RAMALLAH, Mar 23 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday called on the international community, to stop Israeli officials from inciting racism against the Palestinians.
Ishtaye made the remarks during a meeting with the French Consul General in Jerusalem, Rene Trokaz, at Ishtaye’s office in the West Bank city of Ramallah, according to an official statement.
22 Mar 2023; MEMO: Christians could face one year prison sentence for encouraging conversion to their faith, according to a new controversial legislation being introduced in Israel. The legislation which is being proposed by ultra-Orthodox members of Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition would also proscribe Christians from engaging in religious discussion with Jews.
22 Mar 2023; MEMO: The Refugee Council has said that the cost of detaining and accommodating people under the government's illegal immigration bill could be more than £9 billion ($10.6 billion) in the first three years.
The charity said that the figure is part of an impact assessment of the bill based on the Home Office being able to remove 30,000 people and send them to Rwanda, detaining people for 28 days and accommodating others.
22 Mar 2023; MEMO: The Jordanian Parliament, on Wednesday, approved a proposal to expel the Israeli Ambassador, amid tension over statements by Israeli Finance Minister, Bezalel Smotrich, in which he denied the existence of the Palestinian people, Anadolu News Agency reports.
22 Mar 2023; MEMO: The World Bank said, on Wednesday, it had approved a new $7 billion partnership agreement with Egypt for 2023-2027 with a focus on boosting private sector jobs, provision of better health and education services, and adaptation to climate change, Reuters reports.
22 Mar 2023; MEMO: Turks overwhelmingly favour a ban on home sales to foreigners, a view that straddles the country's political divide and echoes the backlash against a deluge of buyers in countries from Canada to Portugal, Bloomberg reports.
According to the report, about 79 per cent of Turkish citizens think home sales to foreign nationals should be banned, according to a survey by Metropoll.
23 Mar 2023; MEMO: After condemnation from the US, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government backed down from a plan to return to four abandoned illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, news agencies reported yesterday.
22 Mar 2023; MEMO: More than 200,000 people have signed a petition calling for putting an end to the demolition of Palestinian homes as a first step towards dismantling apartheid, Amnesty International said yesterday.
23 Mar 2023; MEMO: In a sign of solidarity, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will today break his fast with the survivors of the double earthquakes that devastated the country in February.
Erdogan will visit the governorate of Kahramanmaras, the epicentre of the devastating earthquakes, to inspect the progress of the reconstruction process there, according to the Anadolu Agency.
22 Mar 2023; MEMO: An Israeli drone fell in Syria, on Wednesday, during routine activity, the Israeli military said, according to a report by Reuters.
A military statement said there had been no breach of information and the incident was under investigation. It did not provide further details.
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