China rejects the endeavors of Israel’s far-right government to annex large swaths of the occupied territories designated to be part of the future Palestinian state, a Chinese diplomat told the Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA) in an interview. The Chinese ambassador to Palestine, Guo Wei, stated that his country rejects Israel’s annexation of occupied…
Several Palestinian and Israeli non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have called on Israeli authorities to put an immediate end to attacks on Gaza’s fishermen, following the Israeli navy’s increased use of violent enforcement measures at sea. The NGOs report that the number of incidents of live fire being opened on fishermen off the coast of Gaza rose…
In the face of the threat of potentially devastating COVID-19 outbreaks in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank, several international, Israeli and Palestinian aid and human rights organizations have released a joint statement emphasizing Israel’s legal and moral obligations to “take measures to save lives, permitting the entry of medical equipment and supplies, to…
For the second day in a row, Israeli navy boats opened fire on Thursday, April 9, at Palestinian fishermen off the northern Gaza shore wounding two, according to the Gaza Fishermen Federation. The Israeli navy pursued Palestinian-fishing boats in the northern Gaza coast to force them to return to shore, opening fire and hitting two fishermen…
While countries across the globe grapple with the severe economic repercussions of measures taken to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, Gaza’s economy has, for years, teetered on the brink of collapse, primarily as a result of the closure imposed by Israel since 2007. Gisha – TheLegal Center for Freedom of Movement, an Israeli…
In the two weeks between March 3 and 16, as the Palestinians were battling to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus disease in their vulnerable territory, Israel military forces killed one young Palestinian, injured 200 others, detained over than 100 people, demolished 16 homes and structures displacing 35 people, and bulldozed a vital road…
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in December 2019, 242 Palestinians were denied an Israeli permit to leave the Gaza Strip for medical treatment. Of the refuses, 132 were male and were 110 female. This represents 11% of the total number of applications (2,198) submitted in December by residents of the Gaza Strip for…
Following a six-day visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt), the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator, Ursula Mueller, called on the international community to ensure continued commitment and consistent and sustained funding to help alleviate the challenges faced by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, including…
Since the beginning of 2019, Israel has shifted its demarcation of the maritime zone open to fishermen in the Gaza Strip 20 times. On nine of these occasions, Israel reduced the fishing zone; in four instances it banned Palestinian fishermen from accessing the sea altogether. On December 24, Israel reversed its decision from five days…
Israel will not allow any Palestinian Christian residents of the Gaza Strip to visit the West Bank or East Jerusalem for Christmas, the military liaison to the Palestinians has announced, purportedly “for security reasons.” Israel will issue permits for residents of the Palestinian coastal enclave to travel abroad during the upcoming Christian festival, but not…