Hadash and the Communist Party (CPI) of Israel called for elections on Wednesday, November 14, following the announcement by far-right Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on his decision to resign from the government and its coalition. “The time has come to bring a better government to Israel. The time has come for democratic elections and the…
A Palestinian from the besieged Gaza Strip died on Friday evening, November 9, from wounds he had sustained earlier in the day from live Israeli fire during protests along the eastern border of Rafah. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that Rami Wael Ishaq Qahman, 28, succumbed to his wounds at the European…
The approval rate in September for an Israeli permit to leave Gaza for treatment abroad for those injured in the Great March of Return protests near the border fence with Israel was significantly lower than the overall approval rate. Of the 18 wounded Gazans, only one was approved; one applicant’s request was denied; and the…
Seven Palestinians were killed Friday, September 28, by Israeli military gunfire along the border with the Gaza Strip during the weekly Great March of Return demonstrations near the fence, including two boys aged 12 and 14, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. The child victims were Yousef Abu Zarifa, age 12, who was mortally wounded…
Sky-high unemployment, declining per capita income, contracting agricultural productivity and worsening socioeconomic conditions characterize a bleak assessment of the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT), according to the new annual report by UNCTAD (the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) on its assistance to the Palestinian people. The report warns that evaporating donor…
Three Palestinians were killed and dozens others sustained injuries during Friday’s 25th consecutive Great March of Return protests in the eastern sector of the besieged Gaza Strip. Thousands of Palestinians gathered on Friday, September 14, along the eastern border of the Gaza Strip with Israel to take part in protests under the slogan “Resistance is…
Two Palestinians were died and some 400 others were injured by Israeli forces in the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, September 7. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that Bilal Mustafa Khufaja, 19, was killed by an Israeli live bullet to the chest near the return camps of eastern Gaza City during the 24th…
Final stocks of emergency fuel will be delivered this weekend to critical facilities in the Gaza Strip, through the United Nations-assisted Emergency Fuel Program. The UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Jamie McGoldrick, has written to the donor community requesting immediate support for the program, which provides life-saving emergency fuel to operate standby emergency power generators at critical…
Contrary to the illusion held by many that Israel’s presence in the Gaza Strip ended with the implementation of the Disengagement Plan in 2005, to this day Israel continues to exercise control over nearly every aspect of life in Gaza, including through its control over movement and access. Importantly, it continues to enforce restrictions on…
For the 21st consecutive Friday since March 30 this year, thousands of Palestinians in Gaza demonstrated on August 17 along the border of the besieged enclave, with Israeli forces fatally shooting two Palestinians: Karim Abu Fatayir, 30, east of al-Bureij refugee camp and Saadi Akram Muammar, 26, east of Rafah. The Gaza health ministry announced…