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A paramedic from the Palestinian Ministry of Health checks the body temperature of a Palestinian laborer after exiting an Israeli army checkpoint, on his way home at the end of a day work in Israel
THE Israeli government has been accused of hindering Palestinian efforts to combat the Covid-19 crisis after officials confiscated medical tents in the West Bank.
Early on Thursday, officials from the Israeli occupation administration stole eight tent structures from the town of Ibziq in the Jordan Valley, two of which were to be used as emergency clinics, according to Israeli human-rights group B’Tselem.
The group described the action as “shocking” and “especially cruel” during this time of global crisis.
A small Palestinian village is under attack from illegal settlers and the Israeli state to forcibly extend their illegal settlements. It is a template for the future, writes RAMZY BAROUD
Police crackdowns on Israeli peace demonstrators combined with court rulings and settler organisations are designed to strip Palestinian families of their homes and land. The Israeli state has tried to silence both Israelis and Palestinians who resist, according to Zo HaDerekh (This Is The Way) the Communist Party of Israel’s Hebrew-language weekly
For those who lived in Yanoun, its disappearance is not just a local tragedy, but a stark symbol of escalating violence, displacement and impunity across the occupied West Bank, says JANE HARRIES
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER