Tag: Palestinians
Gantz, IDF approve addition of 4,000 Palestinians to Population Registry
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz directed Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alyan, the Israel Defense Forces’ Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), to approve the registration of some 4,000 Palestinians to the Palestinian Population...
Thousands of Gazans apply for work in Israel as border restrictions ease
Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza applied on Wednesday to get permits to work in Israel.
“There is no work in the Gaza Strip,” said Fathi Abu Nur, a 40-year-old unemployed man, told AFP.
Israel has resumed allowing...
UNRWA chief makes urgent appeal for funding, says agency risks ‘collapse’
United Nation Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) chief Philippe Lazzarini warned on Friday that due to a severe funding crisis, the organization faces collapse, AP reported.
“The financial situation is a real existential threat to the organization,”...
Harris aides attempt to address backlash after exchange with college student on Israel
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has been in touch with pro-Israel and Jewish organizations after an exchange this week with a student in Virginia who accused Israel of ethnic genocide.
“The vice president strongly disagrees with the...
Kamala Harris praises student for expressing her ‘truth’ in anti-Israel rant
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has come under fire for not condemning a student who accused the government of facilitating the “ethnic genocide” of Palestinians.
Harris’s exchange with the student took place on Tuesday at...
Lapid says Biden plan to reopen US Palestinian mission in Jerusalem a ‘bad idea’
Foreign Minister Yair Lapid on Wednesday said Israel believes the U.S. plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem to service Palestinians is a “bad idea,” while arguing that the consulate could fracture the fragile...
Palestinians erect flaming swastika, Star of David near Evyatar outpost
Palestinians erected a burning swastika and Star of David on Saturday night during riots in the village of Beita in Samaria, near the evacuated outpost of Evyatar.
The riots, which have included burning tires and...
US pressures Israel to open Palestinian consulate in Jerusalem
U.S. administration officials have worked to delay a bill proposed by Knesset member Nir Barkat (Likud) which, if passed into law, would essentially prevent the reopening of a de facto U.S. embassy to the Palestinians in...
IDF increases number of Palestinians eligible to work inside Israel
The Coordinator for Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), Maj. Gen. Ghassan Alian, informed Palestinian Authority senior officials of a rise in the number of Palestinians eligible to work in Israel, the Israel Defense...
Settler colonialism backfires
Of all the catchwords hijacked by the study of the Middle East Conflict, none has turned taboos inside out more than settler colonialism. It is the linguistic warrant for bringing an indictment against Israel...