, the vast majority of whom are unarmed and who do not pose a risk to the well-protected forces on the other side of the fence, is unlawful and unjustified. Nevertheless, and despite the hundreds of people killed and thousands wounded by live fire, Israel continues to implement this lethal policy, which is likely to kill or injure many other Palestinian protesters.
Israel demolishes and confiscates pergola and structure intended as clinic at northern Jordan Valley school
On 25 October 2021, at around 3:30 P.M., Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and two crane trucks to a school in the community of Khirbet al-Malih (the Hamamat al-Malih area), near Tayasir in the northern Jordan Valley. The school, which was established about a year ago, has 45 students. The Civil Administration staff dismantled and confiscated a metal pergola that provided shade for playground facilities in the yard and two tin-and-wood rooms still under construction, that were intended to serve as a medical clinic for the students and area residents. The grounds given for the demolition were damage to antique relics.
A month after the settler attack: Israel confiscates tent in al-Mufaqarah and destroys dirt road and main pipeline of Masafer Yatta communities in South Hebron Hills
In the morning hours of Monday, 25 October 2021, Civil Administration officials accompanied by soldiers and Border Police officers, and equipped with bulldozers, arrived at the community of al-Mufaqarah in Masafer Yatta. The forces confiscated a tent set up by community residents to host people visiting the area as a show of solidarity following the settler attack on 28 September 2021. From there, the forces continued south and destroyed a dirt road leading from the community of Khirbet Khilet a-Dabe’ to the community of al-Fakhit. They also destroyed the main water line that ran alongside it, which serves most of the communities in Masafer Yatta. The acts of destruction yesterday, as well as the settler attack on al-Mufaqarah, are part of the state’s attempt to expel the residents of Masafer Yatta from their place of residence. As part of these attempts, the state forbids them to legally build their homes or connect to water and power grids, restricts their grazing land, and enables acts of settler violence in order to make their lives so unbearable that they will leave of their own volition (Video Filmed by ‘Eid Hazalin and Itai Feitelson).
UN experts condemn Israel’s designation of Palestine rights defenders as terrorist organisations
Human Rights. Independent UN human rights experts on Monday strongly condemned the decision by the Israeli Minister of Defence to designate six Palestinian human rights and civil society groups, as terrorist organisations. In a joint statement, the experts called the decision “a frontal attack on the Palestinian human rights movement, and on human rights everywhere.” “Silencing their voices is not what a democracy adhering to well-accepted human rights and humanitarian standards would do”, they add. Calling upon the international community to act, they argue that anti-terrorism legislation must never be used to unjustifiably undermine civil liberties. According to them, the UN Security Council, the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council have all “been clear” about this issue. “The misuse of counter-terrorism measures in this way by the government of Israel undermines the security of all,” the group of 17 experts said.
“I’m a photographer, so my work depends on my sight.”
Tamer is a 39-year-old photojournalist from Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip, working for the Associated Press (AP). His sight has been deteriorating since he was diagnosed with a congenital eye condition in 2017. Tamer has required extensive treatments and investigations, not all available in the Gaza Strip. Before May this year, Tamer had received permits from Israel to reach health care in Jordan and at Hadassah Ein Karim Hospital in Jerusalem. While in Jordan, he saw his mother for the first time in nearly 20 years. She is Palestinian and lives in Al-Lydd but has been unable to visit her family in Gaza because of having Israeli citizenship. “At Hadassah, they told me I would need surgery for my right eye as well, but it would only be possible after my left eye improved… I had smooth access to Hadassah up until May... After that, I lost four appointments. My last application for 1 August was not approved in time for my appointment.”
Fears grow for the lives of 5 Palestinians on hunger strike in Israeli prisons
Human Rights. Israel has been urged to either release or charge five Palestinian prisoners currently on hunger strike in Israeli prisons. Grave concerns have been expressed for the lives of the prisoners by UN independent rights experts, who on Thursday, called on the Israeli Government to completely end the “unlawful practice “ of administrative detention. ‘Classified secret information’. They are being held on the basis of “classified secret information” that the detainees cannot access or challenge, and they do not know “when, or if, they are going to be released”, according to the Human Rights Council-appointed experts. According to them, the five hunger strikers, all men in their twenties and thirties, have been refusing food for between 58 and 99 days to protest being held in administrative detention for months or even years at a time. The rights experts highlighted the cases of two of the men, Kayed Al-Fasous and Miqdad Al-Qawasameh, who are said to be in imminent danger of death. Mr. Al-Fasous who was reportedly held in harsh conditions in solitary confinement, and is now in Barzelai hospital. Mr. Al Qawasameh was transferred to Kaplan Hospital after his health deteriorated. He has been in intensive care there since 19 October. On 7 October and 14 October, the Israeli High Court of Justice suspended their administrative detention orders. However, the rights experts pointed out that they decided to continue with their strike despite their very frail condition, because the suspension does not mean their release. Two other men, Alaa Al-Araj, and Hisham Ismail Abu Hawash, were transferred on 19 October to Israeli hospitals after their health detoriated. The fifth, Mr. Shadi Abu Aka is currently in a prison clinic.
Highlights. New COVID-19 infections appear to be slowing down across the oPt particularly in the West Bank, while over three quarters of all active cases remaining in Gaza. Positivity in the oPt continues to decline reaching 11.69%. Slight increase in Rt however it remains under 1. WHO preparedness, readiness and response. WHO continues to work closely with partners to support Ministry of Health’s (MoH) efforts to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak. Coordination, planning and monitoring. The state of emergency over COVID-19 decreed by President Mahmoud Abbas continues in place. Implementation of third 'booster’ dose to medical staff and priority groups such as elderly and sick. Surveillance. Amidst the fourth COVID-19 wave in the West Bank and the third wave in the Gaza Strip, the overall number of active cases is declining to11,527 COVID-19 cases detected across the oPt. Infections in the Gaza Strip still account for most of all cases, at 81.7%. In the West Bank, numbers of cases are slowing down, and are now at 2,105. Positivity dropped to 4.98 % from 7.31% a fortnight ago. The overall Case Fatality Rate (CFR) across oPt remains at 1%. The CFR is the proportion of deaths among identified confirmed cases.
Israel demolishes two homes under construction south of Hebron and a road in the northern Jordan Valley
On Monday morning, 18 October 2021, Civil Administration personnel arrived with a military and Border Police escort, and a bulldozer at the village of a-Sikkah, south of Beit ‘Awwa, and demolished a home under construction intended to house a family of six, including four minors. The house was erected near the Separation Barrier. From there, the forces continued to the Halhul area, where they demolished a two-story house under construction by the power of Military Order 1797. That morning, Civil Administration personnel came with a military escort and bulldozers to the village of Tayasir in the northern Jordan Valley, where they demolished an 800-meter section of road paved by the Tayasir Regional Council about three months ago which connects Taysir to the village of al-‘Aqabah.
Build consensus or face ‘increasingly desperate reality’, warns Middle East envoy
Peace and Security. Political stagnation is “fuelling tensions, instability and a deepening sense of hopelessness”, the top UN official working towards peace in the Middle East warned the Security Council on Tuesday. “We should have no illusions about the current state of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”, Special Coordinator Tor Wennesland said, describing a situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) that continues to deteriorate, with no progress towards a two-State solution. Cycle of violence. He painted a picture of an “increasingly desperate reality” shaped by extremists and unilateral actions on all sides, that threaten to heighten risks for Palestinians, Israelis and the entire region. “Israeli and Palestinian civilians are suffering and paying a steep price for the persistence of the conflict, including the protracted occupation”, said Mr. Wennesland. Meanwhile, settlement activity, evictions, Palestinian property seizures and movement restrictions, “further feed the cycle of violence” as Israeli civilians continue to be killed and injured in Palestinian attacks. The UN envoy described “nightly clashes” between Israeli and Palestinian citizens, and underscored that all perpetrators of violence must be “held accountable and swiftly brought to justice”.
A PALESTINE REFUGEE FAMILY IN THE GRIPS OF LEBANON’S ECONOMIC MELTDOWN
"I lost my seven-month-old baby girl because she had a heart condition It was difficult to afford to follow up with a specialist due to our extreme financial situation.” These are the words of Fadia Taha (49), a grieving mother who is caught in the grips of Lebanon’s worst economic crisis in generations, where currency devaluation, rising inflation and fuel and electricity shortages are impacting the safety and wellbeing of all its inhabitants, including more about 210,000 Palestine refugees from Lebanon (PRL) and Palestine refugees from Syria (PRS). The crises that have accumulated since 2019 have affected all segments of society, contributing to rising unemployment and food insecurity. Today, an estimated 73 per cent of individuals, nearly three quarters of the Palestine refugee population, live below the poverty line. Fadia herself is a Palestine refugee from Lebanon who lives in the Beddawi refugee camp with her family of four. Her two children Qamar and Mousa live with a disability and she herself is hearing impaired. She also suffers from diabetes, for which she regularly receives medications from the UNRWA health centre in her camp. Her husband Mounir lost his daily-paid job in a scrap yard due to fuel and electricity shortages. He was also at risk of contracting hepatitis or the life-threatening COVID-19 virus. “He was not able to see what he was touching in the trash bin due to the complete electricity outage,” says Fadia. The rising prevalence of COVID-19 cases in Lebanon has led to a further loss of livelihoods amongst the Palestine refugee community, the members of which are already deprived of basic social and economic rights due to their civil status. A February 2021 study showed Palestine refugees, many of whom live in densely populated camps and experience poor baseline health, were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic, with Palestine refugees in Lebanon three times more likely to die of the coronavirus.
Response to the escalation in the oPt | Situation Report No. 10 (September 2021)
Situation overview. Gaza Strip. The May 2021 ceasefire continues to largely hold, with the protests near the perimeter fence around Gaza, which began in August, suspended since 2 September. A Palestinian man was killed by Israeli gunfire near the fence on 1 September, bringing to three the number of Palestinians killed in the protests overall, with over 130 injured; an Israeli soldier was also fatally injured by Palestinian gunfire. Between 10 and 13 September, Palestinian armed groups launched four rockets from Gaza towards southern Israel, which were intercepted, causing some light injuries in Israel. Israeli forces struck positions reportedly belong to armed groups and open fields, causing damage to a house, a farm, and the armed groups’ positions. On other occasions, Palestinian armed groups launched incendiary balloons reportedly sparking three fires in Israel. One Palestinian in Gaza was also shot and killed by Israeli forces on 30 September in the Deir al Balah area, while reportedly hunting birds near the Israeli perimeter fence around Gaza. According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), during the escalation in Gaza in May, 261 Palestinians were killed, including 67 children. It has been assessed that 130 of the fatalities were civilians and 64 were members of armed groups, while the status of the remaining 67 has not been determined. Over 2,210 Palestinians were injured during the hostilities, including 685 children and 480 women, some of whom may suffer a long-term disability requiring rehabilitation. Thirteen people in Israel, including one soldier, were killed by Palestinian rocket fire. At the height of the escalation, 113,000 IDPs sought shelter and protection at UNRWA schools or with hosting families. According to the Shelter Cluster, there are still about 8,250 IDPs, primarily those whose houses were destroyed or so severely damaged as to be uninhabitable.
Las estrellas emergentes de Gaza dan rienda suelta a su potencial artístico a través del teatro
La UNESCO empodera a los jóvenes de Gaza a través del Fondo Internacional para la Diversidad Cultural (FIDC). La sala es amplia, repleta de luz solar que entra por las amplias ventanas de cristal. Varias personas de pie, separadas unos metros entre sí, declaman en las elegantes vibraciones del árabe estándar. Siseos y silbidos, vocales largas y cortas se entremezclan y producen poderosos mensajes líricos. Los sonidos melódicos se funden con los perezosos rayos de sol, como los actores y actrices de teatro se funden con los personajes que interpretan. Los propios hablantes del árabe se refieren a su lengua como la más elocuente de todas. Y, precisamente, la elocuencia es una de las habilidades clave en la interpretación teatral.
Protection of Civilians Report | 21 September - 4 October 2021
Highlights from the reporting period. Israeli forces shot and killed six Palestinians, including a boy, in incidents of exchange of fire in the West Bank. All but one of the Palestinians killed in these incidents were taking part in shooting. On 26 September, three Palestinians were killed in Beit ‘Anan village (Jerusalem) and two others (including a 16-year-old child) in Birqin village (Jenin), during exchanges of fire between Palestinians and Israeli forces. The incidents occurred in the context of Israeli search-and-arrest operations in the two villages. Seven Palestinians were injured in Beit ‘Anan and Birqin, and according to media reports, two Israeli soldiers were wounded by ‘friendly fire’ in the latter village. Also in Birqin on 30 September, a Palestinian was killed in an exchange of fire in another search-and-arrest operation. Israeli forces shot and killed another three Palestinians, including a woman, in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. On 24 September, a Palestinian protester was shot and killed during the ongoing protests in Beita village (Nablus) against the establishment of a settlement outpost. On 30 September, Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian woman, aged 30, alleging that she had tried to stab Israeli police officers, at one of the gates leading to the Al Aqsa Mosque/Temple Mount compound in the old city of Jerusalem; no Israeli injury was reported. One Palestinian in Gaza was shot and killed by Israeli forces on 30 September in the Deir al Balah area, while reportedly hunting birds near the Israeli fence around Gaza. Overall, Israeli forces injured 328 Palestinians across the West Bank. Of them, 217 were hit during protests against settlement activities in the Nablus governorate, near Beita (117), Beit Dajan (73) and Deir al Hatab (27). Another 59 Palestinians, as well as two Israeli soldiers, were injured when Israeli civilians accompanied by Israeli forces entered Nablus to pray at Joseph’s Tomb, during which Palestinians threw stones and home-made explosives, and Israeli forces shot teargas canisters and rubber bullets. Twenty other Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces in Umm Fagarah (see below). Overall, eight of the wounded Palestinians were shot with live ammunition, 47 were hit by rubber bullets, three were physically assaulted or hit by teargas canisters, and the rest were treated for teargas inhalation. In addition to those injured directly by Israeli forces, 15 Palestinians were reportedly injured while running away from Israeli forces or in circumstances that could not be verified. Twenty-nine Palestinians, including a young child, were injured by Israeli forces or settlers in Umm Fagarah (Hebron). On 28 September, Israeli settlers injured nine Palestinians in this Palestinian community, which is in an Israeli-declared ‘firing zone’. One of those injured, a three-year-old boy, was hit by a stone in his head while in his bed, and was taken to an Israeli hospital. The remaining 20 injured Palestinians were treated for inhaling teargas. Israeli settlers also killed five sheep and damaged ten homes, 14 vehicles and several solar panels and water tanks. During the incident, Palestinians threw stones and Israeli forces fired teargas canisters and arrested three Palestinians who were released later that night. Israeli police have arrested six settlers in connection with the incident, two of whom remain in detention.
Health Access. Barriers for patients in the occupied Palestinian territory
Over a third of Gaza patient permit applications not approved by Israel in time to reach hospital appointments. Everyone should have access to the health care they need.
West Bank demolitions and displacement | August 2021
HIGHLIGHTS. August recorded the third-highest monthly number of structures demolished or seized so far in 2021. 38 per cent more structures were demolished or seized in the first eight months of 2021 compared with the equivalent period in 2020; 57 per centmore people were displaced. 80 per cent of Area C displacement in August was in the Jordan Valley. 100 Palestinians were forcibly displaced in East Jerusalem in August alone, representing 46 per cent of the total number of Palestinians displaced in East Jerusalem this year.
SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON THE SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, REPORTING ON UNSCR 2334 (AS DELIVERED BY UN SPECIAL COORDINATOR WENNESLAND)
Security Council resolution 2334 (2016) calls on Israel to “immediately and completely cease all settlement activity in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem” and to “fully respect all of its legal obligations in this regard.” During the reporting period, there were no new settlement housing plans advanced, approved or tendered. On 2 July, some 50 Israeli settler families left the settlement outpost of Evyatar, illegal also under Israeli law, following an agreement with the Israeli Government that the Israeli military would re-establish a presence at the site and a land survey would be conducted to determine land status. Demolitions and seizures of Palestinian-owned structures continued across the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Citing the absence of Israeli-issued building permits, which are almost impossible for Palestinians to obtain, 302 structures were demolished or seized by Israeli authorities or demolished by their owners to avoid heavy Israeli demolition fees. These actions displaced 433 people, including 251 children and 102 women.
Presenting the Secretary-General’s report on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said he was “deeply concerned by the continued demolitions and seizures of Palestinian-owned structures” and urged Israel “to cease demolitions and evictions, in line with its obligations under international humanitarian law.” UNIFEED
Re-Energized International Efforts Needed to End Occupation of Palestinian Territory, Attain Two-State Solution, Special Envoy Tells Security Council
International efforts to establish a political horizon that can end the occupation of Palestinian territory and achieve a two-State solution must be re-energized, the Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process said today, as Security Council members took stock of developments following the formation of a new Government in Israel in June. Tor Wennesland, presenting the Secretary-General’s latest report on implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), which called on Israel to cease all settlement activity in Palestinian lands, said recent engagement between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials ‑ including a meeting in August between Defence Minister Benny Gantz and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas ‑ is encouraging. However, efforts must continue to address the ever-worrying situation on the ground, including reversing negative trends in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and stabilizing the fragile situation in Gaza, he told the Council in a briefing delivered via video-teleconference. “I once again urge Israelis, Palestinians, regional States and the broader international community to take practical steps that will enable the parties to re-engage on the path to peace,” he said, adding that he will continue to engage with the Middle East Quartet, key regional partners and Israeli and Palestinian leaders in that regard. He reported that during the 12 June to 27 September period covered in the Secretary-General’s report, no new Israeli settlement housing plans were advanced or approved. However, the seizure and demolition of Palestinian-owned structures continued in the West Bank, while daily violence left 24 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier dead.
Top UN envoy 'encouraged’ by recent engagement of Israeli and Palestinian officials
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Wednesday that he was “encouraged” by the recent engagement of senior Israeli and Palestinian officials. But Tor Wennesland also asked for a greater effort by the international community to address the “worrying situation on the ground”, including negative trends in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and fragile conditions inside the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. “We must re-energize efforts now to establish a legitimate political horizon that will end the occupation in line with relevant United Nations resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements in pursuit of achieving the vision of two States,” the Special Coordinator said. Mr. Wennesland was presenting his briefing on the implementation of Security Council resolution 2334 (2016), covering the period from 12 June to 27 September.
Remarks at a UN Security Council Briefing on the Situation in the Middle East
Thank you, Madam President. And thank you Special Coordinator for your briefing today. And my thanks, as well, to Ms. Rothbart and Ms. Farsakh for your powerful statements. They were heard. Thank you very much. I think what’s clear is that while present circumstances are both difficult and concerning, there are steps that we can take to improve lives – in concrete and practical ways – of the Israeli and Palestinian people now. We can help today while also preserving the possibility of a negotiated two-state solution when the time is ripe. Of the urgent needs, we assess that we must focus our attention and our resources now on supporting the livelihoods of the most vulnerable in Gaza. The United States wants to again express its thanks to Qatar for its financial assistance to Palestinians in Gaza. We welcome the commencement of the stipend disbursements and we hope that this stable income will help families meet their daily needs. To facilitate recovery, the United States calls for regular, predictable, and sustained access to Gaza for humanitarian actors.
One Palestinian was shot and killed and two others were wounded while stabbing or attempting to stab Israeli forces or civilians. On 10 September, a 50-year-old Palestinian tried to stab an Israeli policeman in the Old City of Jerusalem, and was shot by Israeli forces; he succumbed to his wounds later that day. On 13 September, a 17-year-old Palestinian boy stabbed two Israeli civilians in West Jerusalem and was then shot by an Israeli policeman and admitted to hospital in a critical condition. That same day, another Palestinian, aged 27, tried to stab an Israeli soldier at the Gush Etzion junction (Bethlehem) and was shot and arrested by Israeli forces. Overall, Israeli forces injured 568 Palestinians, including 73 children, across the West Bank. Of those, 320 were injured during ongoing protests against settlement activities in the Nablus governorate, including near the villages of Beita (290 people) and in Beit Dajan (30). Another 183 Palestinians were injured in protests held in solidarity with the six Palestinians who had escaped from an Israeli prison on 6 September (all have since been recaptured). The remaining injuries were recorded in the Hebron governorate, in incidents where Palestinians threw stones and Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters, rubber bullets and live ammunition. Overall, six of the wounded Palestinians were shot with live ammunition, 138 were hit by rubber bullets, three were physically assaulted or hit by a tear gas canister, and the rest were treated for tear gas inhalation. In addition to the 568 people who were injured directly by Israeli forces, 46 Palestinians were injured either while running away from Israeli forces or in circumstances that could not be verified in Beita and Nablus city. Of the abovementioned injuries, over 55 pupils and teachers were teargassed by Israeli forces in six schools. In the H2 area of Hebron city, Palestinian students reportedly threw stones at Israeli forces and the latter shot tear gas canisters at a nearby school compound; six students and 46 teachers were treated for tear gas inhalation and the three schools were evacuated due to the intensity of the gas. In another incident where clashes were reported in Anata town (Jerusalem), Israeli forces also fired tear gas canisters into the yards of one school; two girls and one teacher were taken to hospital, and classes were suspended for the remainder of the day, affecting over 500 pupils.
LUXEMBOURG AND UNRWA SIGN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, INCLUDING EUR 12.3 MILLION FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES
Today, the Government of Luxembourg signed a multi-year Strategic Partnership Agreement with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). Under the 2022-24 Strategic Partnership Framework, Luxembourg will contribute EUR 12.3 million assistance in support of the Agency’s operations over a three-year period. Luxembourg’s donation will help UNRWA continue to provide critical support, including education and healthcare services, to Palestine refugees across the Agency’s five fields of operations. In response to the signing, Luxembourg Minister for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Mr. Franz Fayot, remarked: “I am very happy to announce that the Government of Luxembourg has decided to renew its strategic partnership in support of the Agency’s work during the period 2022-2024. This strategic partnership represents our determined commitment and solidarity to Palestine refugees at a time when the Middle East continues to experience serious humanitarian crisis, including the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Palestinian-Israeli Joint Poll on Sources of Mutual Distrust: Mutual Palestinian-Israeli distrust, found at the core of peace failure, is generated by socio-psychological forces heightened by daily life hardships, exposure to violence, and widespread negative perceptions about the other side’s educational system
Palestinian and Israeli public support for peace stands at the lowest point since the beginning of the peace process 28 years ago. Just completed joint Palestinian-Israeli research reveals an unequivocal finding: extremely low level of mutual trust among the two publics is the most important explanation for the declining support of the peace process. The joint research sought to map out the sources of distrust and recommend policy measures to address the problem of the continually declining mutual trust. The research was conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research (PSR) and the Macro Center for Political Economics during the past three years with funding from the European Union (EU). One of the surveys conducted for the project was funded by the Netherland Representative Office in Ramallah and the Japan Representative Office to Palestine through the UNDP/PAPP. The joint research relied on surveys conducted in the second half of 2020 among representative samples of the two publics, survey experiments among those hardest-hit by the prolonged conflict and military occupation, educational and classroom experiments among students, all complemented with more than a dozen focus groups with students and those paying the highest cost of the conflict. The research was supplemented by case studies, review of textbook, the development of “objective” textbook passages, and a review of the recent history of peace education in Europe and elsewhere. The report on the historical review focused on the lessons learned from previous international examples and was discussed in a workshop for Palestinian, Israeli, and international professionals who spent years exploring this sensitive topic. The Joint polls were conducted between August and November 2020 among representative samples of the two publics. Survey research experiments were conducted in January and February 2021 with focus groups soon after. A poll in the Palestinian-Israeli Pulse series, was conducted in August 2020 among a Palestinian sample of 1200 adults interviewed face-to-face in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in 120 randomly selected locations and the margin of error is +/-3%. The Israeli sample included 900 adult Israelis interviewed through the internet by Midgam in Hebrew and Arabic The margin of error is +/-3.34%. The joint poll on trust and the peace process was conducted among a Palestinian sample size of 1560 adults, including 592 youth, interviewed face-to-face in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza Strip in 120 randomly selected locations. The margin of error is +/-3%. The Israeli sample included 1201 adults, of which 272 were youth, interviewed through the internet by Rafi Smith in Hebrew and Arabic. The combined Israeli and Palestinian data files have been reweighted to reflect the exact proportionate size of the various groups and ages in the Palestinian and Israeli societies, and to reflect, for Israeli Jews, current demographic and religious-secular divisions. The margin of error for the Israeli poll is +/-3.34%. Our survey research and experiments among the general public, residents of hard-hit areas, and students indicate the following (for project reports and documents, visit PSR and Macro’s websites): The contexts of the two societies, the Israeli and the Palestinian, are very different, leading to different results. The findings of the Israeli surveys show that trust is mostly determined by the psychological repertoire of beliefs, attitudes and emotions that are imparted and shaped in the political, educational and social culture that can be viewed as a culture of conflict. Israelis are less affected by the difficulties of daily life and violent events because their lives take place in a very different context and they lead routinized life – a normal life in the conflict. Findings among the Palestinians show a correlation between the widespread mutual distrust on the one hand and the daily life hardships, exposure to violence, and negative perceptions of the educational system on the other side on the other hand. The research unveils other roots of distrust: socio-psychological variables representing the repertoire that both side are carrying, such as ethos of conflict and negative stereotyping relating to historic experiences and narratives. These variables indicate that the less a person adheres to ethos of conflict and the less negative stereotypes he or she holds regarding Palestinians or Israeli Jews, the more he/she finds the other side worthy of trust and therefore supports the peace process. The youth are more likely to hold hardline views, to indicate less trust, and to adhere to beliefs of ethos of conflict and hold stronger negative stereotype of the other. When linking support for peace with trust level, strong positive correlation emerges: the higher the trust, the higher the support for peace and the lower the trust, the lower the support for peace. Here is an example from our August 2020 joint poll: Palestinian support for the two-state solution stood at 60% among those who trust Israeli Jews and only 41% among those who distrust them; Israeli equivalent stood at 81% among those who trust Palestinians and only 34% among those who distrust them. A dozen Educational and classroom experiments indicated that students are more likely to trust the other side and to have a more positive attitude toward peace when the classroom text presented by the teachers were “objective” or presented the other side in a positive light. Six survey research experiments found residents in areas of great hardships are more likely to distrust the other and to oppose the peace process. A dozen focus groups among students and residents of areas of great hardships confirmed the project findings and helped to articulate the link between trust and peace and the role played by the sources of distrust. Recommendations: It goes without saying that only the ending of occupation and the building of permanent peace can bring about a real restoration of trust and begin the process of reconciliation. Yet as our research demonstrates, progress toward peace is linked to the restoration of trust and hope. A major societal change is needed to change the state of mind that is supporting distrust. It should be accompanied by change in the information provided by leaders, mass-media, schools, ceremonies, memorial days, the imparted collective memory and existing dominant political ideologies. Additional interim measures are needed: change the reality on the ground, stop incitements and minimize negative language and phrasing, increase contact between People, deliberately use mass media to inform and enlighten, use the school system with the goal of changing the collective psychological repertoire of society; and encourage joint projects in less sensitive areas such as health, science, and agriculture.
On 6 September, six Palestinians escaped from an Israeli prison. Since then, the Israeli authorities have arrested some of their relatives, cancelled family visits and moved other Palestinian inmates between facilities. Across the West Bank, Palestinians have demonstrated in solidarity with prisoners and their families, leading to clashes with Israeli forces, with some injuries reported. Highlights from the reporting period. In the West Bank, Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, including a boy. During a nighttime operation on 24 August, in the Balata refugee camp (Nablus), Israeli forces shot and killed a 15-year-old boy who, they say, tried to throw an object at the soldiers. Local sources say that he was an uninvolved bystander. On 2 September, a 39-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed near a Barrier gate leading to Beit ‘Ur at Tahta village (Ramallah), while on his way back from work in Israel. The Israeli military said that the soldiers shot a ‘suspect’ who had tried to start a fire on the highway, and that it was investigating the incident. Fifty-seven Palestinians, including 12 children, have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank this year, all by live ammunition. At the Israeli perimeter fence around the Gaza Strip, Israeli forces shot and killed one Palestinian and injured over 70 others; two additional Palestinians died of wounds that were sustained in similar circumstances before the reporting period, and so did an Israeli soldier who had been shot by a Palestinian gunman on 21 August. On multiple occasions, Palestinian protesters reportedly set off explosives or fireworks and hurled stones and other objects towards the fence; and Israeli forces shot live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets and tear gas canisters. Overall, Israeli forces injured 288 Palestinians across the West Bank. The vast majority (273) of the verified injuries were in ongoing protests against settlement activities near Beita village (Nablus). Four additional people were injured during search-and-arrest operations in the Jenin, Nablus and Bethlehem governorates, including two boys, and the remaining were injured in other incidents. Of those injured, six Palestinians were shot with live ammunition, 44 with rubber bullets, and the rest were treated for tear gas inhalation or physical assault. An Israeli soldier was injured in a search-and-arrest operation in Abu Dis town (Jerusalem). In addition to the 288 injured directly by Israeli forces, 47 were injured in Beita, either while running away from Israeli forces or in circumstances that could not be verified. Israeli forces carried out 118 search-and-arrest operations and arrested 134 Palestinians across the West Bank. Most of the operations took place in the Jerusalem and Hebron governorates. On 1 September, Israeli forces raided a school in the Wadi Al Joz neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, detained the school principal and an employee, and seized a number of computers and files.
Highlights. Active cases of COVID-19 infections continue to rise across the oPt, with the significant majority still occurring in Gaza (60%) where deaths have trebled in one week. A dedicated vaccination drive in the Gaza Strip has seen more vaccine uptake in the last two weeks than in the entire six-month period before that when vaccinations first started. COVAX delivered yet more vaccines to oPt in the month of August: 500,000 Moderna and 100,000 Pfizer, bringing the total number of vaccines in oPt to just under three million.
In just one week, #Gaza's health authorities vaccinated more people than in the entire year and a half before that. @WHOoPt provided medicine, testing kits, training and equipment to make that possible.
From border protests to #COVID19 & back to border protests, @WHOoPt has helped Gaza’s medics prepare for every major emergency since 2018. Thanks to our donors, Gaza’s trauma system can respond fast & efficiently.
Response to the escalation in the oPt | Situation Report No. 9 (August 2021)
Situation overview. Gaza Strip. Tension has increased between Palestinian armed groups and Israel during the reporting period. On 16 August, armed groups launched two rockets from Gaza towards southern Israel, the first since the end of May. The launching of incendiary balloons by armed groups in Gaza has also increased, sparking fires in Israel. On 21 August, perimeter fence around Gaza. This has been followed by another demonstration on 23 August and the resumption of night protests near the fence. A 31-year-old man and a 12-year-old child were killed by Israeli gunfire and over According to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), during the escalation in Gaza in May, 260 Palestinians were killed, including 66 children. It has been assessed that 129 of the fatalities were civilians and 64 were members of armed groups, while the status of the remaining 67 has not been determined. Over 2,200 Palestinians were injured during the hostilities, including 685 children and 480 women, some of whom may suffer a long-term disability requiring rehabilitation.
Staggering health needs emerge in the occupied Palestinian territory in the wake of recent escalations
Cairo, 1 June 2021 – As the ceasefire in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) holds, WHO is scaling up its response to provide health aid for almost 200 000 people in need. WHO has so far provided essential medicines to support trauma care and ambulance services for more than 2000 injured beneficiaries in the Gaza Strip, and 10 triage and treatment tents by WHO have been set up outside 6 Ministry of Health emergency departments, also in the Gaza Strip. “The situation is volatile. WHO remains concerned about the situation in oPt and calls for unhindered access for humanitarian and development-related essential supplies and staff into Gaza and the referral of patients out of Gaza whenever needed,” said Dr Rik Peeperkorn, WHO Representative in oPt.
Protection of Civilians Report | 10 – 23 August 2021
Highlights from the reporting period. In the West Bank, five Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during search-and-arrest operations. During a nighttime operation in the Jenin refugee camp on 15 August, Israeli forces shot and killed four Palestinians, aged between 19 and 21. A fifth Palestinian sustained serious wounds. During the operation, there was an armed clash between Palestinians and an Israeli undercover unit, who entered the camp to arrest a Palestinian, reportedly affiliated with Hamas. Another Palestinian, aged 25, died on 11 August of wounds he sustained during another search-and-arrest operation in Jenin city on 3 August. Fifty-five (55) Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank this year, all by live ammunition.
Data on demolition and displacement in the West Bank
The figures below reflect the demolition of Palestinian-owned structures and the resulting displacement of people from their homes across the West Bank since 2009. Together with other policies and practices, the threat of destruction of homes and sources of livelihood contributes to the generation of a coercive environment pressuring people to leave their areas of residence.
UNRWA IS DEEPLY SADDENED BY THE KILLING OF OF THE STUDENT AT BALATA BOYS SCHOOL, IMAD SALEH HASHASH
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is deeply saddened by the killing of 15-year-old Imad Saleh Khaled Hashash from Balata refugee camp, in the occupied West Bank, during the clashes that followed an arrest operation carried out by Israeli Security Forces (ISF) in the camp yesterday. According to initial reports, Imad, a ninth-grade student at the UNRWA Balata Boys’ School 1, was standing on the roof of his home when he was shot in the head with live ammunition. He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital. The ISF say Imad was shot in retaliation for throwing an object at soldiers. UNRWA calls on the ISF to exercise restraint in their use of force and to minimize causalities. Imad’s killing adds to the ever-growing number of Palestinians killed by the Israeli forces. In 2021 alone, the ISF have killed 59 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including 22 refugees and 13 children. Some 984 Palestinians have been injured by live fire since the beginning of the year.
SAFETY FIRST: UNMASS CONDUCTS EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR AWARENESS SESSIONS WITH PALESTINE REFUGEE STUDENTS IN GAZA
As part of UNRWA efforts to enhance the physical and psychological wellbeing of children in Gaza, particularly after the recent military escalation in May, the Agency, in collaboration with UNMASS, delivered a series of awareness sessions about remnants of war. Taking place during Keeping Kids Cool (KKC) summer camps, the sessions aimed to mitigate the risk of hazardous remnants of war and enhance community safety.
LEBANON: UNRWA CALLS FOR SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES, AMONGST THE MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES IN THE COUNTRY
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is extremely alarmed by the rapid deterioration of the situation in Lebanon and its effects on Palestine refugees. Between the economic and financial meltdown, COVID-19, the disastrous impact of the Beirut Port explosion, and as the country plunges deeper into multiple crises, Palestine refugees, one of Lebanon’s most vulnerable communities, struggle ever harder to survive. The crises that have accumulated since 2019 have affected all segments of society in Lebanon, drastically impacting the access of refugees in general - and Palestine refugees in particular - to sources of livelihoods. The unprecedented depreciation of the local currency has slashed the purchasing power of Palestine refugees as prices continue to increase dramatically, with inflation surpassing 100 per cent. Poverty rates are soaring amongst vulnerable communities, including Palestine refugees.
Data on demolition and displacement in the West Bank
The figures below reflect the demolition of Palestinian-owned structures and the resulting displacement of people from their homes across the West Bank since 2009. Together with other policies and practices, the threat of destruction of homes and sources of livelihood contributes to the generation of a coercive environment pressuring people to leave their areas of residence. Click, tap or hover over charts to interact with data or click here for more breakdowns.
The attacks on our homes are almost daily… they broke the doors, assaulted young children and women. There is no law that protects me...the occupation’s law protects the settler. If I defend myself I get shot or arrested, So in the end, I’m alone.” Jamal Abu Sifan, #Hebron
UN experts condemn raid on West Bank NGO, urge Israel meaningfully probe child deaths
GENEVA (13 August 2021) – UN human rights experts* have called on the Government of Israel to immediately return confidential documents and office equipment that its military seized from the offices of Defense for Children International-Palestine (DCIP) in Al-Bireh, in the occupied West Bank. “We are deeply concerned by the Israeli military’s interference with the human rights work of a well-known and well-regarded NGO,” said the experts. Computers, hard drives, binders and other materials were taken from DCIP’s offices during a nighttime raid at the end of July. “The indispensable work of Palestinian, Israeli and international civil society organizations has provided a measure of much-needed ccountability in documenting and scrutinizing the dispiriting human rights trends in the occupied Palestinian territory,” the experts said. “In recent years, DCIP has critically and reliably reported on the patterns of arrests, maiming and killings of Palestinian children by the Israeli military in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and Gaza. The silencing or hindering of these activities violates the fundamental human rights of expression and association, which Israel has committed itself to uphold through its ratification of the two 1966 International Covenants.”
Khirbet Sarra is a small community south of Nablus that falls within Area C and is subject to restrictions on construction of residential structures as well as infrastructure. The fences of the Shvut Rachel outpost of the settlement of Shilo are only a few meters away from the people’s lands and houses. The most recent incident of settler violence in the community occurred on 7 Feb 2021. Israeli settlers from the outpost “Shvut Rachel” of “Shilo” settlement have reportedly attacked an olive farm south of Khirbet Sarra and uprooted ten olive saplings and partially damaged ten others. No prior-coordination is required for the targeted land which is only a few meters away from the settlement’s fence. A family of six is affected by this incident. “My name is Um Imad. I live in a village called Qaryut. My husband’s deceased. I have three sons and four daughters I plant olive trees. I inherited this land from my family. The Raheil settlement’s camera is right on my land; everywhere I go I’m constantly watched. I do feel fear but that doesn’t stop me from entering my land. I planted olive trees, but a while ago they cut a big tree of mine with a chainsaw. A few days later I came to visit the land and it was a rainy day. The land was empty. All the trees had been broken and cut.
Health Access. Barriers for patients in the occupied Palestinian territory
June referrals by the Ministry of Health. In June, the Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) issued 10,124 referrals to health care services delivered by non-MoH providers, 33% more than the monthly average (7,597) of the first quarter this year. Gaza patients’ referrals increased by 20% in June compared to the monthly average of first quarter of the year (1,689). Referrals from the West Bank comprised 79% (7,950) of the total, including 1,383 referrals for patients from East Jerusalem, while the West Bank population comprises approximately 60% of the total population in the oPt. The Gaza Strip makes up around 40% of the population in the oPt, while referrals from Gaza accounted for 20% (2,021) of the total in June. The origin of 147 (1%) of referrals was not reported, and 6 were for Palestinian patients in Jordan at the time of referal. Palestinian MoH referrals to hospitals in the West Bank, outside East Jerusalem, comprised less than half (47%) of all referrals in June; to East Jerusalem hospitals less than two-fifths (36%) of the total; to Israeli hospitals 5%; within the Gaza Strip 4% (a decrease from 8% in 2020); to Egypt 4%; and to Jordan 4% and 1 referral to Turkey. The top needed specialties for referrals were oncology (23%); urology & nephrology (11%); cardiac catheterization (6%); ophthalmology (6%); cardiology (5%); diagnostic and therapeutic procedures (4%); medical imaging (4%); and (3%) each for haematology, endoscopy, paediatrics and radiotherapy. The remaining 29% were for 21 other medical specialties. Referrals for patients under 18 years of age comprised 22% (2,269) of the total, while 28% (2,855) were for those aged 60 years or older. Referrals for female patients comprised 45% of the total.
Aref Jaber, a father and human rights activist in Hebron, wakes up every day knowing he may face attacks from Israeli setters. He inherited his land from his grandfather, but has endured 22 attacks by settlers, who have uprooted his olive trees, fired live rounds, and used pepper spray against him. Aref has dismantled everything settlers have tried to build, but he is constantly under the threat of losing his family land.
Barakat Mur’s family has been attacked by Israeli settlers four times since January 2020. They sleep in fear for their safety. Fearing for their safety, the women and girls of the family found a temporary living situation and are living apart from their loved ones.
All his life, Alaa has loved cycling. Alaa kept winning cycle competitions and being invited to international contests, but Israeli authorities would not grant him an exit permit to leave #Gaza. On 30 March 2018, Alaa’s life changed forever. He passed by the Great March of Return protest near the Gaza fence after a training session. As he stood there, a sniper from the Israeli forces shot him in the leg. Alaa was transferred to the hospital. After multiple operations, the doctors told him they needed to amputate his leg. Six months after the injury, he tried for the first time to ride his bike with just one leg, despite concern from his mother and friends. He succeeded.
The Daraghmeh house is consistently demolished, one piece at a time, from windows to doors, leaving the family exposed to the elements. This family of five suffers from settler’s violence and repeating demolitions ordered by the Israeli authorities. Their story is part of a new phenomenon: Declaring their land an “archeological” site and sending out demolition orders.
Canada and WFP help vulnerable Palestinian families overcome hardships in Gaza
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) welcomed a contribution of CAD$2 million (approximately US$1.7 million) from the Government of Canada to provide much-needed food assistance for two months for more than 64,000 of people in the Gaza Strip who have been most-affected by the recent armed escalation and ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “The recent conflict has caused significant destruction and increased the suffering of Gaza’s population that has already been grappling with hefty challenges with little prospect for breakthrough,” said WFP Representative and Country Director Samer AbdelJaber. “We are grateful for Canada’s consistent and generous support which helps us put food on the table of many vulnerable Palestinians”. A recent study conducted by the United Nations, the World Bank, and the European Union shortly after the eleven-day hostilities in May 2021 in Gaza shows worsening social conditions. The Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment (RDNA), forecasts unemployment and poverty to – already high prior to the hostilities – to increase by two and 2.3 percentage points respectively. Unemployment and poverty, the two key drivers for food insecurity in Gaza. Poverty in Gaza is currently 16.3 percentage point increase above the 2016-2017 levels.
Response to the escalation in the oPt | Situation Report No. 8 (8-28 July 2021)
Highlights. On 14 July, the Israeli authorities confiscated 49 structures, including homes, animal shelters and solar power systems, in addition to water tanks, tractors and animal fodder in the Bedouin community of Ras al Tin, Ramallah. Thirteen households, comprising 84 people, including 53 children, were displaced. In Gaza, about 8,220 internally displaced people (IDPs) remain with host families or in rented accommodation.
Israeli forces raid DCIP office, confiscate computers and client files
Israeli forces raided Defense for Children International - Palestine’s headquarters in the central occupied West Bank, confiscating computers and client files, early Thursday morning. Israeli paramilitary border police forces raided DCIP’s headquarters located in Al-Bireh’s Sateh Marhaba neighborhood, located just south of Ramallah around 5:15 a.m. on July 29. More than a dozen Israeli soldiers forced open the office’s locked front door and confiscated six desktop computers, two laptops, hard drives, and client files related to Palestinian child detainees represented by DCIP’s lawyers in Israel’s military courts. No documents were left in the office to give any indication of the reason for the raid, and they did not leave behind any receipt of materials seized. “This latest act by Israeli authorities pushes forward an ongoing campaign to silence and eliminate Palestinian civil society and human rights organizations like DCIP,” said Khaled Quzmar, general director at DCIP. “Israeli authorities must immediately end efforts aimed at delegitimizing and criminalizing Palestinian human rights defenders and civil society organizations, and the international community must hold Israeli authorities accountable.”
Gaza: Humanitarian response underway, but political solutions still needed
Although the international community is providing urgent assistance to Gaza in the wake of the most recent round of hostilities, a political solution is still needed to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, a senior UN official in the region said on Wednesday. Lynn Hastings, Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, briefed the Security Council on developments in the aftermath of 11 days of brutal fighting in May. “Urgent efforts to improve the situation in Gaza must move forward swiftly, but let us not lose sight of the broader goal: resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, ending the occupation and realizing a two-State solution on the basis of UN resolutions, international law and bilateral agreements”, she said, speaking from Jerusalem.
Prioritizing Gaza Reconstruction Must Not Detract from Broader International Goal of Ending Israeli Occupation, Deputy Special Coordinator Tells Security Council
Speakers Urge Israel to Allow Unhindered Entry of Humanitarian Aid as Physical Damage from Violent Clashes in May Estimated at $290-$380 Million. While the global community should prioritize its support for Gaza’s reconstruction in the wake of the violence that erupted there in May, a senior United Nations official also urged the Security Council not to “lose sight of the broader goal” — namely, ending the Israeli occupation and realizing a two-State solution — as she briefed the organ during its quarterly open debate on the Middle East today. Lynn Hastings, who serves as Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator, outlined urgent assistance being provided by the United Nations and its partners on the heels of 11 days of clashes in Gaza two months ago. She said that, beyond the human tragedy for both Palestinians and Israelis, a recent Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment by the United Nations, European Union and the World Bank estimated the physical damage to Gaza to be between $290 million and $380 million, and additional economic losses to reach up to $200 million. The social sector was hit hardest, significantly weakening the safety net of the most vulnerable.
UNRWA. ¿DÓNDE TRABAJAMOS? 5 áreas de operaciones en Oriente Próximo
#Graciasatien2020 hemos podido trabajar apoyando a las personas refugiadas de Palestina más vulnerables en Cisjordania. En 2020, UNRWA ha continuado ofreciendo ayuda humanitaria y apoyo al desarrollo en las zonas en las que está presente. El principio fundamental que motiva todo nuestro esfuerzo es asegurar los derechos humanos a toda la comunidad de refugiados y refugiadas de Palestina. Trabajamos con más de 5 millones de personas refugiadas de Palestina para garantizar su bienestar y su pleno desarrollo humano.
“Si nos echan, nos sentaremos en las calles del pueblo y dormiremos sobre los escombros de nuestras casas”
Los tribunales israelíes niegan la documentación presentada por refugiados y refugiadas de Palestina sobre la propiedad de sus casas en #Silwan. “¡Miles de familias serán expulsadas de sus casas y arrojadas a la calle!”.
Israeli forces shoot and kill 17-year-old Palestinian boy in Nabi Saleh
Israeli forces shot and killed a 17-year-old Palestinian boy yesterday in the central occupied West Bank. Mohammad Munir Mohammad Tamimi, 17, was struck with live ammunition in his back around 5:30 p.m. yesterday in the village of Nabi Saleh located northwest of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank. The bullet entered his back and exited out through his abdomen, tearing a large hole and exposing his intestines, according to information collected by Defense for Children International – Palestine. Mohammad was taken in a private car to a hospital in Salfit where he underwent four hours of surgery. He was stabilized and moved to the intensive care unit, but later succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead around midnight. Israeli forces entered Nabi Saleh around 5 p.m. on July 23 from the eastern area of the village and proceeded through town. As they encountered Palestinian residents, confrontations occurred with Israeli forces firing tear gas, stun grenades, and live ammunition at Palestinian youth throwing stones. An Israeli soldier inside a military vehicle shot Mohammad in the back as he was standing a maximum of three meters (10 feet) away from where the Israeli forces were deployed, according to information collected by DCIP. “Israeli forces routinely unlawfully kill Palestinian children with impunity, resorting to intentional lethal force in circumstances not justified by international law,” said Ayed Abu Eqtaish, accountability program director at DCIP. “Excessive use of force is the norm, and systemic impunity ensures that Palestinian children living under Israeli occupation can be killed at any moment with no recourse or accountability.”
As part of the post-escalation effort on the ground, in support of the reconstruction of Gaza, UNMAS Palestine has been partnering with UNDP to conduct the Rubble Removal project through the provision of risk assessments for 150 sites across the Gaza Strip. 36 sites have been assessed so far and recommendations provided for the required mitigation measures to keep construction staff safe. UNMAS Palestine has delivered ERW wareness training to worksite personnel with the provision of bespoke training in higher risk locations. The rubble removal project will support an estimated 900,000 Internally Displaced Persons to return to their housing units.
Gearing up humanitarian assistance for Palestine refugees
The additional funding will continue to support the core budget of UNRWA – the majority of which finances the operation of more than 700 schools educating over half a million children and 140 primary health clinics providing 8.5 million patient consultations a year. It will also support the emergency appeals for the dire humanitarian challenges in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Gaza and the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem. The money will be used for food, emergency cash assistance, emergency health, mental health and psychosocial support, education in emergencies, protection, water and sanitation, and COVID-19 response.
CHINA PROVIDES US$ 1 MILLION FOR FOOD ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINE REFUGEES IN GAZA
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) received a contribution of US$ 1 million from the Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) towards supporting food assistance in Gaza. This generous contribution will provide much needed assistance to the Agency’s 2021 UNRWA Emergency Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). In Gaza, around 70per cent of the population are vulnerable refugees, who are highly reliant on UNRWA provision of a critical humanitarian lifeline. The continued blockade, the persisting challenges of COVID-19 and the latest round of escalation of hostilities in May have further undermined food security of the majority of the Palestine refugee households, eroded their coping mechanisms and aggravated their living conditions. This timely contribution allow UNRWA to provide emergency food sufficient for one quarter to approximately 50,000 food-insecure Palestine refugees.
Statement by Lynn Hastings, the Humanitarian Coordinator for the occupied Palestinian territory, on the demolitions at Humsa – Al Bqai’a
Confirmation of the mass demolition and confiscation of properties by Israeli forces in the Palestinian community of Humsa – Al Bqai’a in the northern West Bank on Tuesday this week is disturbing. Throughout the demolition, Israeli forces blocked access of humanitarian personnel to the families. When they managed to access the community after the demolition, they found tents, food, water tanks and fodder had all been destroyed or confiscated, leaving people – including children - out in the open, in summer heat, with virtually no basic provisions; even milk, diapers, clothes and toys had been taken. According to ongoing assessments, six families of 42 people, including 24 children have lost their homes, for the sixth time this year. Thirty-eight structures were demolished or confiscated, most alarmingly, water tanks. Attempts to force this or any other community to relocate to an alternative location raise a serious risk of forcible transfer. While the Israeli authorities have tried to justify this citing their domestic designation of this area for military training, such measures by an occupying power are illegal under international law.
International Conference “Forced demographic change in Jerusalem–grave breaches and threat to peace”
On 1 July 2021, the Committee held the annual International Conference on the question of Jerusalem with support from the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), under the theme “Forced demographic change in Jerusalem – grave breaches and a threat to peace”. The discussion panel comprised of Ms. Lara Friedman (USA), Mr. Michael Lynk (UN Special Rapporteur), Ms. Suma Qawasmi (East Jerusalem), Ms. Nivine Sandouka, (East Jerusalem) and Emily Schaeffer Omer-Man (Israel). The Panellists highlighted decades-long Israeli policies and actions to promote Jewish settlement into and Palestinian emigration from Jerusalem, enabled by a legal system ignoring international law and excluding the political context of a power imbalance between Jewish Israelis and Palestinians. The young Palestinian representatives outlined their daily struggles and peaceful resistance, highlighting the power of social media and international support. The event was livestreamed on UN TV and UN social media.
Two birds with one stone: UN Women helps vulnerable women find jobs in the battle against COVID-19
“I graduated from a nursing school three years ago and I could not find a job,” said 25-year-old Rana* from Jerusalem. “My mother heard about a nurse training and encouraged me to apply, so I did. I learned a lot of things that I had not studied at school, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which were very beneficial.” Along with 60 unemployed nurses, Rana took part in a UN Women-supported project that aims to reinforce women’s leadership and participation in emergency response, including COVID-19, and equitable recovery. This project is part of a larger programme on “Advancing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in Palestine.” Generously funded by Norway, this project aims at supporting the Palestinian institutions and civil society in implementing a National Action Plan (NAP) on UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and increasing women’s participation in emergency response and post-conflict recovery. NAPs can be critical tools in the battle against COVID-19. For example, a UN Women analysis found that almost half of Palestine’s first NAP to be in line with the UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19.
CANADIAN FOREIGN MINISTER VISITS JERASH CAMP, JORDAN, EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES AND UNRWA
The Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Honourable Marc Garneau, paid a landmark visit to an installation run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Jerash Palestine refugee camp, Jordan. The Honourable Mr. Garneau was accompanied by the Ambassador of Canada to Jordan, H.E. Donica Pottie, UNRWA Deputy Commissioner-General Ms. Leni Stenseth and the Officer-in-Charge of UNRWA Affairs in Jordan, Mr. Olaf Becker. While at the UNRWA Jerash Preparatory Girls’ School, the delegation was briefed on the situation of Palestine refugees in Jordan, specifically on the vulnerabilities of Ex-Gazans and Palestine refugees from Syria, as well as recent developments on UNRWA operations in Jordan and across the region. Further, discussions centered around how UNRWA has contributed to regional stability and the human development of the Palestine refugees over the past seven decades.
Gaza Strip: the land of manmade misery that kills hope for life
By Luay Shabaneh, The Regional Director for Arab States in UNFPA, the UN agency for sexual and reproductive health. On my last visit to Palestine, I had a deep sense of sadness and sorrow over the state of affairs there, but the situation on the ground in the Gaza Strip remains unimaginably tragic. The restrictions imposed on people's movement and their ability to obtain the most basic human needs in terms of health, food, education and travel are intolerable. It is time to take real steps to turn things around there. It is time for this tragedy to end. In Gaza Strip, UNFPA staff members spoke with a young girl, Roaa, shortly after the latest ceasefire agreement was in place. She introduced herself not as thirteen, but as “four wars old”. One of my UNFPA colleagues told us: “I was given only 5 minutes to evacuate my house. I couldn't comprehend what could be done, it is only five minutes to safe my disabled mother, to ensure the survival of the family, and to save our belongings and memories before they are all smashed by the shelling. On the ground, working with the women in the communities we serve, we hear, repeatedly: “Nowhere is safe in Gaza. Nowhere is safe. Something has to change”. The recent military escalation in May, which left 242 people dead and nearly 2000 injured. More than 16,600 people saw their homes damaged.
UN Women Helps Vulnerable Women Find Jobs in Battle Against COVID-19 – UN Women Article
“I graduated from a nursing school three years ago and I could not find a job,” said 25-year-old Rana* from Jerusalem. “My mother heard about a nurse training and encouraged me to apply, so I did. I learned a lot of things that I had not studied at school, such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation, which were very beneficial.” Along with 60 unemployed nurses, Rana took part in a UN Women-supported project that aims to reinforce women’s leadership and participation in emergency response, including COVID-19, and equitable recovery. This project is part of a larger programme on “Advancing the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda in Palestine.” Generously funded by Norway, this project aims at supporting the Palestinian institutions and civil society in implementing a National Action Plan (NAP) on UN Security Council Resolution 1325, and increasing women’s participation in emergency response and post-conflict recovery. NAPs can be critical tools in the battle against COVID-19. For example, a UN Women analysis found that almost half of Palestine’s first NAP to be in line with the UN framework for the immediate socio-economic response to COVID-19.
Statement by Rosemary DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General, DPPA, at the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem “Forced demographic change in Jerusalem – grave breaches and a threat to peace” 1 July 2021
Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to join you today for the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem. I thank the United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (CEIRPP), supported by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, for this timely initiative.
Amid International Inaction, Israel’s Systematic “Demographic Engineering” Thwarting Palestinians’ Ability to Pursue Justice, Speakers Tell International Conference – CEIRPP Press Release (GA/PAL/1439)
East Jerusalem Crisis ‘Far from Over’, Under-Secretary-General Says, Warning Threats to Status Quo in Holy City Can Have Severe Global Repercussions. Home demolitions, evictions and the denial of citizenship are just some of the ways Israel has pursued its systematic policy of “demographic engineering” over 54 years, participants in the International Conference on the Question of Jerusalem said today, raising questions about how Palestinians can pursue justice — let alone live secure lives — in the face of international inaction.
LOS ATAQUES AÉREOS ISRAELÍES DESTROZARON LA PASIÓN, EL PRESENTE, EL FUTURO Y LOS SUEÑOS DE RAMADÁN AL-NJELI
“Me quedé sin nada, pero todavía estoy vivo y eso es suficiente para empezar de nuevo”. Ramadán Al-Njeli, refugiado de Palestina de Gaza perdió su empresa de impresión y publicidad cuando el edificio Kuhail fue derribado durante los 11 días de ataques aéreos en la franja de Gaza el pasado mes de mayo. “Mi negocio no era solo mi fuente de ingresos, era el sueño de mi vida”. La lucha de Ramadán para lograr su sueño no es diferente a las historias de otras muchas personas con una visión clara del futuro, pero dentro del contexto de la franja de Gaza bloqueada. “En la universidad siempre quise ser programador y estudié ingeniería informática. Presté especial atención a los cursos de programación. Pero en Gaza nada es fácil nunca. Mi padre perdió su trabajo en 2007 por el bloqueo. Entonces, tuve que trabajar para continuar mis estudios universitarios. Nunca dejo que la desesperación se apodere de mi vida. Mi trabajo comenzó en una imprenta donde aprendí los conceptos básicos de diseño e impresión”, comenta.
Statement by UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Tor Wennesland, on fuel deliveries to Gaza
"Under the United Nations framework, the Qatari funded fuel deliveries for the Gaza Power Plant will resume tomorrow, Monday, as per the previous agreement between the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) and the State of Qatar. I welcome all steps taken to de-escalate the situation. UN will continue to work with all concerned parties and partners to solidify a ceasefire and help the people of Gaza.”
OCHA Humanitarian Bulletin for Occupied Palestinian Territory: Jan. – May 2021. Palestinians strive to access water in the Jordan Valley
This article was contributed by the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster and its partners. “We used to buy tankered water at an extremely high price, but now it’s hard to even find anyone to bring us water out of fear that soldiers could confiscate the truck,” according to Salem, a 45-year-old father of five. Salem is a resident of the Palestinian community of Humsa – Al Baqai’a, located in Area C in the northern Jordan Valley. The community is located mostly in an area designated as a ‘firing zone’ for Israeli military training, where Palestinian residency and access is prohibited by the Israeli authorities. On numerous occasions since 2012, the residents of Humsa – Al Baqai’a have been temporarily displaced by the Israeli authorities while they carried out military trainings in the vicinity. OCHA has recorded over 50 such incidents during this period.
Response to the escalation in the oPt | Situation Report No. 5 (18-24 June 2021)
Highlights. In Gaza, about 8,400 internally displaced people (IDPs) remain with host families and in two UNRWA schools. The Israeli authorities have eased the export/transfer of goods from Gaza, the movement of Palestinians through the Erez crossing and extended the fishing limit. Clashes continued across the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem, with continuing protests in the Nablus village of Beita accounting for the vast majority of injuries. The humanitarian community has raised US$43.5 million of the $95 million requested in the emergency response plan to support 1.1 million Palestinians for three months.
2021 – Gaza Emergency Food Security Assessment Following the escalation of hostilities and unrest in the State of Palestine in May 2021
The assessment explores the impact of the escalation on food security across Gaza, drawing on primary and secondary data, available published reports, and results from focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews. We are happy to share with you the newly released WFP Gaza Emergency Food Security Assessment undertaken in this period just after the escalation of violence in May 2021. A few key observations: The impact of the conflict varies in type and intensity, ranging from short-term to permanent economic consequences and limiting the ability to sustain livelihoods. The assessment results underline the critical economic situation in Gaza prior to the escalation of the conflict, with increasing poverty, unemployment and food insecurity levels. Though availability of food in local retail markets was relatively unaffected during the conflict, access to markets was a challenge and prices of agricultural products significantly decreased due to the restrictions on product exports. This resulted in significant losses for farmers. Availability and prices of agricultural products may be further negatively impacted by closures of the commercial crossing and importation bans on agricultural inputs. The study identified several groups that became vulnerable and food insecure as a result of the recent conflict escalation, including 2,000 internally displaced families, 20,000 laborers who lost their income, many owners of economic facilities, and farming communities. The escalation also affected the host community, the first line of support to those displaced and a group that also often requires support. The assessment recommends reinforcing and expanding assistance programmes supporting livelihoods, resilience-building and income-generating opportunities for poor and food insecure households. Support both to those populations that were vulnerable prior to the escalation and to those newly in need will be crucial.
UN pushes for lasting ceasefire, more humanitarian deliveries in Gaza
The cessation of hostilities negotiated last month between Israel and Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, remains “very fragile”, the UN envoy there told the Security Council on Thursday. “The UN is working closely with all concerned parties and partners…to solidify a ceasefire, allow the entry of urgent humanitarian assistance and stabilize the situation in Gaza”, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Tor Wennesland said, referring to the conflict that erupted between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in the occupied enclave.
MUNTADA AID SUPPORTS UNRWA EMERGENCY APPEAL FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN GAZA
Muntada Aid, a United Kingdom based non-profit organization has pledged support to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) emergency assistance programme in Gaza. This contribution will provide food assistance to Palestine refugees across the besieged Gaza Strip, now facing fourteen years of a land, air and naval blockade.
BAITUSSALAM WELFARE TRUST CONTRIBUTES TO UNRWA APPEAL FOR GAZA
The non-profit relief and development organization Baitussalam Welfare Trust (BWT) provided food assistance to more than 2,200 food-insecure Palestine refugees in Gaza through the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The contribution - the first of its kind from the Pakistan-based organization - aims to mitigate the severity of food insecurity in Palestine refugee households in the besieged Gaza Strip.
UNRWA LAUNCHES US$ 164 MILLION HUMANITARIAN AND EARLY RECOVERY APPEAL FOR GAZA
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is launching a $164 million humanitarian and early recovery appeal following the hostilities in Gaza in May 2021. This updated appeal incorporates the immediate emergency response actions implemented by UNRWA in Gaza and the West Bank between 10 and 31 May, as well as early recovery needs of Palestine refugees in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, until 31 December 2021. It supersedes the initial US$38m Flash Appeal that was issued on 19 May 2021.
From Where I Stand: Supporting Refugee Women Amidst Violence in Gaza – UN Women Article
Mariam Shaqura, 46, is the Director of Women’s Affairs at the Red Crescent Society (RCS) in the Gaza Strip, where she has worked for 21 years. A mother of two girls, aged 13 and 8, Mrs. Shaqura talks about her experience during the recent escalation of violence on the Strip, and the damages caused to the Women’s Health Centre operated by RCS at the Jabalya Refugee Camp, one of the largest in Gaza. Created in 1998, the Jabalya Women’s Health Centre is a partner of UN Women in Gaza under the project “Protection of Women and Girls Survivors or at Risk of Violence during COVID-19 in the Gaza Strip”, supported by the Government of Japan.
Israel’s halting of mail delivery from/to Gaza unacceptable collective punishment
The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor submitted an official complaint to the universal postal union regarding Israel’s recent imposition of more draconian restrictions on the besieged Gaza Strip that brought postal services to an abrupt halt. The letter addressed to Mr. Bishar Abdirahman Hussein, UPU Director General, explained in detail how since Israel’s recent war on Gaza last May, known as Operation Guardians of the Walls, the Israeli government decided to further tighten its 15-year-long blockade and impose more restrictions on what it allows in/out of the enclave.
Israeli Colonization and Human Rights Violations in Palestine
Excellency, I write once again to draw urgent attention to the deepening hardships and vulnerabilities being endured by the Palestinian people as Israel, the occupying Power, escalates its illegal policies and practices in tandem with the rising lawlessness it has cultivated among the most extreme elements of its population, particularly the settlers illegally transferred to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. Carrying on with its violations of the 21 May “ceasefire” – violations that have never in fact ceased – Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have launched yet more brutal attacks against the defenseless Palestinian civilian population. This has included yesterday, 15 June, another round of terrorizing airstrikes against the Gaza Strip, as well as assaults on Palestinians in occupied East Jerusalem that left dozens of people wounded.
UNDP Representative visits Gaza following hostilities
UNDP Special Representative of the Administrator, Yvonne Helle, visited Gaza following the 11 days of hostilities. During her visit, she saw people whose homes were destroyed, visited projects that were affected including Jamal Abdel Nasser School and the Gaza Industrial Estate.
Response to the escalation in the oPt | Situation Report No. 3 (4-10 June 2021)
Highlights. In Gaza, up to 8,500 internally displaced people (IDPs) remain with host families and in two UNRWA schools. Damage to basic infrastructure and utilities is limiting the provision of electricity, health services and piped water. Clashes continued across the West Bank, including in East Jerusalem. Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in Jenin. Members of the humanitarian community have raised about US$13 million of the $95 million required to fully implement the emergency response plan, to support 1.1 million Palestinians for three months.
À GAZA, LES ENFANTS TOUJOURS SOUS LE CHOC DES RÉCENTES VIOLENCES VU SUR: HTTPS://WWW.UNICEF.FR/ARTICLE/GAZA-LES-ENFANTS-TOUJOURS-SOUS-LE-CHOC-DES-RECENTES-VIOLENCES
La situation humanitaire dans la bande de Gaza est désastreuse. Les enfants de Gaza ont été ébranlés par l'escalade violente du conflit entre la Palestine et Israël en mai 2021. Des vies ont été perdues et des familles brisées, avec des effets dévastateurs sur les enfants.
Staggering health needs emerge in Gaza, following Israel-Hamas conflict
Senior UN health agency officials on Wednesday called for unhindered humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip, citing growing concerns about urgent health needs there.
UN SECURITY COUNCIL. Lack of Political Horizon on Palestinian, Israeli Conflict ‘Kills Hope’, Gives Room for Those Not Interested in Peace, Special Coordinator Tells Security Council
While the 21 May ceasefire is holding, Council members heard today that, following eleven days of the most intense hostilities in years, the 15-member organ must take concrete action to resolve the conflict between Israel and Palestine, breaking the vicious cycle of disregarded resolutions and recurring violence and transcending the hollow peace process that has failed civilians on both sides.
UN. UN rights chief calls for inclusive peace process to end Palestine occupation
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet called on Thursday for a “genuine and inclusive peace process” to end the Israeli occupation of Palestine and a repeat of recent deadly clashes that have been marked by possible war crimes by Israeli security forces.
UN. Israel-Palestine: Political solution only way to end ‘senseless’ cycles of violence
Only a political solution will end the “senseless and costly cycles of violence” between Israelis and Palestinians, UN Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland said in a briefing to the Security Council on Thursday.
UN. General Assembly President on Palestine & Israel - General Assembly Media Stakeout
Informal comments to the media by Volkan Bozkir, President of the 75th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, on the situation in the State of Palestine and Israel.
Palestinian ambassador to the UN Riyad Mansour said it was not in the interest of the Palestinian people to “send gifts” to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, rather it is to “isolate Netanyahu and his extremist fascist groups until they cannot bare this global pressure on them to stop this aggression, which will happen.”
UN. Situation in Gaza and Israel – 17 May 2021 Daily Press Briefing – (Excerpts)
Not surprisingly, we will start with the situation in Gaza and in Israel. Our colleagues on the ground in Gaza have reported continued Israeli air strikes on Gaza, as well as outgoing rocket and mortar fire by Palestinian groups into Israel. We continue to receive reports of significant displacement of Palestinians, with over 38,000 internally displaced people seeking protection in 48 schools run by UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees) across the Gaza Strip. Over 2,500 people have been made homeless due to the destruction of their homes. Forty-one education facilities — including schools, two kindergartens, an UNRWA vocational centre, and a higher education facility — have been damaged, according to our people on the ground. The power supply across Gaza has been reduced to six to eight hours per day, on average, with a number of feeder lines not functioning. That, in turn, disrupts the provision of health care and other basic services, including water, hygiene and sanitation.
UNICEF. GAZA : UNICEF APPELLE À L'ARRÊT IMMÉDIAT DE LA VIOLENCE
Déclaration de la directrice générale d'UNICEF, Henrietta Fore, sur la situation à Gaza. «Alors que la dernière grave escalade du conflit israélo-palestinien atteint sa première semaine, et que le Conseil de sécurité se réunit aujourd'hui pour discuter des derniers développements sur le terrain, je renouvelle mon appel à l'arrêt immédiat de la violence».
Doha, the QRCS ‘s office in Gaza, was shelled by Israeli occupation forces on Monday, 17-05-2021, at 6:00 p.m. Jerusalem time, two Palestinians were killed and wounding 10 Palestinian citizens. Condemning the targeting of its office in Gaza, QRCS will continue to operate relief in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law and emphasizing that the targeting of Red Crescent teams and headquarters is a violation, as well as its continued humanitarian work and relief assistance to those affected in the Gaza, in cooperation with the Palestinian Red Crescent. H.E Ambassador Ali bin Hassan al-Hammadi, Secretary-General of the QRCS, stated that the grave violation of the Qatar Red Crescent Office in Gaza was a flagrant violation of the various charters, customs and conventions of Geneva and its additional protocols under the 1951 ratification by Israel, but serious violation of the QRCS’s office, which operates under the umbrella of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, is a violation against the crews. Medical and humanitarian action, which is internationally recognized, may amount to war crimes and also crimes against humanity. QRCS reminds all parties of the international community and the humanitarian movement of the need to abide by the principles and provisions of international humanitarian law, particularly in the circumstances of armed conflicts. The QRCS condemns the targeting of its office in Gaza, while stressing the need for relief teams to continue their work in accordance with the International Humanitarian Law, noting that the targeting of QRCS’s office is a violation of international humanitarian law, and stresses its continued humanitarian functions and the provision of relief assistance to those affected in Gaza in cooperation with the Palestinian Red Crescent.
UN. SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON THE MIDDLE EAST INCLUDING THE PALESTINIAN QUESTION (AS DELIVERED BY SPECIAL COORDINATOR WENNESLAND)
Tensions have been ongoing for weeks. In the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of East Jerusalem there have been protests and clashes over the threat of Palestinian evictions commenced by settler organizations. In the Old City, including in the Holy Esplanade, there have been violent clashes between Palestinians and Israeli civilians and police. Police deployed a heavy presence in the area in the context of a large number of visitors for Ramadan prayers, protests and Israeli extremist demonstrations, leading to clashes.
THE WEAPON WATCH. Oggetto: imbarco nei porti italiani di esplosivi diretti allo stato israeliano, impegnato nella “guerra civile” contro i palestinesi
The Weapon Watch, l’Osservatorio sulle armi nei porti europei e mediterranei, è venuto a conoscenza che carichi di proiettili ad alta precisione destinati al porto israeliano di Ashdod sono stati imbarcati ieri, 13 maggio 2021, a Genova presso il GPT (Genoa Port Terminal).
UN. Guterres pide el cese inmediato de los combates en Gaza e Israel
El titular de la ONU pide a las partes que permitan las labores de mediación y afirmó que la ONU participa "activamente en estos esfuerzos", que también son clave para mantener el flujo de ayuda humanitaria a la población afectada de Gaza. En su opinión, los combates pueden desencadenar una crisis humanitaria y de seguridad incontrolable y fomentar aún más el extremismo en toda la región.
UN. Un Comité de la ONU alarmado por el dramático deterioro de la situación en los territorios palestinos ocupados
El Comité también condena los hechos sucedidos en la explanada de la mezquita de Al-Aqsa así como la escalada de la violencia en Gaza. Y pide al Consejo de Seguridad que actué de inmediato para defender sus resoluciones sobre la cuestión de Palestina y cumplir con sus deberes según la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.
UN. Guterres manifiesta su profunda preocupación por la violencia en Jerusalén Este
El titular de la ONU y altos funcionarios de la Organización han expresado su inquietud por los enfrentamientos entre palestinos y las fuerzas de seguridad israelíes en Jerusalén Este, en particular los que comenzaron el viernes por la tarde y continuaron en la noche del domingo. Entre los heridos hay varios niños palestinos.
VATICAN. The Pope’s words at the Regina Caeli prayer
With particular concern I am following the events that are happening in Jerusalem. I pray that it may be a place of encounter and not of violent clashes, a place of prayer and peace. I invite everyone to seek shared solutions so that the multireligious and multicultural identity of the Holy City is respected and brotherhood prevails. Violence begets violence. Enough with the clashes.
UNICEF. 37 Palestinian children injured and arrested in East Jerusalem
AMMAN/EAST JERUSALEM, 9 May 2021: “Over the past two days, 29 Palestinian children were injured in East Jerusalem including in the Old City and the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. Eight Palestinian children were meanwhile arrested.
Dan Cohen reveals the network of foreign strategists, Washington DC lobbyists, and intelligence-linked media outlets behind Ukraine’s public relations blitz.
Μήπως απορείτε γιατί εξαφανίστηκε από τα ελληνικά Μέσα Μαζικής Ενημέρωσης η έρευνα του έκτακτου Ευρωβαρόμετρου για την στάση των πολιτών απέναντι στην Ουκρανία;
¿Qué está pasando en Yemen? Arabia Saudí lanzó la devastadora guerra contra Yemen en marzo de 2015 en colaboración con sus aliados árabes y con el apoyo logístico y de armas de EEUU y otros Estados occidentales. Si bien esta agresión no logró cumplir ninguno de sus objetivos, se ha cobrado la vida de cientos de miles de yemeníes, generando la «peor crisis humanitaria» del mundo.
Cada día mueren 80 bebés en Yemen por falta de atención médica
En Yemen, devastado por la guerra y un bloqueo inhumano, mueren cada día al menos 80 recién nacidos por falta de cuidados especializados, avisa un responsable yemení. Nacen anualmente en Yemen cerca de 1 120 000 niños, de los que el 39 por ciento son prematuros que necesitan cuidados especializados para sobrevivir, ha anunciado Nayib al-Qubati, el subsecretario del Ministerio yemení de Salud.
16 июня в Москве в арт-галерее «Красные холмы» прошла презентация кинопроекта «Китай сегодня». На презентации выступил Председатель ЦК КПРФ, руководитель фракции КПРФ в Госдуме Геннадий Зюганов.
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los humanos, en...
Cuatro tenores de los charcos
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* Dice la canción:*
*Sapo de la noche, sapo cancionero*
*Que vives soñando junto a tu lagunaTenor de los charcos, grotesco trovero*
*Estás embrujado de amor ...
Stavolta Gelato Artigianale
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Agency: The Brand Company
Co-founder & Director of Design: Dara Abdul Hadi
Executive Creative Director: Mostafa Tawfic
Associate Creative Director: Dalia ...
Asclepias × aequicornu. Apocynaceae
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Híbrido natural entre *Asclepias candida *y *Asclepias mellodora*
Fotos tomadas sobre duna al margen del río de la Plata cerca de playa La
Colorada, dep...
Barraqueño
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*Leche:* Cabra
*Tipo:* Pasta blanda, corteza enmohecida
*Materia Grasa:* No definido
*Maduración:* De 20 a 25 días
*Aspereza:* Suave
*Vino:* Nicasia Blanco ...
Australopithecus anamensis
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[image: MRD6.image jpeg]
Cráneo MRD-VP-1/1*. *Foto de Dale Omori. Cleveland Museum of Natural History*Australopithecus
anamensis* M. Leakey et al (1995).
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Как "Росгосстрах" обманывает с подменой страховок
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Страховщик предложил миниКАСКО за 79 рублей, но получил возможность
урегулировать по каско после ДТП. Финансовый омбудсмен регулярно публикует
обзоры, где ...
The Heat: Climate Change Crisis
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It was the hottest March on record as global temperatures over the past 12
months soared past pre-industrial levels. Forecasters are expecting another
swel...
Pari gagné pour les forces de l’ordre
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C’est un tour de force réussi pour la PNH et les FADH. La cérémonie de
prestation de serment du conseil présidentiel s’est déroulée sans encombre
au Pala...
The Stark Decline of the Human Species
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The Stark Decline of the Human Species George Bernanos wrote that
humanity’s destruction would come from weakness and “the lack of
responsibility of modern...
Will Poland Host US Nukes?
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Polish President Andrzej Duda sparked a scandal after revealing in an
interview that he discussed hosting US nuclear weapons in Poland during his
latest ...
On the Road with Sasquatch
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In the summer of 1983 Ted Kaczynski was feeling hemmed in even in remote
Lincoln, Montana. “There were too many people around my cabin,” he later
wrote, ...
Gonzalo Rojas & San Juan de la Cruz
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Hace unos años, en 2015 y por el Fondo de Cultura Económica, salió
publicado Todavía, una recopilación de la obra en prosa del gran poeta
chileno Gonzalo R...
Photographing a Lost New York
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In the fall of 1966, when I was twenty-four, I returned to New York. I was
finally completing the journey home I had begun when I left New Orleans in
the w...
We won, EU withdraws from Energy Charter Treaty!
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EU Watchdog Radio Episode 51
24.04.2024
Withdrawal from the ECT should be just the first step towards tackling
climate change and ecosystem breakdown. So...
Au secours, la presse régionale disparaît
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La presse quotidienne régionale (PQR) se porte mal. La disparition du
journalisme local participe de l’uniformisation et de la désinformation.
Europees Skeptisch Congres - Lyon - 31/5-2/6
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*Conference Fees*
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130 if you are a member of a skeptic...
Rarezas de la guerra en Medio Oriente
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Pueden leer mi opinión sobre el ataque de Irán y la situación de Medio
Oriente en esta nota para Página/12 Rarezas de la guerra en Medio Oriente
La entra...
How to Safely View the Eclipse
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Are you planning on viewing the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024? Please
make sure you are doing so...
The post How to Safely View the Eclipse appeared fi...
Pochod solidarity s Palestinou
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V sobotu 20. ledna ve 14 hodin se na náměstí Míru v Praze uskuteční
celorepublikové shromáždění k vyjádření nesouhlasu s postojem české vlády k
útokům Izr...
Wildenstein Tax Retrial Opens in Paris
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Having been ordered in 2021 by France’s highest court to face a retrial
after being twice acquitted of tax fraud, the members of the Wildenstein
family, ow...
Whether (and how) America can survive Trumpism
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Georgetown Professor Thomas Zimmer joins us to talk about polarization and
extremism, and what insights American and world history provide as to
whether ...
Nyhetspodden 16 augusti kl 08:30
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Morgonens nyheter i sammanfattning av Göteborgs-Posten
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Zambezi ifumana muzamaisi wasipokola yomunca
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RUNDU – Muzamaisi Marius Katamila uketilwe kuba yomuhulu wa sipokola
yomunca mwasikiliti sa Zambezi, kulatelela kupumula famusebezi kwa
Muzamaisi Karel The...
iPhone Photography Awards 2020
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Stock Photos from blackzheep/Shutterstock. Se dieron a conocer los
ganadores de los iPhone Photography Awards (IPPAWARDS). Las mejores fotos
hechas con el ...
Colored Time
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American Artist discusses science fiction in the context of contemporary
art and the concept of "Colored Time."
The post Colored Time first appeared on A...
NRC Weekend
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On Veterans day daily Dutch national newspaper NRC published an article
with my photos of the annual military motor pilgrimage to Lourdes. Text by
Niels Ro...
Maduro comenta el lanzamiento del petro
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Maduro comenta el lanzamiento del petro
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The ARIES project
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The ARIES project
How can we push accelerator technology forward and improve our everyday
lives in the process? The ARIES research project is there to pr...
Stark sieht Anleihen-Käufe als Rechtsbruch
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Jürgen Stark, deutscher Ex-Chefökonom der Europäischen Zentralbank, ist
strikt gegen die Anleihe-Käufe durch die Notenbank. Er spricht von "einem
klaren Ve...
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