Highlights: 385 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the West Bank; 179 in Jerusalem; and 61…
After a lull in cases over the previous period this week saw a slight spike in cases of COVID-19, most alarmingly in Gaza where the coronavirus had been kept in check until now.
In a statement launched today, tens of Palestinian civil society organizations, professional associations, unions, human rights and advocacy groups, and networks, representing an overwhelming majority of Palestinian civil society, called on governments to adopt “effective countermeasures, including sanctions” to “stop Israel’s illegal annexation of the Occupied West Bank and grave violations of human rights.”
Palestinian parents enroll their children in an UNRWA-run school after administrators asked parents to not…
Some 377 scholars and artists from more than 30 countries have signed a pledge opposing litmus tests and political interference by institutions, municipalities, and public officials in Germany aimed at silencing advocates for Palestinian rights under international law. The campaign began due to official efforts to rebuke writers Achille Mbembe and Kamila Shamsie for their advocacy.
The Latest: 547 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the occupied Palestinian territory; 355 in the West…
Jewish scholars defend Achille Mbembe, one of the most important intellectuals in Africa, from attack by Germany’s antisemitism commissioner, Felix Klein. Klein, they say, is seeking to curb free speech about Israel and “is clearly obsessed by the
BDS campaign.”
In leaked email, a Democratic official in Las Vegas cites objections of Jewish community for decision to strip 3 pro-Palestinian planks from 500-plank platform. The planks would divide Democrats, not unite them, he warned.
Two Palestinians have died of COVID-19 related causes, far fewer than the 222 Israelis who have died from the virus.
Yumna Patel speaks with representatives of rights groups Al-Haq and Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel about how the rights of Palestinians in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory continue to be violated on a daily basis during the coronavirus pandemic.