Palestine

03 Sep 2021; MEMO: The leaders of Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority yesterday rejected Israel's illegal measures that undermine the two-state solution, the continued expansion of Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, land seizures, house demolitions and attempts to change the status quo in East Jerusalem.

03 Sep 2021; MEMO: A member of the Hamas political bureau has said that international mediators are not pushing for progress in the prisoner-swap issue between the resistance movement and Israel due to their lack of confidence in "the occupation authorities" after the failure of previous mediation efforts.

02 Sep 2021; MEMO: Israel said on Wednesday that a US plan to reopen its consulate in Jerusalem that has traditionally been a base for diplomatic outreach to Palestinians is a "bad idea" and could destabilise Prime Minister Naftali Bennett's new government, reported Reuters.

The prior administration of President Donald Trump signalled support for Israel's claim on Jerusalem as its capital by moving the US embassy there from Tel Aviv. It later subsumed the consulate, in west Jerusalem, in that mission.

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said yesterday that, the current Israeli government “is immature” for launching a serious peace process.

Abbas made the remark during a meeting of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO).

Abbas told the meeting that, his meeting with Israeli Defence Minister, Benny Gantz, two days ago, focused on the necessity to abide by international resolutions and the two-state solution.

RAMALLAH, Sept 1 (NNN-WAFA) – Palestinian Prime Minister, Mohammed Ishtaye, said yesterday that, Palestine welcomes any international initiative, to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Palestinian people look forward to ending the Israeli occupation of their territories, and establishing their independent Palestinian state, on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital, Ishtaye told an online international conference on the Middle East.

01 Sep 2021; MEMO: The US forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan is a "message proving that the Afghani people's will is stronger than any occupation," Hamas announced yesterday.

"The completion of the US forces' withdrawal from Afghanistan is a historic moment, and a great victory for the Afghan people," Hamas spokesperson, Sami Abu Zuhri, said on Twitter, describing the American move as a "turning point in the region."

31 Aug 2021; MEMO: The UN envoy for the Middle East peace process told the Security Council on Monday that the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip needs to be lifted fully.

GAZA, Aug. 28 (Xinhua) -- Night clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli soldiers resumed on Saturday near the borders between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel for the first time in two years, eyewitnesses said.

They said that members of the so-called "the night disturbance units" arrived at the border area with Israel, burned tires, detonated handmade bombs, whistled and clashed with the soldiers stationed at the borders.

29 Aug 2021; MEMO: Israeli airstrikes on Gaza were reported early Sunday.

Strikes hit a location used by Hamas' armed wing, Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and a farm, according to an Anadolu Agency reporter, citing witnesses.

Palestinian authorities did not comment about if the strikes caused any casualties.

Israeli said it targeted a training field and arms production facility belong to Hamas in response to fire balloons sent to its territory from Gaza.

27 Aug 2021; MEMO: An Israeli court has upheld a travel ban imposed upon Palestinian activist Hanadi Al-Halawani, who has been barred from leaving the occupied West Bank to travel abroad until 19 January next year. The renewed ban was handed to her yesterday after she was summoned for interrogation by the Israel Defence Forces in occupied Jerusalem.