Palestine

06 Nov 2021; MEMO: The Gaza Strip's sole power plant is poised to stop working on Sunday morning as it is running out of fuel, according to the enclave's Energy and Natural Resources Authority, Anadolu reports.

The energy authority said Saturday the failure of the entry of Qatari fuel, which supplies the power station, into the blockaded Gaza since November 2 might mean Gaza will face a power outage by Sunday morning.

RAMALLAH, Nov 6 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, yesterday, condemned Israeli soldiers, for killing a 13-year-old Palestinian boy, during clashes near the northern West Bank city of Nablus.

“Killing the child, Mohammed Da’das, 13, is an awful crime; therefore, the international community and human rights organisations must condemn the Israeli crimes, and act on stopping these actions against the Palestinian people.”

GAZA, Nov 4 (NNN-WAFA) – More than half of the children in the Gaza Strip need psychological support, said the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).

Thomas White, director of UNRWA operations in Gaza, made the remarks, during a meeting with local journalists at his office in Gaza, noting that, “this was due to the repercussions of the last round of tension in the enclave in May.”

03 Nov 2021; MEMO: The Israeli occupation will pay the price of its crimes against the occupied Palestinian city of Jerusalem, member of Hamas' Political Bureau, Haron Nasser Al-Din, warned yesterday.

03 Nov 2021; MEMO: Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is heading to Moscow soon in an attempt to revive the International Quartet for the peace process, spokesperson Nabeel Abu Rudeineh said yesterday.

According to the London-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Abbas hopes that Russia will work on reviving the International Quartet.

03 Nov 2021; MEMO: Palestinian hunger strike being held in Israeli jails, Kayed Al-Fasfous, is facing imminent death, the PLO's Prisoners and Freed Prisoners Commission warned yesterday.

In a statement, the body said that Al-Fasfous' health "is quickly deteriorating and he could be declared dead at any moment."

02 Nov 2021; MEMO: The situation between the Palestinians and Israel is heading towards a military confrontation, member of Hamas' Political Bureau, Zaher Jabareen, said yesterday.

Speaking to Al Aqsa Radio, Jabareen said: "Tensions inside prisons have been escalating since the escape from Gilboa Prison."

30 Oct 2021; AA: Palestinians are ready to engage with the Chinese government and people to “tell them our story,” speakers and experts told an Istanbul conference on Saturday.

However, a formal engagement with Beijing also requires platforms and vibrant activism, they added.

“We are ready and willing to engage with Chinese lawmakers to explain our story,” said Sheikh Hamid Al-Ahmar, addressing the first international conference on China and the Palestinian cause.

30 Oct 2021; MEMO: Israeli occupation forces on Friday locked up two Palestinian neighbourhoods with iron gates in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu Agency reported.

According to Anadolu Agency, the Israeli occupation closed the iron gate of the neighbourhood of Sanjal in the north of the West Bank city of Ramallah, preventing people from entering or leaving the area.

28 Oct 2021; MEMO: The head of the Hamas Political Bureau abroad called on Wednesday for the issue of Al-Aqsa Mosque to be internationalised in order to raise awareness among key decision-makers about Israeli attacks on the mosque. Khaled Meshaal made his comments in a press release.