Palestine

17 Sep 2021; MEMO: Israeli soldiers assaulted a 46-year-old Palestinian physician from the town of Arraba southwest of Jenin following his detention last week and broke his arm.

According to the Wafa news agency, Nidal Arda found Israeli occupation forces in army jeeps surrounding his home after he returned from the mosque following dawn prayers.

"They were waiting at my house and apparently wanted to ambush me. The jeeps turned their lights on in my direction and then ordered me to come out of the car," he said.

17 Sep 2021; MEMO: Hamas is holding internal consultations regarding possible municipal elections announced by Palestinian Authority Prime Minister, Mohammad Shtayyeh, the movement's spokesperson said.

"We are holding consultations within the movement's framework regarding the Shtayyeh government's announcement of holding municipal elections, and we are also holding consultations with the rest of the Palestinian factions, because the announcement came unilaterally," Abdul Latif Al-Qanou said.

17 Sep 2021; MEMO: Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh yesterday called on Norway to pressure Israel to release withheld Palestinian tax revenues.

This came during a videoconference with Norway's Foreign Minister, Ine Marie Eriksen Soreide, to discuss the latest political and economic developments, the WAFA news agency reported.

17 Sep 2021; MEMO: A Jerusalemite bus driver was injured this morning after a group of Jewish Israelis stabbed him in the occupied Holy City, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.

According to local sources, the settlers stabbed Mohamed Abu Nab twice in the back in West Jerusalem's Givat Shaul neighborhood, built on the ruins of the depopulated Palestinian village of Deir Yassin.

17 Sep 2021; MEMO: The Palestinian resistance factions announced yesterday the formation of "a joint operations room" in the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, Anadolu has reported. The military wings of Fatah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad are all involved, the first time that the three movements have joined forces in such joint action.

17 Sep 2021; MEMO: The Palestinian National Liberation Movement, Fatah, yesterday said that the Sabra and Shatila massacre is a "war crime" for which Israel bears full responsibility as the occupying power controlling Lebanon at that time.

16 Sep 2021; MEMO: Time magazine has named Palestinian twins and activists, Muna and Mohammed El-Kurd of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood in occupied East Jerusalem in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

The magazine said Muna and her twin brother Muhammad have become symbols of the Palestinian struggle against the Israeli occupation's attempts to evict Palestinian residents of Sheikh Jarrah.

RAMALLAH, Sept 15 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestine yesterday called on donor countries, to cover the deficit in the budget of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), to continue providing its services.

Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, said in a statement that, he met with UNRWA Commissioner-General, Philippe Lazzarini in Ramallah, and discussed the importance of helping the UN agency to overcome the deficit in its budget.

RAMALLAH, Sept 14 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, said yesterday that, the crisis in Gaza “is political,” in response to the plan, proposed by Israeli Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, on resolving the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

“The crisis in Gaza is political, likewise, the crisis in the West Bank and East Jerusalem,” Ishtaye said, at a weekly meeting of the Palestinian Authority cabinet, according to an official statement.

14 Sep 2021; MEMO: The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Monday that it has received 50,000 expired Covid-19 vaccine doses sent by the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah. It blamed Israel for the fact that the vaccine's effectiveness had expired.