On one side of the Israel War equation, Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. will be a serious blow to Israel’s security and will be proven a disaster for Palestinians in the region, according to a Middle East scholar.
Tag: West Bank
LIFE WITHOUT UNRWA: PALESTINIANS LEFT TO ROT
Israel’s vote last month to ban UNRWA from any of its territory put the lives of Palestinians suffering in Gaza in “unchartered territory” because the agency’s humanitarian work has been called “indispensable.”
ISRAELI KNESSET VOTES TO BAN UNRWA FROM OPERATING IN ISRAELI TERRITORY
The Israeli Knesset on Monday easily passed legislation to ban UNRWA from any of its territory, drawing swift rebuke from the U.S. because of the role the UN agency plays in the lives of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.
PRO-ISRAEL JEWISH CHAIRWOMAN OF CBS NEWS DEFENDS REPORTER WHO CONFRONTED TA-NEHISI COATES
Shari Redstone, the chairwoman and CEO of CBS News’s parent company Paramount Global, jumped to defend an anchor who confronted author Ta-Nehisi Coates for talking about the everyday horrors that Palestinians face in the West Bank under Israel’s rule.
UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION CALLING ON ISRAEL TO END ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
The UN General Assembly last week adopted a nonbinding resolution in a 124-12 vote that calls on Israel to end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories and “do so no later than 12 months.”
‘WORLD’S MOST MORAL ARMY’ SEEN TOSSING PALESTINIANS OFF ROOF
The moral rot in the IDF was on full display last week when soldiers were seen pushing three Palestinians off a roof in the occupied West Bank.
NETANYAHU TURNS WEST BANK INTO WARZONE AS HE WANTS TO WIPE OUT PALESTINIANS AND STEAL MORE LAND
Israeli forces continued to punish Palestinians living in the West Bank and carried out their most severe crackdown in the territory since October—killing at least 39 in what news reports indicated were “unusually destructive” to the territory’s infrastructure.
ISRAELI ‘SETTLER’ ATTACK SO BARBARIC, EVEN NETANYAHU CRITICIZES
At least 100 Israeli settlers, wearing masks and with the support of IDF troops, rampaged through the West Bank town of Jit last week—killing one Palestinian and injuring others in what was seen as the latest atrocity committed by Israelis against Palestinians.
ISRAEL STEALING MORE LAND: NETANYAHU SAYS WEST BANK IS ISRAEL’S HOMELAND
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview last week that the occupied West Bank is part of Israel’s homeland and he intends to maintain a presence there despite public clashes about the policy with some allies.
GAZA IS A ‘MORAL STAIN ON US ALL’ SAYS UN HEAD
Antonio Guterres, the UN secretary-general last week called the humanitarian crisis in Gaza a “moral stain on us all” and warned that the humanitarian support system in Gaza is about to collapse.