The True Price of Biden’s Mideast Refueling Campaign
U.S. President Joe Biden’s visits to Saudi Arabia and Israel this week will be overshadowed by the absence of two journalists unable to cover the events: Jamal Khashoggi and Shireen Abu Akleh. The two were killed under completely different circumstances, but ahead of the presidential visit, they have become, jointly, a symbol of the lack of international consequences for attacking the press and journalists.
Abu Akleh’s family also sent a letter to Biden, in which they asked to meet with him during his visit. The family, the letter said, feels “a sense of betrayal concerning your administration’s abject response to the extrajudicial killing of our sister and aunt by Israeli forces.”
>>> Link (Paywall)
EU Restores Funding
European C
ommission Restores Funding to Palestinian NGO Blacklisted by Israel
After freezing funding for rights group Al-Haq last year following Israel's terror tag, the European body is set to reinstate it after finding no suspicions of fraud or misconduct, and no reason for an investigation
.... found no suspicions of fraud or other financial improprieties in Al-Haq’s management of the project funded by the EU.
>>> Haaretz 30.6.2022 <<<
Save MasaferYatta
ON DUTY
Settler Violence in the West Bank
Soldiers' Testimonies 2012—2020
See also the following links for a Guardian report on the issue and a legal assessment of the court ruling for Firing Zone 918 and against the Masafer Yatta residents' objections.
- The Guardian: In the firing zone: evictions begin in West Bank villages after court ruling
- blog post by Eliav Lieblich, professor of public international law at Tel-Aviv University’s Faculty of Law, discussing the judgment.
Al-Haq Awarded: Bruno Kreisky Prize for Human Rights 2022
Die Bruno Kreisky Stiftung verleiht
den Menschenrechts Preis 2022
an die palästinensische NGO Al Haq
www.alhaq.org/advocacy/20191.html
Anthem of the Land
15. Mai 2022 - Nakba Day
‘So They Know We Existed’: Palestinians Film War in Gaza
Trapped in deadly fighting
between Israel and Hamas,
Palestinians in Gaza used
their phones to capture the
toll of the 11-day war in May.
29 November International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Mohammed El Kurd at UN General Assembly
Speech of Mohammed el Kurd on behalf of the Palestinian People
www.un.org/en/observances/international-day-of-solidarity-with-the-palestinian-people
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The trip to Gaza
Emad Moussa relates the ordeal of returning to Gaza after 15 years through humiliating Egyptian checkpoints and searches. "Other Palestinians insinuated that I had lost my Palestinian stamina! As if you qualify as a true Palestinian only if you’re crushed at every corner."mondoweiss.net/2021/07/the-trip-to-gaza
In Gaza after 15 years: www.youtube.com
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Call for the Biden Administration to Repeal ICC Sanctions
Letter: More than 70 Non-Governmental Organizations, Faith-Based Groups, and Academic Institutions Call for the Biden Administration to Repeal ICC Sanctions
On February 17, 2021, the Center for Constitutional Rights joined more than 70 organizations calling for the Biden administration to repeal ICC sanctions (PDF of the letter)
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UN - The Question of Palestine --- Switzerland
a look behind the scenes
https://www.un.org/unispal/country/switzerland/
| 06-Jan-2021 | Switzerland Helps WFP Roll Out Critical Assistance to Vulnerable Families in Gaza – Press Release | Assistance, Food, Gaza Strip, Living conditions, Poverty | ||||||
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Agenda
iNakba The invisible land
Mobile app to locate and learn about Palestinian localities destroyed during, and as a result of, the Nakba since 1948.
Available on App Store and Google play